Adult star Stormy Daniels took the witness stand on Tuesday in the hush money case against former US President Donald Trump, who looked on as she detailed their alleged sexual encounter at a hotel suite in Lake Tahoe, US, in 2006, and the payment she got to keep it quiet. During the testimony, Daniels recounted her evening with Trump, and said she looked through his toiletry bag while she went to use the bathroom, finding Old Spice and Pert Plus items lying alongside “gold tweezers”.
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While Trump denies having sex with Daniels, his lawyers unsuccessfully pushed for a mistrial midway through her testimony. Meanwhile, prosecutors alleged Trump paid Daniels to keep quiet about the claims as he ran for President in 2016. Donald Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, is seeking to win the White House again.
STORMY DANIELS TESTIFIES IN COURT
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In the court, Daniels testified she first met and chatted with Trump at a 2006 Lake Tahoe celebrity golf outing where her studio was a sponsor. She said Trump had invited her to dinner inside his palatial hotel suite and referred to her as “the smart one”. Daniels testified that she accepted Trump’s invitation because she wanted to avoid dinner with her co-workers. Trump had his bodyguard get her number, she said.
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Daniels said Trump was wearing “silk or satin pyjamas” when she first saw him, as he answered the door, prompting her to make a joke about Hugh Hefner, the founder of Playboy magazine. Daniels said she asked Trump to change, and “he obliged, very politely”. At one point, Daniels also said she playfully spanked him with a rolled-up magazine.
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When they met up later in his penthouse, she appreciated that he seemed interested in the business aspects of the industry. He also suggested putting her on his TV show, ‘The Apprentice’, a possibility she hoped could help establish her as a writer and director.
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Daniels said Trump grilled her on her time in the adult industry, asking her if she had been tested for Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs). Daniels also said there was a very brief discussion about Melania, Trump’s wife, during which he said they slept in separate rooms.
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The adult star said Trump came into the bedroom area of the suite as Daniels went to use the restroom. She said Trump was on the bed in his boxers and a T-shirt. While in the washroom, Daniels said she looked through Trump’s toiletry bag, finding Old Spice and Pert Plus items lying alongside “gold tweezers”.
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Daniels said she was sober at the time and did not feel particularly threatened by Trump’s presence, while his bodyguard was also present nearby. As she saw Trump in boxers, she said she tried to make a joke and leave, but he stood up between her and the door.
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Recalling her sexual encounter with Trump, the adult star testified that Trump was not wearing a condom, but she did not ask him to stop. Daniels maintained that there was consent, but said the encounter had left her disoriented. Upon her departure, Trump called her “honeybunch,” she testified, adding that he bade her goodbye with a suggestion to meet up again soon.
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After it ended, Daniels said, “It was really hard to get my shoes because my hands were shaking so hard.” She said she told Trump she just wanted to leave.
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Daniels also said Trump told her she reminded him of “his daughter”, who he described as “smart, blond, and consistently underestimated”. Though she did not say which daughter, the reference calls to mind Ivanka Trump.
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Daniels also testified about a handful of other run-ins she had with Trump, largely in the presence of other people. During a more intimate meeting with Trump in Los Angeles in the summer of 2007, Daniels said that Trump tried to proposition her for sex again, but she told him she was menstruating.
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