Former porn star Stormy Daniels testifies in court in Donald Trump criminal case | Abroad

Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, was interrogated in the criminal case about the hush money that Trump allegedly paid her in the run-up to the 2016 presidential election, which Trump won. Trump is said to have tried to hide the payment of that hush money in the accounts.

During the thirteenth day of the trial, Daniels gave her testimony. She described how she met Trump eighteen years ago at a golf tournament. The company she worked for at the time sponsored one of the holes at the tournament Trump was participating in. “That’s very funny, yes, I know,” she said about the irony that a sex industry company sponsored a ‘hole’.

Daniels later spoke in detail about her sexual experience with Trump in a hotel suite in 2006. She talked about his pajamas, his boxer shorts, the different sex positions and that he did not wear a condom.

Meanwhile, Trump, sitting just a few feet away, watched in silence. He is not allowed to say anything during the interrogations and must let his lawyers do the talking. Trump has always denied having sex with Daniels.

His lawyers frequently objected to the details that emerged during Daniels’ interrogation. Trump’s defense said the details were irrelevant and their sole purpose was to influence the jury. The judge ignored the objection, but asked Daniels not to elaborate too much.

Daniels also talked about the period after the incident. She initially wanted to keep it private after she was threatened in a parking lot in 2011.

She said she changed her mind when Trump was also accused of sexual abuse by others during the 2016 presidential election. “My motivation was not money, but to get the story out.”

Daniels spoke in court for nearly four hours on Tuesday. At the end of the hearing, there was another fierce cross-examination between Daniels and a lawyer for Trump, who, according to one BBCreporter almost shouted at each other. Daniels’ testimony continues Thursday.

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