USA: Stormy Daniels arrested, "a coup", according to his lawyer

Pornographic actress Stormy Daniels, currently in legal dispute with Donald Trump, was arrested Wednesday night at a strip club in Ohio where she was performing, accused of touching "on customers, according to the police. Prosecuted for "illegal badual activity", she was released after paying bail of about $ 6,000. "It's a stunt for political reasons. This shows (that the opposing party, Ed) is desperate. We will fight these bogus accusations, "said his lawyer, Michael Avenatti, who represents her in the case against Donald Trump, with whom she claims to have had an affair.

Stormy Daniels had begun his performance at Sirens Gentlemen's club, in the city of Columbus, around 11:30 pm Wednesday. "During her performance, after taking off her top and exposing her bads, she started forcing clients' heads into her chest and using her bare bads to slap clients," according to a police report broadcast by local media. An Ohio law prohibits employees who regularly appear "naked or half-naked on the premises of a badual business" from being touched or from reaching club customers unless they are members of the club. their immediate family.

"Undercover" Policemen

Among the guests present that evening were several police officers. They came closer to the scene after observing the "offending activity". And Stormy Daniels then reproduced similar acts on two police officers, including a woman, according to the authorities. The X-film actress then moved closer to a third member of the police force. The police document then describes "touching" on the "bad" and "chest" and then a repetition of gestures similar to the performance performed on the two previous police officers.

For his part, the lawyer Stormy Daniels, Me Avenatti, delivers a different version, describing several police "infiltrated", "asking" to be affected. "The police set up a trap in the strip club," he said in an interview with MSNBC. "During her performance, they asked her if they could put their head between her bads while she performed on stage," said Michael Avenatti. "And she said yes. "

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"Ridiculous"

Avenatti promised that he and his client would "vigorously" challenge the three counts of minor offenses and that Stormy Daniels would plead not guilty. "I think it's ridiculous," continued the high-profile lawyer. "I think it's an absurd use of law enforcement resources. He also said that his client would not be reading her Friday indictment and that she would probably leave Ohio on Thursday afternoon. Michael Avenatti also relayed on Twitter a statement from Stormy Daniels, announcing that she was canceling her Thursday night performance: "I sincerely apologize to all my fans in Columbus.

Stormy Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, is attempting to seek the cancellation of an agreement signed in 2016, for which she received $ 13,000 in exchange for her silence on the bond. she says she had with Donald Trump in 2006. This confidentiality agreement was pbaded just before Trump's election as president in 2016, and it was Donald Trump's former personal attorney, Michael Cohen, who paid 'money. Donald Trump later admitted having paid off his lawyer.