Stormy Daniels, the adult movie star who claimed to have had an affair with President Donald Trump in 2006, is separated from his well-known lawyer, Michael Avenatti.
Daniels was the first to announce that she had a new representation in a tweet posted Tuesday afternoon.
"I retained the services of Clark Brewster as a personal solicitor and I asked him, as well as his firm, to review all the legal issues that concerned me." At the end of Mr. Brewster's review and after further consultations with me, I anticipate that Mr. Brewster will be my principal counsel for all legal matters, "wrote Daniels.
About ten minutes later, Avenatti posted his own statement on Twitter where he framed the decision to part ways like his. Avenatti stated that, on February 19, her office had "informed Stormy Daniels in writing" that "we were terminating our legal representation for various reasons that we can not publicly disclose due to solicitor-client privilege. ".
Avenatti did not immediately respond to Yahoo News' requests for comment. An unnamed person responded to a message sent to Daniels' public relations email with a note referring to his previous tweet and stating that it had been "issued 11 minutes before Mr. Avenatti issued his statement" .
Daniels' charges were central to the case against Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen. Last August, Cohen pleaded guilty to several counts of federal crime, including making payments to Daniels so that she would not tell her story in the 2016 election. Cohen acknowledged that these payments were illegal campaign contributions.
Cohen accused the president of having ordered him to make the payments, although Trump initially claimed that he knew nothing about the arrangement. He went on to say that the payments were not related to the campaign.
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NEW YORK, NY – AUGUST 20: Michael Avenatti attends the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall on August 20, 2018 in New York. (Photo by Nicholas Hunt / Getty Images for MTV)
NEW YORK, NY – AUGUST 20: Michael Avenatti attends the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall on August 20, 2018 in New York. (Photo by Nicholas Hunt / Getty Images for MTV)
Michael Avenatti, attorney for adult actress Stormy Daniels, speaks in an interview with Bloomberg Television in New York, United States, on Thursday, Aug. 2, 2018. Avenatti discussed the charges against President Donald Trump. Photographer: Mark Kauzlarich / Bloomberg via Getty Images
Los Angeles, California – July 28: Michael Avenatti is seen on July 28, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo of Gotpap / Bauer-Griffin / GC Images)
Michael Avenatti, a lawyer for Stormy Daniels, is photographed in Manhattan Federal Court in New York, NY, USA on April 13, 2018. REUTERS / Jeenah Moon
Adult film actress Stephanie Clifford, also known as Stormy Daniels, talks to media with lawyer Michael Avenatti in a federal court in the Manhattan district of New York, New York, United States , April 16, 2018. REUTERS / Brendan Mcdermid
Michael Avenatti (C), attorney of adult film actress Stephanie Clifford, also known as Stormy Daniels, addresses the media in Federal District Court Central District of California after the US ''. hearing on Clifford's case against Donald J. Trump in Los Angeles, California, April 20, 2018. REUTERS / Lucy Nicholson
Michael Avenatti, attorney of adult film actress Stephanie Clifford, also known as Stormy Daniels, leaves with a film crew while he leaves the Federal District Court in California's Central District after a hearing concerning the Donald Clifford case against Donald J. Trump in Los Angeles. Angeles, California, April 20, 2018. REUTERS / Mike Blake
Michael Avenatti, attorney for adult film actress Stephanie Clifford, also known as Stormy Daniels, addresses media to the Central District Court of California's California District Court after the hearing regarding Donald Clifford's case against Donald J. Trump in Los Angeles, California, April 20, 2018. REUTERS / Mike Blake
Stormy Daniels' lawyer, Michael Avenatti, leaves the federal court surrounded by media in the Manhattan district of New York, New York, United States, April 16, 2018.
Michael Avenatti (R), a lawyer for Stormy Daniels, is photographed in Manhattan Federal Court in New York, New York, United States, on April 13, 2018. REUTERS / Jeenah Moon
THE VIEW – On Tuesday, April 17, Stormy Daniels sits with the co-hosts of The View (from 11 am to 12 pm EDT) for her first live TV interview. Daniels will be joined in the studio by his lawyer Michael Avenatti. "The View" is broadcast Monday to Friday (11 am-12 noon ET) on the ABC television network.
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New York, NY – April 16: Stormy Daniels and Michael Avenatti are seen in front of a federal court in downtown Manhattan on April 16, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Raymond Hall / GC Images)
NEW YORK, NY – APRIL 16: Stormy Daniels' actress attorney, Michael Avenatti, goes to Federal Court for a hearing before the US District Court in the United States. Southern District of New York. , 2018 in New York. Cohen and the lawyers representing President Trump ask the court to prevent justice ministry officials from reading documents and documents relating to his wife's relationship with President Trump, who they say should be protected by the professional secrecy of the lawyer. FBI officials, armed with a search warrant, stormed Cohen's office and two private homes last week. (Photo by Yana Paskova / Getty Images)
Stormy Daniels' lawyer, Michael Avenatti (right), is appearing for a US court hearing in New York on April 16, 2018.
President Donald Trump's personal attorney, Michael Cohen, has been under criminal investigation for months, and FBI agents searched his home, a hotel room, an office, a safe and seized two cell phones. / AFP PHOTO / Hector RETAMAL (The photo credit should correspond to HECTOR RETAMAL / AFP / Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY – APRIL 12: Gayle King, Michael Avenatti, Don Lemon, and Sean Hannity attend 2018's 35 most powerful people in the Hollywood reporter's media at the pool at the pool on April 12, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Taylor Hill / WireImage)
NEW YORK, NY – APRIL 13: Michael Avenatti, Stormy Daniels' lawyer, addresses reporters following a lawsuit over the search warrants for Michael Cohen, a longtime advocate of President Donald Trump, in the South District District Southern District of New York, April 13, 2018 in New York. Cohen and his lawyers are asking the court to stop Justice Department officials from reading documents and documents relating to his relationship with President Donald Trump, which they say should be protected by professional secrecy. 39; lawyer. FBI officials, armed with a search warrant, stormed Cohen's office and two private homes earlier in the week. (Photo by Drew Angerer / Getty Images)
THE VIEW – Stormy Daniels' lawyer, Michael Avenatti, is today's guest on Monday, March 26, 18, on ABC's "The View" show. "The View" is broadcast Monday to Friday (11 am-12 noon ET) on the ABC television network.
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Avenatti represented Daniels in numerous lawsuits related to his alleged business and the payment of money. His position as his lawyer has made him a key player in cable television, where he regularly criticized Trump. Avenatti attracted a large number of liberal supporters and even experienced a brief period last year, during which he flirted with the entry into the Democratic presidential primary.
Avenatti was arrested last November in Los Angeles on suspicion of domestic violence after his former girlfriend made a report to the police. He called the allegations "completely fictitious" and was not finally charged although prosecutors said the case would remain open.
After his arrest, Daniels initially distanced himself from Avenatti, claiming in particular to have filed a defamation complaint against the president and often spoke on his behalf without his knowledge. The couple is reconciled later.
The domestic violence incident also seemed to torment Avenatti's potential candidacy for the presidency. Last December, just over two weeks after his arrest, Avenatti had announced that he would not show up. He stated that the decision was made "after consultation with my family and at their request".
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