Stormy Daniels and Michael Avenatti separate

Michael Avenatti said Tuesday that his law firm no longer represents adult film actress Stormy Daniels, ending a partnership that dominated cable news and led to charges of violating campaign funding. against Donald Trump's former lawyer.

Avenatti stated that his office terminated his legal representation with Daniels on February 19 for "various reasons that we can not publicly disclose due to solicitor-client privilege".

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"This was not a decision we made lightly and it came after lengthy discussions, reflections and deliberations, as well as consultations with other professionals," said Avenatti in a statement. "We wish Stormy all the best."

Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, wrote on Twitter several minutes before Avenatti's statement that she had hired a new lawyer, who would "review all the legal issues that concern me".

"I retained the services of Clark Brewster as a personal solicitor and I asked him, as well as his firm, to review all legal matters that concerned me," he said. she said in the tweet. "Once Mr. Brewster has completed his review and further consultations, I anticipate that Mr. Brewster will be my lead counsel for all legal matters."

Daniels sued Trump and his former lawyer and advisor, Michael Cohen, for the purpose of canceling a silent agreement for an alleged affair between her and Trump in 2006. Trump has denied the case.

Since then, Cohen has been sentenced to three years in prison – a liar in Congress, tax evasion and violation of election campaign funding – in connection with Daniels' secret payments.

We do not know why Avenatti and Daniels broke up. At the end of last year, however, they had a public feud.

Daniels revealed to the The daily beast In November, Avenatti filed a defamation suit against Trump and Cohen without his authorization.

A federal judge, just a month earlier, had rejected the case for defamation and the president's lawyers had then asked Daniels to pay $ 390,000 in fees related to the case. A Los Angeles judge ruled that Daniels had to pay nearly $ 293,000 in legal fees and $ 1,000 more in penalties.