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Who is Stormy Daniels, the woman who could bring down Donald Trump?

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2023-03-31 13:00:09

Stephanie Gregory Clifford is known professionally as Stormy Daniels.

Baton Rouge

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Daniels was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and raised by her mother.

Stripper

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She started out as a stripper at 17 in a Baton Rouge club.

American Girls: Part 2

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Her first participation in a film was in 2002 for American Girls: Part 2.

Heat

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We also see her in the 2002 film Heat. In 2004, she won the title of Best New Starlet at Adult Video News.

Director

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She became a film director for the Wicked Pictures studio in 2004. In her career, she has participated in more than 140 films.

Meeting Donald Trump

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Daniels meets Donald Trump at a celebrity golf tournament in Lake Tahoe, July 2006.

Temples of Fame

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Daniels was inducted into the AVN and XRCO Halls of Fame in 2014.

Contract

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Weeks before the 2016 presidential election, Trump's lawyer pays her $130,000 to keep her relationship quiet.

Lawsuit

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March 2018, Daniels sues Donald Trump for defamation and accuses him of breaching their confidentiality agreement. However, she lost the case and had to pay nearly $300,000 in miscellaneous costs.

A historic accusation

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Stormy gets her personal revenge in 2023 when payments made to her to keep her quiet were allegedly made illegally, and prove to be the cornerstone of a formal indictment of former President Donald Trump by the Manhattan District Attorney's office.

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