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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

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

Stripper

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

American Girls: Part 2

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

Heat

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

Director

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

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

Temples of Fame

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

Contract

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

Lawsuit

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

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.