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.
Best New Starlet
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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.
140 films
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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.