Stormy Daniels has raised a staggering seven-figure sum to pay legal fees she owes former President Donald Trump after a court dismissed her defamation case against him in 2018.
The GoFundMe fundraiser was set up by her former manager and friend Dwayne Crawford just two weeks ago, but already the 20,000 contributions from the porn star’s supporters have surpassed $1 million.
This comes months after Trump was found guilty on all 34 felony counts in his blockbuster hush money trial, and a Manhattan jury convicted him of falsifying business records.
Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, owes Trump $600,000 in legal fees related to her failed lawsuit.
“For over six years, I have been fighting to tell the truth… and paying the price for it,” Daniels said in a statement to the site. “Part of this battle resulted in me being automatically awarded attorneys’ fees after being denied my day in court.”
Stormy Daniels with Donald Trump in 2006, at the time of the alleged affair
The lawsuit arose in April 2018 after Daniels posted a sketch of a man she said threatened her in Las Vegas in 2011.
According to her, he told her to “leave Trump alone.”
This alleged threat reportedly occurred years after Daniels allegedly had an affair with Trump in 2006.
Trump responded on Twitter, calling his claims a “total scam” and saying the man was “non-existent.”
Weeks after tweeting that rebuke, Daniels sued him in federal court.
In October 2018, U.S. District Judge S. James Otero dismissed the lawsuit, saying Trump’s tweet amounted to a “hyperbolic statement.”
Otero also said Trump’s statement was protected by the First Amendment.
Daniels attempted to appeal the decision in 2022, saying her attorney Michael Avenatti filed the suit “without my permission and against my wishes.”
A judge ruled against her, leaving her on the hook for Trump’s massive legal fees associated with the case.
Now, it seems that his fans and political allies will foot the bill.
Daniels attends the 2024 Adult Video News Awards at Resorts World Las Vegas on January 27, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Adult film actress Stephanie Clifford, also known as Stormy Daniels, speaks as she leaves Manhattan federal court in New York City on April 16, 2018.
“I have been given the greatest gift because those attorney fees are NOT on me!” Daniels wrote.
‘Complete strangers have generously joined together in a powerful stance and donated to cover it up.’
He said that once the judgment against him is paid, he will use the remaining donated funds to move his family to a safe location.
She says this is necessary because she has received “countless death threats” since Trump was found guilty on May 30.
She also claimed that Trump’s defense team showed her address to the entire courtroom while she was testifying in the case.
In his testimony as the prosecution’s star witness, he described the lurid details of their alleged encounter at a hotel in 2006, which included mentions of condoms, spanking and missionary sex.
She also told the court that Michael Cohen, Trump’s former “fixer,” gave her $130,000 to keep her quiet about the alleged affair, which allegedly happened while Melania Trump was pregnant with Baron.
Daniels claims she met Trump at a celebrity golf tournament in Lake Tahoe, Nevada, in 2006. The former president has always denied anything ever happened between them.
Daniels claims she met Trump at a celebrity golf tournament in Lake Tahoe, Nevada, in 2006.
Trump has denied the affair on dozens of occasions.
Crawford set the fundraising goal at $1.25 million, a target that GoFundMe is rapidly approaching as of Tuesday.
“Every dollar we raise will be validation that we care about Stormy too and are willing to continue this fight,” he wrote.
‘Trump may have a mega fundraising operation to avoid facing consequences, but that shouldn’t mean Stormy becomes the sacrificial lamb of a corrupt system.’
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