Trump’s lawyer got a restraining order to prevent Stormy Daniels from speaking out
Donald Trump’s attorney got a secret restraining order against adult film star Stormy Daniels last month to block her from speaking publicly about her alleged 2006 affair with Trump.
The revelation came a day after Daniels (whose real name is Stephanie Clifford) filed a lawsuit against Trump, claiming that the October 2016 nondisclosure agreement — which paid Daniels $130,000 in exchange for her silence about her encounter with Trump — is void because Trump never signed it. The suit also claims that Trump’s attorney Michael Cohen “surreptitiously initiated a bogus arbitration proceeding” on February 27 to keep her quiet.
It turns out that on February 27, Cohen won a temporary restraining order against Clifford from a private arbitrator to stop her from talking about the contents of the nondisclosure agreement, NBC News and the New York Times reported. Cohen also initiated arbitration proceedings with Daniels last week, saying she had violated the nondisclosure agreement.
Daniels’s attorney, Michael Avenatti, told NBC News on Wednesday that Cohen hasn’t let up the pressure. “Earlier today, Mr. Cohen through his attorney, Mr. Rosen, further threatened my client in an effort to prevent her from telling the truth about what really happened,” he said. “We do not take kindly to these threats.”
Cohen is trying to enforce the terms of the NDA — but Daniels’s lawsuit claims the deal is invalid. Her suit alleges that she and Trump entered into this agreement under pseudonyms: Daniels as “Peggy Peterson” and Trump as “David Dennison.” But the line where Dennison, a.k.a. Trump, was supposed to sign is blank
https://www.vox.com/2018/3/7/17094714/stormy-daniels-trump-michael-cohen-restraining-order
Donald Trump’s attorney got a secret restraining order against adult film star Stormy Daniels last month to block her from speaking publicly about her alleged 2006 affair with Trump.
The revelation came a day after Daniels (whose real name is Stephanie Clifford) filed a lawsuit against Trump, claiming that the October 2016 nondisclosure agreement — which paid Daniels $130,000 in exchange for her silence about her encounter with Trump — is void because Trump never signed it. The suit also claims that Trump’s attorney Michael Cohen “surreptitiously initiated a bogus arbitration proceeding” on February 27 to keep her quiet.
It turns out that on February 27, Cohen won a temporary restraining order against Clifford from a private arbitrator to stop her from talking about the contents of the nondisclosure agreement, NBC News and the New York Times reported. Cohen also initiated arbitration proceedings with Daniels last week, saying she had violated the nondisclosure agreement.
Daniels’s attorney, Michael Avenatti, told NBC News on Wednesday that Cohen hasn’t let up the pressure. “Earlier today, Mr. Cohen through his attorney, Mr. Rosen, further threatened my client in an effort to prevent her from telling the truth about what really happened,” he said. “We do not take kindly to these threats.”
Cohen is trying to enforce the terms of the NDA — but Daniels’s lawsuit claims the deal is invalid. Her suit alleges that she and Trump entered into this agreement under pseudonyms: Daniels as “Peggy Peterson” and Trump as “David Dennison.” But the line where Dennison, a.k.a. Trump, was supposed to sign is blank
https://www.vox.com/2018/3/7/17094714/stormy-daniels-trump-michael-cohen-restraining-order