U.S. adult film star Stormy Daniels, who claims she had an affair with President Donald Trump in 2006, was arrested in a strip club on Wednesday in what her lawyer said was a setup.
Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, was arrested in a Columbus, Ohio, club for allowing a customer to touch her in a non-sexual manner while on stage, lawyer Michael Avenatti said on Twitter.
Avenatti said Daniels was arrested during a sting operation.
¡°This was a setup & politically motivated. It reeks of desperation. We will fight all bogus charges,¡± Avenatti said on Twitter.
Daniels was scheduled to perform at Sirens Gentlemen¡¯s Club on Wednesday and Thursday, according to its website.
Avenatti said Daniels was performing the same act on Wednesday that ¡°she has performed across the nation at nearly a hundred strip clubs.¡±
He said he expected his client to be released on bail and that she would be charged with a misdemeanor for allowing touching.
¡°We will vehemently contest all charges,¡± he said.
Daniels has said she had sex with Trump in 2006 and that Trump¡¯s personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, paid her $130,000 to keep the encounter secret shortly before the presidential election.
Cohen has said he made the payment. In May, Trump said Daniels was paid to stop ¡°false and extortionist accusations¡± she made about a sexual encounter with him.
Trump forcefully denied the affair.
Daniels has filed two lawsuits against Trump, one to get out of a non-disclosure agreement she had signed in October 2016 ahead of the November presidential election in exchange for the $130,000, and another for defamation.
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