Adult film star Stephanie Clifford, whose stage name is Stormy Daniels, amended a lawsuit against Donald Trump to include allegations of defamation by his personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, the Washington Post reports.
Monday, Daniels added Cohen as a defendant in a lawsuit, originally filed on March 6, 2018, that argues a "hush" agreement between Trump and Daniels is invalid because Trump did not sign the document. According to Daniels, Cohen--through his LLC Essential Consultants--paid $130,000 in exchange for her silence about the alleged affair.
Now the amended complaint explicitly names Cohen, accusing the longtime Trump attorney of defamation after he insinuated she lied about a decade-old affair with the president. It stems from comments Cohen made on Feb. 13, when he acknowledged he used his "own personal funds to facilitate a payment of $130,000," but added, "just because something isn’t true doesn’t mean that it can’t cause you harm or damage."
As the Post reports, the new allegations also say "[Cohen's] payment violated federal laws that impose limits on campaign donations and require those donations to be publicly reported."