Porn star sues Trump, claims he defamed her
WASHINGTON — The porn actress alleging an affair with President Trump is escalating her legal fight, suing the president for defamation.
Stormy Daniels filed the complaint in federal court in New York on Monday. At issue is a tweet Trump made in which he dismissed a composite sketch that Daniels says depicted a man who threatened her in 2011 to stay quiet about her alleged sexual encounter with Trump.
In the tweet earlier in April, Trump said: “A sketch years later about a nonexistent man.