Posted on 07/12/2018 6:38:58 AM PDT by Red Badger
Source: Franklin County Sheriff's Office Columbus, OH Stormy Daniels mug shot
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Stormy Daniels, the adult film actress who has made headlines for an alleged affair with Donald Trump, was arrested in Columbus, Ohio, according to her attorney.
Michael Avenatti, who has represented Daniels, delivered the message in a Twitter post in the earlier hours of Thursday ET. In that tweet, the attorney claimed the arrest was politically motivated, and said "it reeks of desperation."
Michael Avenatti tweet: Just rcvd word that my client @StormyDaniels was arrested in Columbus Ohio whole performing the same act she has performed across the nation at nearly a hundred strip clubs. This was a setup & politically motivated. It reeks of desperation. We will fight all bogus charges. #Basta
An NBC affiliate confirmed the arrest early Thursday morning with information from the Franklin County Ohio Sheriff's Office. Daniels was taken to the correctional facility at Jackson Pike and has reportedly been charged with misdemeanor sex offenses. Her next court date is Friday, July 13.
In subsequent tweets, Avenatti suggested Daniels was hit with three misdemeanor charges, and vowed that she will plead not guilty to all of them. "We will vehemently contest" the charges, he said.
In the meantime, however, the arrest forced Daniels to cancel a second performance scheduled for Thursday night in Columbus, according to a statement tweeted out by Avenatti.
Avenatti said Daniels had been arrested for "allegedly allowing a customer to touch her while on stage in a non sexual manner."
Avenatti tweet: She was arrested for allegedly allowing a customer to touch her while on stage in a non sexual manner! Are you kidding me? They are devoting law enforcement resources to sting operations for this? There has to be higher priorities!!! #SetUp #Basta
The attorney added in a follow-up post that he expected the adult film actress to be released on bail "shortly" and that she would be charged "with a misdemeanor for allowing 'touching.'"
Jeff Zeleny tweet
Avenatti told NBC News that he was of the understanding that there were multiple undercover vice officers in the club during Daniels' show. After the customer touched her, according to the attorney, those officers got up and arrested the performer on the spot.
Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, claims she had sex with Trump in 2006, while he was married to Melania Trump.
In October 2016, on the eve of the presidential election, Michael Cohen, then Trump's personal attorney, used a shell company he had set up to pay Daniels $130,000 in exchange for her signing a nondisclosure agreement.
Steven Portnoy tweet
Daniels has said the agreement barred her from speaking publicly about her tryst with Trump.
In early January this year, The Wall Street Journal broke the news about that deal arranged by the lawyers.
“”””I also thought these places have bouncers to handle things like this, and am surprised that police were waiting to pounce .””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””
Could be they heard she was going over the line and needed proof.
I read elsewhere that she touched HIM back, as in fondling, and that’s what got her arrested...............
Ewwwww. So, she assaulted an audience “member”?
Then go blame John Kasich
I read elsewhere that she touched HIM back, as in fondling, and that’s what got her arrested...............
Oh, so she grabbed an audience “member”?
She touched multiple cops, including their breasts. Guilty. Throw the book at her.
So now I learned another word in Italian. And I figured “basta” had something to do with big something and “t and a”...
Or, it could revitalize her successful movie career.
Did she look that bad?
“In that tweet, the attorney claimed the arrest was politically motivated, and said “it reeks of desperation.”
Like you and your client?
Ok - Stormy has been out of the news for the past few weeks - had to pull a stunt to get back in the headlines.
That old broad should be in a nursing home
“on stage in a non sexual manner!”
touching was in a non sexual way? Was the customer wearing gloves and was blind?
Yes. And either there is a law or there is not a law about the touching. He doesn’t deny it happened. He doesn’t say “she’s innocent”, etc. He suggests that she should be exempt from application of the law by his “reeks of desperation” remark.
Meanwhile, he has enough troubles of his own, that she is likely taking a risk by keeping him on as her attorney, and (with any luck) that could all create problems for her down the road.
I am under the impression she has been decorating the junk heap for years.
When I saw the headline, I thought..... never mind.
This whore failed in her paid attempt to get Trump. Failed. She needs money and has only one “profession.”
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