I didn’t hear that and I’m going to go out on a limb and label it a rumor. My understanding is that there was one payment to Stormy (not illegal) and one reimbursement. Even so, if either was done in series, the way the statue works for a series of unlawful acts is that the statute runs as to each act,
So in an unawful series, some could be time barred and others not
the newsfolks and lawyers were discussing it the other day-