1 week Ago By Alison Durkee, Forbes Staff
Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Topline Adult film actress Stormy Daniels will take the stand for a second time Thursday, facing more cross-examination as former President Donald Trump’s criminal trial resumes, after a dramatic day of testimony Tuesday in which Daniels testified about her alleged sexual encounter with Trump—and prompted the ex-president’s lawyers to call for a mistrial. A court drawing showing Stormy Daniels (far right) testifying in Manhattan criminal court as former ..
. [+] President Donald Trump and defense attorney Todd Blanche watch on May 7 in New York. Key Facts Daniels will resume testifying when the trial begins at 9:30 a.
m. Eastern time, continuing a cross-examination that began after prosecutors questioned her on Tuesday. The adult film star is a central figure in the trial, in which Trump faces felony charges of falsification of business records after he reimbursed ex-attorney Michael Cohen for a $130,000 payment Cohen made to Daniels before the 2016 election, which was hush money to cover up her allegations of an affair with Trump.
Daniels testified Tuesday about her alleged encounter with Trump in July 2006, when she allegedly had sex with him after meeting him at a celebrity golf tournament, describing his sexual advances as being like a “jump scare” and telling the jury she “left as fast as I could” afterwards, only remaining in touch with him in the ensuing months because she was trying to get a spot on The .
