Porn star Stormy Daniels said there’s more to the story of her parting of ways with attorney Michael Avenatti than what he shared.
Daniels, who claims she had a tryst with President Trump more than a decade ago, indicated that she would have fired the outspoken lawyer if he had not resigned as her attorney last month.
Avenatti said his law firm had parted ways with the porn star “for various reasons.”
“How adorable is that,” she told hundreds of women Tuesday night at The Wing, a co-working and event space for women in Washington.
Daniels said she had been looking for a new attorney and Avenatti was aware that she was “very dissatisfied with a few things.” She has since retained Clark Brewster to serve as her primary counsel.
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“It pains me to not be able to share at this very moment,” she said of why she couldn’t go further into detail about the situation with Avenatti.
Daniels also hinted about future legal action, though she did not clarify whether it would be directed at Trump.
“My new attorney said today, ‘Things are about to get real interesting.’ Sit tight, ladies, it’s about to get real fucking good,” she said.
Daniels and Avenatti rose to national prominence in the last year after Avenatti sued Trump on Daniels’ behalf to invalidate a $130,000 nondisclosure agreement. She signed the agreement with then-candidate Trump before the 2016 election to stay quiet about an alleged tryst they had after he married first lady Melania Trump. Trump has denied the affair.
“On February 19, we informed Stormy Daniels in writing that we were terminating our legal representation of her for various reasons that we cannot disclose publicly due to the attorney-client privilege,” Avenatti said in a statement. “This was not a decision we made lightly and it came only after lengthy discussion, thought and deliberation, as well as consultation with other professionals. We wish Stormy all the best.”
A federal judge tossed out the lawsuit last week, saying it “lacks subject matter jurisdiction” and should be sent back to the California Superior Court.
Despite the dismissal, Daniels claimed victory. She said the judge’s ruling means she won’t have to pay Trump if she speaks out. She said Avenatti wanted the nondisclosure agreement to be ruled illegal “so that he could go after Trump for his own reasons.”
“All I ever wanted was to not get sued for $20 million,” Daniels said.
Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen arranged the payment shortly before the 2016 presidential election. He admitted last year that he set up the the hush-money arrangement at Trump’s direction. After Daniels filed the lawsuit, Trump and Cohen backed away from enforcing the nondisclosure agreement. The judge said that because the deal had been rescinded, the court lacks jurisdiction over the matter.
Cohen has since been sentenced to three years in prison for crimes that include campaign finance violations related to the payoff.
“I think about visiting him in prison for shits and giggles,” Daniels said Tuesday.
