Stormy Daniels has shot down fabricated quotes that have been attributed to her in relation to her alleged affair with former President Donald Trump.
Daniels has alleged she had an affair with the GOP frontrunner back in 2006, a year after he married Melania Trump. The allegations have had significant ramifications for the real estate mogul, including his pending hush money trial.
Trump has been accused of arranging for his former attorney, Michael Cohen, to give Daniels $130,000 as hush money during his 2016 presidential campaign. Prosecutors led by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg say the payments were part of a scheme to stop potentially damaging stories about the Republican from becoming public.
Trump, the likely 2024 GOP presidential nominee, has denied any wrongdoing and has said the trial is part of a political witch hunt aimed at derailing his White House bid.
In the years since the allegations first came to light, claims about their purported interactions have been shared in the media. It was alleged in 2018 that Trump once asked Daniels to spank him with a copy of Forbes magazine.
Adding to such salacious allegations, a picture was shared on X, formerly Twitter, this week, showing Daniels sitting for an interview while quotes attributed to her were placed to the side.
"I had no idea if he penetrated me—and I am a professional," the quote read. "He just kept yelling, 'I'm yuge! I'm the greatest!' and then he made gurgling sounds and fell asleep. Hey, it was a job and the check cleared."
The X user who shared the image on the platform tagged Daniels, as they asked if the words attributed to her were "for real."
Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, simply responded: "No."
Newsweek has contacted a representative of Trump via email for comment.
Amid Trump's plethora of legal woes, a criminal trial surrounding the payment given to Daniels has been scheduled to begin later this month, as announced last May by the judge presiding over the case, Juan Merchan.
While the payment of hush money for a non-disclosure agreement is not illegal per se, the case against Trump has focused on the way the former president recorded the expense—allegedly as legal fees. Trump has denied any wrongdoing.
If Trump is found guilty, he could spend between one and four years in prison, according to Norm Eisen, an attorney and former ambassador.
Last month, New York Judge Merchan ruled that Trump's trial will go ahead as scheduled on March 25. Merchan rejected Trump's calls for a delay and a dismissal. Trump has pleaded not guilty to 34 felony charges in the case; Daniels said in January that she is "set to testify" in the trial.
Former Trump ally Cohen served a three-year prison sentence after pleading guilty to charges including lying to Congress, tax crimes and campaign finance violations relating to the hush-money payments. His relationship with Trump deteriorated following his sentence, and he has become a staunch critic of the former star of The Apprentice.
While discussing a recently unveiled musical focused on Trump, Cohen told The New York Times: "[It's] easy for us all to sit here to make jokes about Trump or Trump's legal troubles, but there are real consequences at stake here, not just for our individual liberties but the future of democracy.
"With that being said, let's hope that justice is served. And not just with a well-done steak and ketchup on the side, but with some real repercussions, so we can all agree that no one is above the law."
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