More than 1,500 tips have been sent in over the sketch of the man adult film actress Stormy Daniels claims told her to leave President Donald Trump alone.
Daniels and her lawyer Michael Avenatti released a sketch of the man on Tuesday, with the actress stating on an episode of The View: "I'm done being bullied."
She claims the man threatened her in 2011, while she was in a Las Vegas parking lot with her infant daughter, and that the threat made her more inclined to sign a non-disclosure agreement in 2016, when she recieved $130,000 "hush money" from Trump's personal lawyer Michael Cohen.
"A guy walked up on me and said to me, 'Leave Trump alone. Forget the story,'" she said. "And then he leaned around and looked at my daughter and said, 'That's a beautiful little girl. It'd be a shame if something happened to her mom.' And then he was gone."
The incident occurred at a time when Daniels says she was considering telling her story about an affair she claims to have had with Trump in 2006, shortly after the birth of his youngest child Barron.
Despite the sketch of the man being slammed by Trump, who described the individual as "non-existent," Daniels' legal team has received more than a thousand responses since the sketch was made public, Avenatti told TMZ.
"A sketch years later about a non-existent man. A total con job, playing the Fake News Media for Fools (but they know it)!" Trump tweeted on Wednesday after the sketch was shared on The View.
But Avenatti claims the legal team is looking into the tips, stating that the team has dedicated more than 40 man hours so far to the leads, also stating a reward of $131,000 is being offered for information the results in tan individual being apprehended, Fox News reported.
Las Vegas law enforcement told TMZ they have not received any calls.
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