Donald Trump has said that a sketch released by porn star Stormy Daniels, which portrayed a man she says warned her to stop discussing her claims of a sexual encounter with Trump, does not exist.
On Tuesday, Stormy Daniels and her lawyer, Michael Avenatti released a sketch of a man whom she said had threatened her in 2011 to keep her affair with Trump a sectet, Daniels and Avenatti offered a $100,000 reward for information leading to the man's identification. Avenatti announced on Wednesday the reward had been increased to $131,000.
The picture they released showed a man with facial stubble and a chiseled jaw, who was wearing a hoodie. Daniels described him in an interview with ABC on Wednesday as "sort of handsome."
But on Wednesday, Trump addressed this, saying the man in the sketch does not exist.
The US President tweeted : "A sketch years later about a nonexistent man. A total con job, playing the Fake News Media for Fools (but they know it)!"
In response, Daniels' attorney said his client would likely update a lawsuit she has filed against the president to include a charge of defamation.
"He's effectively now told the American people that she is a liar, that she is a con, that she has made up this threat and this sketch," he said. "We're likely going to be amending our complaint - we're looking at doing that now - to add a defamation claim directly against the president."
Daniels, whose legal name is Stephanie Clifford, says she had sex with Trump in 2006. She is fighting a 2016 nondisclosure agreement arranged by Trump's personal attorney, Michael Cohen, in which she was paid $130,000 to keep silent.
Trump's lawyers are seeking at least $20 million in damages from Daniels for violations of the nondisclosure agreement.
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