Daniels details sex with trump
NEW YORK—It was the courtroom face-off everyone was waiting for—testimony of high legal importance, and salacious sexual content.
Donald Trump, the former US president who has always prided himself on being in charge and in control, was forced to sit silently and listen to a porn star describe in open court a bedroom encounter that he denies ever took place.
“When I opened the bathroom door to come out, Mr. Trump had come into the bedroom and was on the bed,” Stormy Daniels told the New York court.
“The intention was pretty clear, someone stripped down to their underwear posing on the bed waiting for you.”
Trump impassively stared ahead through Daniels’ testimony, which often veered into graphic sexual specifics despite the judge’s best efforts.
“My clothes and shoes were off, I think I still had my bra on. We were in missionary position.”
Was he wearing a condom? “No.”
Was it brief? “Yes.”
‘Just answer the questions’
If anyone was wrong-footed by the adult material, it was judge Juan Merchan.
He appeared annoyed at times and struggled to keep Daniels on topic, ordering her to “just answer the questions” after repeated objections from the defense, several of which he upheld.
Daniels’ testimony prompted Trump’s legal team to ask for a mistrial, arguing that her account included details, such as the fact that Trump did not wear a condom, “inflamed” the jury and were irrelevant to the case.
Merchan denied the request.
Daniels still revealed a plethora of unforgettable allegations about Trump, who denies having any sexual relationship with her.
She told the court Trump called her “Honeybunch,” and she described multiple phone calls with him—some of which she put on speakerphone to entertain her friends.
The encounter took place in 2006, she recalled, when Trump had pushed to have dinner with her at a golf tournament.
Once she arrived via the penthouse elevator, Trump “said it was a bit early, maybe we could talk a little bit and get to know each other.”
She said he asked if she had a boyfriend, about the economics of the porn industry, and the threat of catching a sexually transmitted disease in the job.
“I said well, we were tested every 30 days,” Daniels told the court, occasionally looking straight at Trump, who did not return her gaze.
‘The Apprentice’
Daniels said their lengthy conversation touched on Trump’s wife Melania—with Trump saying “we actually don’t even sleep in the same room”—as well as whether Daniels should go on Trump’s hit show “The Apprentice.”
“He said I reminded him of his daughter because she’s smart and blonde,” Daniels added.
And when Trump showed her a magazine with him on the cover, she joked: “Someone should spank you with that,” she told the court.
“He gave me the look that he dared me to do it … so I swatted him with it right on the butt.” —reports from AFP, Reuters
