LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “Former adult-movie star Stephanie Clifford filed a lawsuit against President Donald Trump, saying his lawyer forced her to sign a false statement provided to The Wall Street Journal in response to inquiries about an alleged sexual encounter with Mr. Trump.
The lawyer, Michael Cohen, paid Ms. Clifford $130,000 in October 2016 in return for her signing a nondisclosure agreement, which prevented Ms. Clifford, known professionally as Stormy Daniels, from discussing the alleged sexual encounter… Mr. Cohen didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment, nor did a representative for the White House. Along with Mr. Trump, Ms. Clifford named as a defendant in the suit Essential Consultants LLC, a Delaware company Mr. Cohen used to make the settlement payment, but not Mr. Cohen himself.
The lawsuit doesn’t refer to a second statement provided to media by Ms. Clifford’s manager in late January. The statement, which bore Ms. Clifford’s stage name, said: ‘I am denying this affair because it never happened.’
The complaint alleges that the nondisclosure agreement, which it refers to as ‘the Hush Agreement,’ is ‘null and void’ because Mr. Trump never signed it. The lawsuit also alleges that Mr. Cohen breached the agreement when he publicly acknowledged the pact with Ms. Clifford and the $130,000 payment in a Feb. 13 statement provided to news media.
It isn’t clear whether Ms. Clifford would return the money if she succeeds in having the agreement voided.”
-Michael Rothfeld and Joe Palazzolo, “Stormy Daniels Sues Trump Over Nondisclosure Agreement,” The Wall Street Journal online, Mar. 6, 2018 10:37pm