A lawyer representing Stormy Daniels, the adult film star at the center of former President Trump’s case, said his client wore a bulletproof vest until she entered the Manhattan courtroom to testify at the trial.
Attorney Clark Brewster said Daniels was “paralyzed” with fear before her testimony about what “some crazy person could do to her.”
“She was worried about security coming into New York,” Brewster said during her Monday appearance on CNN’s “AC360°.” “She wore a bulletproof vest every day until she got to court.”
“I can tell you that before she arrives on Sunday. I mean, she cried herself to sleep,” he continued. “She was paralyzed with fear, not of testifying or telling her story, but of what some crazy person might do to her, and I’m genuinely worried about that too.”
His comments echo the sentiment the actor shared in a documentary earlier this year when he claimed he took the money out of fear for his life. Brewster’s claim also comes after Daniels gave somewhat salacious testimony last week detailing the alleged sexual encounter she had with Trump in 2006. Trump has denied the affair.
Trump lawyer Susan Necheles later cross-examined Daniels, trying to portray her as an unreliable witness and going after her for making a profit after alleging the affair with Trump.
The former president faces 34 criminal charges in the hush money case for falsifying business records related to a payment made to Daniels for his silence about the alleged affair. The $130,000 payment, made by former Trump agent Michael Cohen, was delivered in the late stages of the 2016 presidential election.
Cohen took the stand in the ongoing trial on Monday and will continue his testimony on Tuesday.
The former president denied any wrongdoing and declared himself innocent in the case.
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