Porn actress alleged to have sexual encounter with Trump to appear in SC
It was a major event when President Donald Trump appeared in Greenville in October 2017 for a fundraiser for South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster.
On Saturday, another person with a dubious – at best – connection to Trump will be making an appearance in Greenville.
Stephanie Clifford, the pornographic film actress who goes by the stage name Stormy Daniels, is scheduled to appear at The Trophy Club, a strip club in Greenville. She had an alleged sexual encounter with Trump, according to multiple reports.
The Trophy Club, which describes itself as a topless gentleman’s club, is promoting her appearance on Facebook and Twitter. It is billing the event as “The Making America Horny Again Tour!”
One night ONLY!!! Stormy Daniels will be in Greenville. Saturday January 20th. You don't want to miss this!!... https://t.co/EFyd4FkQu9
— The Trophy Clubs (@trophyclubs) January 14, 2018
In its advertising campaign for the event it called a “one-night performance,” the club used the tag line, “He saw her live, you can too!”
That catchphrase is in reference to the alleged sexual encounter.
The Wall Street Journal reported that Trump’s personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, brokered a $130,000 payment to the porn star to prevent her from publicly discussing the alleged sexual encounter.
Trump met Clifford at a golf event in 2006, a year after Trump’s marriage to his wife, Melania. Jacob Weisberg, editor-in-chief of the Slate Group, told the The New York Times that Clifford had told him she had an affair with Trump.
Just weeks before the 2016 election, Fox News reportedly killed a story about the extramarital affair, according to the New York Daily News.
On Jan. 12, the White House issued a statement calling the Journal’s story “old, recycled reports, which were published and strongly denied prior to the election.”
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
This story was originally published January 18, 2018 at 6:12 PM with the headline "Porn actress alleged to have sexual encounter with Trump to appear in SC."