Porn star to talk about alleged Trump affair on TV

NEW YORK: Porn actress Stormy Daniels will sit for a highly-anticipated interview that could shed new light on the affair she says she had with Donald Trump a decade before his election as president.

Contrary to its usual practice, CBS has not released excerpts of the interview, which will air on the network’s flagship 60 Minutes programme.

Daniels has previously spoken about the affair, including in a recent post on Twitter in which she said: “Technically I didn’t sleep with the POTUS 12 years ago. There was no sleeping (hehe) and he was just a goofy reality TV star.”

Her lawyer Michael Avenatti has teased the interview, posting a picture on Twitter of a DVD along with the text: “If ‘ a picture is worth a thousand words,’ how many words is this worth????? #60minutes #pleasedenyit.”

Daniels was paid US$130,000 (RM508,703) by Trump’s personal lawyer Michael Cohen as part of a non-disclosure agreement that she signed shortly before the 2016 US presidential election.

Avenatti filed a lawsuit on behalf of Daniels – whose real name is Stephanie Clifford – earlier this month seeking to toss out the confidential settlement.

The suit alleged that Daniels began an “intimate relationship” with Trump in the summer of 2006 that continued well into 2007.

Cohen, meanwhile, claims that Daniels is liable for at least US$20mil (RM78mil) for violating the agreement – US$1mil (RM3.9mil) for each time she did so.

The White House has denied any sexual encounter between Trump and Daniels.