By Edmund DeMarche, Lukas Mikelionis –FoxNews.com
Stormy Daniels, the porn star who claims to have had an affair with President Donald Trump, was arrested late Wednesday while performing at a strip club in Columbus, Ohio, her lawyer told Fox News.
Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, has said she had sex with Trump in 2006 when he was married, which Trump has denied. She’s suing Trump and his former longtime personal lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen and seeking to invalidate a nondisclosure agreement that she signed days before the 2016 presidential election.
Columbus police did not confirm the arrest to Fox News. The strip club where she was scheduled to perform, Sirens, also did not indicate any arrest was made.
Daniels’ lawyer, Michael Avenatti, wrote in a follow-up tweet that she was arrested for “allegedly allowing a customer to touch her while on stage in a non sexual manner.”
“Are you kidding me? They are devoting law enforcement resources to sting operations for this? There has to be higher priorities,” he wrote.“This was a setup & politically motivated,” he said. “It reeks of desperation. We will fight all bogus charges.”
Fox News’ Ben Brown, Bradford Betz and the Associated Press contributed to this report.