Stormy Daniels Warns Trump & Lawyer: You Breached Our Agreement, Now I'm Free to Talk!

[DonViejo]

Don't know how reputable of a source this is but, here it is. -- Don

Published February 14, 2018 at 8:35 am PST
ByMike Walters, Gary Trock

Stormy Daniels has suddenly changed her position and is ready to spill all the tea regarding her alleged affair with Donald Trump, and it all has to do with the president’s personal attorney allegedly breaching a contract he negotiated with the porn star.

Sources close to Daniels tell The Blast that her legal team notified President Trump’s legal team, including attorney Michael Cohen, that they are in violation of the agreement they made back in 2016.

Cohen said on Tuesday that he had paid a pornographic actress $130,000 out of his own pocket in 2016 who had claimed to have had an affair with Trump. Cohen stressed that “Neither the Trump Organization nor the Trump campaign was a party to the transaction with Ms. Clifford, and neither reimbursed me for the payment, either directly or indirectly.”

We’re told Daniels — real name Stephanie Clifford — believes Cohen’s admission is a breach of their contract, and that she is now excused from “further performance of the non-disclosure agreement” between the two parties.

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https://theblast.com/stormy-daniels-donald-trump-agreement-michael-cohen-breach/

[beachbum bob]

1. I don't believe the old "sources close to"....usually turns out to be fake crap

[Raster]

39. Oh, I believe it... tRump* obviously insisted on his usual non-disclosure agreement...

...he requires ANYONE that works for him (mistresses included) to sign one. Since attack dog Cohen may have just violated the terms of their agreement, she is now *presumably* free to sell her story to the highest bidder.

[PearliePoo2]

2. Please be true! SING Stormy, SING!!

K&R

[niyad]

3. we will need this:

[Ilsa]

15. And this:

[lark]

4. Not exactly correct.

He said he used his own money to facilitate payment, not that he paid her the $130,000 directly from his own funds. He also didn't say that drumpf personally wasn't involved. So Cohen used his money to set up the account, transferred Hair Furor's $ there, paid the porn actress.

[unblock]

11. it's not clear what part of the statement supposedly breaches the nda.

i agree with your point, and from a legal perspective, stormy should proceed with caution.

good form to inform the other party of the alleged breach and allow them a chance to respond and explain why perhaps it's not a breach after all.


of course, i'm hoping it all blows wide open,....

[TeamPooka]

16. She has never publicly acknowledged there is an NDA, He did. Depending on the document that may

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be enough to violate the terms.
This alone however does not necessarily constitute a breach large enough to void the rest of the agreement.
It may only mean that Daniels is allowed to pursue financial damages for the NDA being made public by the lawyer.
it is for a judge to say if not clearly defined in the agreement

[Sophia4]

23. Her lawyers have probably read the NDA.

They probably know.

I have a feeling we will all know before too long.

[unblock]

25. right, devil's in the details.

revealing the existence of an nda could very well be a breach, and in this case it could be quite consequential.

her interest is in selling her side of the story, and her lawyer could very well have structured the nda so that almost any way in which donnie (or his lawyer) publicly acknowledges the deal or the relationship voids the restrictions on her selling her side of the story.

regardless, in all likelihood this is settled with an additional payment.

[TeamPooka]

30. I hope she has a great lawyer

[Danascot]

33. Yes, that's one possibility

You said, "regardless, in all likelihood this is settled with an additional payment."

Yes, that's one possibility but she and her advisors would have to compare that to what she might be paid for interviews, articles, appearances and/or a book. I wouldn't buy it but a book could be in the seven figures. Would Trump be willing to match a payment that high?

[homegirl]

40. How about

movie rights?

[TeamPooka]

47. as I said earlier financial damages are a definite option here.

[Kensan]

32. Well, let's see...

Cohen just publicly admitted that:

1. There was a settlement agreement
2. The amount of damages paid per said settlement agreement.
3. The party responsible for paying those damages was Trump.
4. Disclosed the name of the beneficiary party to the settlement payment, Ms. Clifford.

I'd say her attorneys have good cause to say he violated the terms of the NDA.

And best of all, he just opened a huge can of worms regarding the source of the funds. He really didn't help the situation by saying he paid for it out of his own pocket, and never received reimbursement. If he wants to stick with this story, I'm guessing there will be either an ethics, campaign finance or tax law violation in his future.

[Ligyron]

38. Where the hell did this clown go to law school?

Maybe the second worse lawyer ever. Should have stuck with mob figures, not wannabe ones.

Your getting a Valentine for that info.

[TeamPooka]

46. Violating terms is not always the same as voiding the entire agreement

[unblock]

49. true, but this is likely a very small agreement.

not like an agreement with 120 parts where you can violate one part and get a remedy for that while keeping the rest of the agreement intact.

in this case, there are likely very few provisions and there's not likely a way keep the bulk of the agreement in place while a provision such as "don't publicly mention this agreement" is violated.

stormy daniel's lawyer likely set up the agreement such that if his side can blab about it, then so can she. which essentially means the nda is kaput.

[Amaryllis]

48. Wouldnt take much for her to have better lawyers than Trump. She certainly is smarter.

[yardwork]

42. Stormy has nothing to lose.

From her point of view, if Trump sues her, that just perpetuates the publicity she's getting. The publicity is worth much more than $130,000 to her. Her own attorneys will counter-sue. It can go on for years and she's raking in the bucks from personal appearances, book and TV deals, etc.

If they wanted her to be quiet, they should have paid her millions for her silence. $130,000 is chicken feed. She can make much more than that by reaping the publicity and notoriety this brings.

Meanwhile, the publicity can't help Trump. And Mueller is writing it all down. It could lead him to interesting places.... organized crime?

[Wellstone ruled]

5. And away we go!!!

[world wide wally]

6. Just do it!

[MontanaMama]

7. They're distracting us from something else.

Whatever could it be??

[brooklynite]

18. Answer: nothing

This just IS. Trump and his minions show no inclination towards strategic thinking. This is just part of the general chaos surrounding him.

[MineralMan]

8. Ah, Unintended Consequences Strike Again...

[BadGimp]

9. I'm conflicted...

I can't decide which part of this story I find more arousing...

[Ilsa]

17. Considering it's trump,

I wouldn't use the word, "arousing."

[SunSeeker]

43. Seriously.

[Ilsa]

50. Poor kitty.

Here's an emesis basin for him:

[SunSeeker]

52. Needs to hold more.

[unblock]

10. if true, that's one truly incompetent lawyer. he fits right in with the donnie disorganization.

[unblock]

12. actually, i'm sure it's nothing that another $130,000 can't fix.

well, perhaps the price has gone up.

no problem, it's still less than a single mar-a-lago membership.

[Vinca]

13. She could make millions and I hope she does.

Blab, Stormy, blab.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

14. On MSNBC from AP right now.

Looks like it's been confirmed.

[GetRidOfThem]

19. Question:

"Cohen said on Tuesday that he had paid a pornographic actress $130,000 out of his own pocket in 2016 who had claimed to have had an affair with Trump."

Did he personally deliver the check?

Whew! That was one expensive date!

[brooklynite]

20. SAN JOSE MERCURY running the story...

NEW YORK — Stormy Daniels, the porn star whom President Donald Trump’s personal attorney acknowledges paying $130,000 just before Election Day, believes she is now free to discuss her alleged sexual encounter with Trump.

A manager for the adult film actress told The Associated Press on Wednesday that Daniels believes Trump’s lawyer invalidated a non-disclosure agreement by publicly discussing the payment.

Gina Rodriguez says the actress, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, will discuss her alleged 20006 extramarital affair with Trump.
Attorney Michael Cohen said Tuesday night he paid Clifford with his own funds, making the statement after a campaign finance advocacy organization urged the Federal Election Commission to investigate.

https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/02/14/stormy-daniels-says-she-can-tell-trump-story-now/

[GusBob]

21. Didn't she already spill the beans?

Or do we now get the details that are gonna make us puke?

[MontanaMama]

22. That's what I was thinking...

How much more could there be? Wait...Don't answer that.

[bucolic_frolic]

24. The Father of Birtherism? Did what?

Hope she gives as good as she got

[Initech]

26. I'm guessing "breached our agreement" translates to "pay up, suckers!".

In either case bring it on!

[underpants]

28. It could also lead to a civil suit

and we've seen what can happen during depositions in civil suits. And that was to an intelligent lawyer let alone whatever the hell it is that Trump is.

[spanone]

27. m$nbc just reported this.....so these folks got a scoop!!!!!!

[Chakaconcarne]

29. So she got her money and now she can threaten to spill the beans for more money....

How very Trumpian.

[procon]

31. She won't talk until she has a lucrative tell-all book deal signed. nt

[unblock]

35. there will be plenty of people drooling at the chance to pay top dollar for her story.

the question is whether donnie will pay that much for her renewed silence.

[Rollo]

34. I'm looking forward to a special session of Congress where Trump gets spanked...

...with a copy of Forbes magazine in the pit of the chamber...

Hopefully not bare bottom, but that will be his choice...

[TNNurse]

36. I expect she has better lawyers than Trump does.

If this is true, it would be sweet.

[flibbitygiblets]

44. My dog has better lawyers than trump

[askyagerz]

37. Ole stormy just got to retire

Should be an interesting book. Only in merica can a porn star can get paid to be quite about fooking the president and then turn around and get paid to fook him again

[forgotmylogin]

41. "Worst 130k we ever spent!"

-Cohen, probably.

Heh heh heh...

[samnsara]

45. guess they thought she was just another dumb bimbo...ha!!!

[Mike Nelson]

51. Looks like...

...Stormy Weather for Dumb Donald!

[calimary]

53. I have a REALLY hard time believing that nobody reimbursed him. Either directly OR indirectly.

Nobody just hands out 130-grand like that, out of the goodness of his heart, to buy someone's silence, and then leaves it at that. Especially if it was somebody else's transgression and not his own.

You know that old saying - "follow the money."

[Kensan]

54. To be fair...

Cohen parsed his words. He specifically mentioned not being reimbursed by the Trump Organization or the Trump Campaign. That's it. I'm positive he was reimbursed, just by a different player in this scheme. Reporters really do need to keep asking him was he reimbursed, and by whom.

Knowing Trump, he probably had his slush fund of a Charitable Foundation reimburse the $130,000. I mean, if you really think about it, what Stormy (aka Ms. Clifford) did pretty much amounted to a charitable act in the first place. Actually, don't think about it.