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January 24, 2022
By
Heather Greene
RNS) — Stormy Daniels, the former adult-film star who was once paid to keep silent about her relationship with former President Donald Trump, is expected to testify this week in the trial of her former attorney Michael Avenatti, who is accused of stealing some $300,000 from Daniels’ book advance.
But Daniels may end up having to defend herself against attacks from Avenatti’s lawyers that her religious beliefs make her a flawed witness.
In a June 2020 court filing, lawyers for Avenatti tried to discredit Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, saying that “Ms. Clifford has made any number of bizarre, fantastical claims that call into serious question her truthfulness, mental state, and ability to competently testify.”
The “bizarre” claims focus, according to the document, on various statements made by Daniels in interviews about her work as a paranormal investigator and her psychic history. The filing also notes that Daniels says that “she is a ‘witch’ who practices witchcraft and can rid people of spirits (a ‘service’ for which she charges).”
Daniels produces and stars in “Spooky Babes,” a TV show about paranormal activity, including ghost sightings and haunted places. She is also a tarot reader, medium and energy worker.
She is expected to be called to testify in the latest case against Avenatti, who helped Daniels sue Trump in 2018 to gain her release from a nondisclosure agreement. Federal prosecutors in the Southern District of New York allege that Avenatti later forged documents to steal $300,000 from Daniels’ book advance and then used the money for personal expenses and to pay his employees’ salaries.
Avenatti, who was indicted on charges of wire fraud and identity theft in May 2019, has pleaded not guilty and has denied any wrongdoing, stating on Twitter, “No monies relating to Ms. Daniels were ever misappropriated or mishandled,” and he looked forward to a jury reviewing the case.
In reaction to Avenatti’s lawyers’ assertions about her new career and her practicing witchcraft, Daniels stated in a June 2021 public Facebook post, “Let me get this straight. They are going to use my religious (beliefs) and profession to discriminate against me.”
“This is literally a modern-day witch hunt,” she wrote. “The precedent this sets moving forward is absolutely terrifying! It opens the door to attack and discrimination against every person that identifies as something other than Christian, reads tarot, is a medium and works in energy healing and paranormal in any capacity.”
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Stormy Daniels' religious beliefs under scrutiny as federal trial against Avenatti begins
(RNS) — 'Let me get this straight,' the porn-star-turned-paranormal-investigator said on Facebook. 'They are going to use my religious (beliefs) and profession to discriminate against me.'religionnews.com
Who says that all the time?
All these people have a screw or 2 loose.
