Porn star Stormy Daniels filed a new lawsuit Wednesday alleging her former attorney "colluded" with President Donald Trump while still representing her, bringing another explosive claim into the alleged sex scandal.
The lawsuit, filed in Los Angeles Superior Court and obtained by the New York Daily News, charges that Beverly Hills attorney Keith Davidson recently "hatched a plan" with Trump's longtime personal fixer Michael Cohen to get Daniels to go on national TV and falsely deny ever having sex with Trump. In one text message cited in the suit, Cohen referred to Davidson as his "pal."
Trump was aware of the cooperation between Cohen and Davidson, according to the lawsuit, while Daniels was kept in the dark.
Davidson did not respond to a request for comment.
The suit further charges Davidson broke client-attorney privilege by informing Cohen ahead of time that Daniels was going to switch legal counsel and break a nondisclosure agreement that bars her from speaking publicly about allegedly having sex with Trump in 2006.
"Mr. Davidson abdicated his role as an advocate and fiduciary of his client Ms. Clifford and instead elected to be a puppet for Mr. Cohen and Mr. Trump in order to advance their interests at the expense of Ms. Clifford," the lawsuit charges.
Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, accepted $130,000 from Cohen in exchange for signing the nondisclosure contract shortly before the 2016 election. The 39-year-old X-rated actress is battling the hush agreement in a separate lawsuit, saying it should be voided because Trump never signed it.
