NEW YORK _ It all comes back to a dress.
Stormy Daniels allegedly held onto a shiny gold mini dress she wore to a 2006 tryst during her reported affair with President Donald Trump, several sources close to the porn star told The Blast.
The celebrity gossip web site added that the adult film actress _ whose real name is Stephanie Clifford _ wants to have it scanned for any of the president's hair, skin or other DNA samples, echoing the Bill Clinton-Monica Lewinsky scandal 20 years ago.
How she would get a sample of Trump's genetic makeup to match anything on the dress wasn't immediately clear.
Clifford wore the short dress _ with a deep neckline _ to an alleged nighttime romp with Trump at a Lake Tahoe hotel 12 years ago, the Blast reported.
She kept the dress in good condition over more than a decade since the two had the alleged affair, the sources told the Blast, not long after first lady Melania Trump gave birth to their son, Barron.
Trump hadn't entered into politics at the time, and was still focusing on real estate and "The Apprentice" reality show.
Longtime Trump attorney Michael Cohen admitted late Tuesday night to paying $130,000 from his own pocket in 2016 so Daniels wouldn't discuss the encounter.
Cohen suggested the allegations might not be true, but he paid out the hush money because he "will always protect Mr. Trump."
Clifford's lawyer told the Associated Press on Wednesday that Cohen's admission means a breach of their non-disclosure agreement _ freeing her to speak about what she says is her fling with the president.
The president has not acknowledged the allegations against him.
A White House spokesman didn't immediately return a request of comment Thursday, nor did representatives for Clifford.
Even if the dress claim is legit, it wouldn't be the first of its kind.
Former White House intern Lewinsky preserved a blue Gap dress she wore while performing a sexual act on then-President Bill Clinton in the Oval Office more than 20 years ago.
Special investigator Kenneth Starr's team got hold of the dress in 1998, which had a questionable stain on it. The FBI determined the stain most likely came from Clinton's fluids.
