Who is porn star Stormy Daniels? How can I watch the 60 Minutes interview on Donald Trump 'affair'?

Martin Coulter26 March 2018

Stormy Daniels is the former adult film star at the centre of claims about the US President's marriage.

Ms Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, has alleged she had an affair with Donald Trump - claims the President strongly denies.

She has claimed to have had sex with Mr Trump once in 2006, adding that they continued a platonic relationship for years afterwards.

Mr Trump's lawyers are suing Ms Daniels for up to $20 million for allegedly violating a nondisclosure agreement.

Stormy Daniels claims the pair had a relationship between 2006 and 2007

The interview will be broadcast at 7pm Eastern/Pacific time Sunday (available online 12am GMT Monday) in the United States on CBS stations across the US.

This means it will air at 12pm (midnight) UK time. If you can't access CBS broadcasts, the Standard will be publishing a detailed overview online shortly after the interview.

Former Playboy model Karen McDougal also claims to have had an affair with Mr Trump (Getty)
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The US president married his current wife, Melania, in 2005. She gave birth to their son Barron in 2006.

Ms Daniels' claims about the affair surfaced in January, when InTouch magazine published an interview with her from 2011.

Mr Trump's team had been fighting her accusations being made public but now Ms Daniels is set to go public with details of the alleged affair in an interview with Anderson Cooper on CBS’s 60 Minutes news show on Sunday night.

Speaking ahead of the appearance, Ms Daniels said her work in the porn industry meant she was well-equipped to deal with the attention the interview will garner.

“Being in the adult industry, I’ve developed a thick skin and maybe a little bit of a dark sense of humour,” she told The Washington Post. “But nothing could truly prepare someone for this.”

Ms Daniels has claimed she he was invited into Mr Trump’s hotel room at a charity golf tournament in Nevada in 2006.

He was wearing “pyjama pants” and watching a documentary about sharks on television when she arrived, Ms Daniels claims. She says the pair had sex in the room – claims Mr Trump’s lawyer has said he “vehemently denies”.

Last week, a former Playboy model detailed her alleged affair with Donald Trump.

Karen McDougal claimed the affair began in June 2006. Ms McDougal's eight-page, handwritten account was discovered by the New Yorker magazine.

The former model confirmed that the handwriting was hers, but said she was constrained in what else she could say publicly about Mr Trump because she had signed a confidentiality agreement.

The story said Ms McDougal was paid $150,000 (£107,000) during the 2016 presidential campaign for the rights to her account of an affair with any "then-married man" by the supermarket tabloid National Enquirer, which never ran it.

The White House said Mr Trump denies having an affair with Ms McDougal.

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