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Civil Litigation

Oct. 16, 2018

Actress’ suit against Trump gone

A district judge tossed adult film actress Stormy Daniels' defamation lawsuit against President Donald J. Trump Monday, finding an April tweet was non-actionable trash-talk.

Actress’ suit against Trump gone
Stephanie Clifford, the porn star better known as Stormy Daniels, speaks to reporters outside a federal courthouse after a hearing involving Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's longtime personal lawyer, in New York, April 16, 2018. (New York Times News Service)

A district judge tossed adult film actress Stormy Daniels' defamation lawsuit against President Donald J. Trump Monday, finding an April tweet was non-actionable trash-talk.

The tweet, in which Trump appeared to undermine Daniels' claims of being threatened into silence about their alleged affair by a purported Trump associate, is protected under Texas' robust anti-SLAPP laws, U.S. District Judge James Otero in Los Angeles wrote in h...

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