Who is Stormy Daniels, the adult-film star in Trump N.Y. hush money case?

Stormy Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, is an American adult film actress, screenwriter, and director. She rose to mainstream prominence in 2018, when it was revealed that she was involved in a legal dispute with Donald Trump, who was the U.S. President at the time.

Michael Cohen, Trump’s former attorney, confessed to paying Daniels $130,000 out of his own pocket in 2016, just before the presidential election. According to Daniels, the money