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| Stormy Daniels: charges over strip club performance in Ohio dropped, lawyer says | |
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| Charges against Stormy Daniels, who was arrested on Wednesday at a strip club in Ohio for letting patrons touch her while on stage in what her lawyer has claimed was a “set-up”, have been dropped. | |
| The adult film actor, who claims she had sex with Donald Trump, was performing at Sirens strip club in Columbus when she was touched in a “non-sexual” way, according to her lawyer, Michael Avenatti. | The adult film actor, who claims she had sex with Donald Trump, was performing at Sirens strip club in Columbus when she was touched in a “non-sexual” way, according to her lawyer, Michael Avenatti. |
| After the performance of her “Make America Horny Again” show, Daniels was arrested by undercover officers, Avenatti said. | After the performance of her “Make America Horny Again” show, Daniels was arrested by undercover officers, Avenatti said. |
| On Thursday, Avenatti tweeted that the actor would enter not guilty pleas to three misdemeanour charges. Later that day, he said the charges had been dropped, and thanked prosecutors. | |
| I am pleased to report that the charges against my client @stormydaniels have been dismissed in their entirety (below motion was just granted). I want to thank Joe Gibson & his colleagues at the prosecutors ofc for their professionalism starting with our first call early this am. pic.twitter.com/xHPSWsyqM2 | I am pleased to report that the charges against my client @stormydaniels have been dismissed in their entirety (below motion was just granted). I want to thank Joe Gibson & his colleagues at the prosecutors ofc for their professionalism starting with our first call early this am. pic.twitter.com/xHPSWsyqM2 |
| Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, was held overnight on Wednesday and released at around 6am on Thursday morning after posting a bail bond of $6,000. | |
| An Ohio law known as the Community Defense Act prohibits anyone who is not a family member from touching a nude or semi-nude dancer, and prohibits dancers from touching customers. Avenatti did not deny that Daniels had allowed herself to be touched. | |
| The Columbus Dispatch reported last year that the 2007 law, introduced by a conservative religious group, was seldom enforced. | |
| A prosecutor’s memo provided by Avenatti said an Ohio illegal touching law can not be enforced because Daniels has only appeared once at the Columbus club. The law refers to someone “who regularly appears nude or seminude” at a club. | |
| Before the charges were dropped, Avenatti said in a tweet that the arrest was “a setup & politically motivated” and “reeks of desperation”. He added: “We will fight all bogus charges.” | |
| Avenatti, who has been a familiar face on US cable TV since becoming Daniels’ attorney, claimed Daniels performed the same act at Sirens that she had performed at nearly 100 strip clubs across the US. | |
| A person who answered the phone at the strip club declined to comment. | |
| A Columbus police spokeswoman did not immediately respond to a message seeking comment from the Associated Press. | |
| Daniels has claimed she had sex with Trump in 2006, when he was married. Trump has denied any sexual relationship with Daniels. | |
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