Daniels saidTrumpmade sexual advances after inviting her to his hotel suite at a celebrity golf tournament in Lake Tahoe, Nevada. Daniels testified she grew up as the daughter of a low-income single mother.
She saidTrumptold her: 'This is the only way you're getting out of the trailer park.'
Daniels said she 'blacked out' despite consuming no drugs or alcohol afterTrumpprevented her from leaving the room by blocking the door. She said she woke up on the bed with her clothes off.
'I was trying to think about anything other than what was happening there,' Daniels testified.
Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, said she did not tellTrumpto stop. 'I didn't say anything at all,' she said. She said she left the hotel room quickly afterward.
The Republican politician,who served as president from 2017 to 2021, says the trial is an attempt to hobble his attempt to win back the White House from Democratic President Joe Biden in a November 5 election .
Wearing a black outfit and black glasses, Daniels testified that she worked in strip clubs and pornography after a childhood in which her mother was often gone for days at a time.
Satin pajamas and a spankingShe saidTrumpgreeted her at his hotel suite wearing satin pajamas. She said she grew annoyed byTrump's frequent interruptions and asked him: 'Are you always this arrogant and pompous?'
Trumpthen dared Daniels to spank him with a magazine and she obliged. He was much more polite after that, she said.
'That's bullshit,'Trumpappeared to say on Tuesday as he watched from the defendant's table.
The alleged encounter took place whileTrumpwas married to his current wife Melania.
Daniels said she confided in only a few people about the sex. She said she sawTrumpat public events on several occasions in the years that followed, but then fell out of touch with him after he did not put her on 'The Apprentice.'
