Stormy Daniels shoots down Trump attorney’s claim she made up sex story
The IndependentSign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. In a series of quippy relies to Mr Trump’s attorney, she told the court that if if her account of having sex with the former president was a fabricated story, “I would’ve written it better.” The adult film star’s detailed account of a sexual encounter with the former president in 2006 came under intense scrutiny across seven hours over two days inside a Manhattan courtroom, where Mr Trump stands criminally accused of covering up $130,000 in payments intended to keep her quiet during the 2016 presidential election. On Thursday, defense attorney Susan Necheles tried to dissect Ms Daniels’ testimony about her alleged sexual encounter with Mr Trump in a hotel room to find inconsistencies in her accounts of the meeting in interviews and in her book. Ms Necheles often punctuated her line of questions to directly ask whether Ms Daniels was lying or “making this stuff up.” open image in gallery A courtroom sketch depicts Stormy Daniels on the witness stand facing questions from Donald Trump’s attorney Susan Necheles on 9 May. When Ms Daniels returned to the stand on Thursday, Ms Necheles needled her for discrepancies in her various accounts of the story over the last several years, including a bizarre minutes-long exchange where she tried to convince jurors that “dinner” means eating food, not the time of day.