Stormy Daniels’ lawyer reveals her anxieties and emotional suffering before her testimony against Donald Trump. Daniels’ lawyer, Clark Brewster, stated, “She wore a bulletproof vest every day until she got to the” Manhattan courthouse to testify against former US President Donald Trump.
In an exclusive interview with CNN, Brewster said, “She was paralyzed with fear—not of taking the stand or telling her story, but what might some nut might do to her? And I’m genuinely concerned about it, as well.”
Stormy Daniels was concerned about the security coming into New York
“She was concerned about the security coming into New York. She’s very concerned about that, and because she lives in an area that might not have the level of security that she’d feel comfortable with,” he said.
“I can tell you that before she came on Sunday. I mean, she cried herself to sleep.”
Brewster also said to CNN that Daniels took her daughter’s necklace to court to comfort herself.
He commented, “It was really cute that she did that,” and her daughter, Caden Crain, created the necklace for her.
Daniels’ apprehension was not unfounded; she had already raised similar concerns in a documentary aired earlier this year. In the film, she stated that her choice to accept the hush money was motivated by concern for her safety.
This sentiment was echoed by Brewster and came to light following Daniels’ testimony, which contained intimate details of an alleged sexual encounter with Trump in 2006—an allegation that Trump has categorically rejected.
Brewster believes Daniels’ opportunity to “shine” came when she was cross-questioned by the former president’s lawyers because she is a “quick thinker” and was “very responsive” during her testimony.
The judicial battle heated up as Trump’s attorney, Susan Necheles, cross-examined Daniels in an attempt to throw doubt on her character. Necheles targeted Daniels’ financial gains from the public exposure of the alleged affair, portraying her as an untrustworthy witness, and said the alleged affair was nothing but a lie because “it never happened.”
The lawsuit centers on 34 felony allegations against the former president, alleging that he falsified company records in connection with a $130,000 payment to Daniels. This payment, coordinated by Trump’s former “fixer” Michael Cohen, was allegedly paid to ensure Daniels’ silence about the alleged affair during the vital period of the 2016 presidential campaign.
