Stormy Daniels' accusations against Trump prompt post-indictment death threats, she says

Adult film actress Stormy Daniels says she is “kind of numb” now that the hush-money investigation stemming from her alleged affair with Donald Trump in 2006 has led to his criminal indictment – and that it has prompted death threats against her.

Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, told the UK newspaper The Times that the charges by the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office amount to a vindication of her efforts to hold the former president accountable. DA Alvin Bragg has confirmed the indictment, but the details of the first-ever charges against a former U.S. president are expected to be revealed at his arraignment, set for Tuesday afternoon.

In her first interview since Trump’s indictment last Thursday, Daniels says she's been called a lot of names since the alleged affair first surfaced in 2018. But she said the criminal case against Trump has put her in more personal danger than ever before.

“The first time it was like gold digger, slut, whore. You know, liar, whatever and this time it's like, ‘I'm gonna murder you,’'' she said of the threatening messages she has been getting.

Daniels' allegations of the affair, and claims that Trump paid her $130,000 for her silence just days before the 2016 election, only came to light after Trump defeated Democrat Hillary Clinton in the hard-fought race.

Daniels' lawyer, Clark Brewster, told USA TODAY in an interview that Daniels has steeled herself about testifying against Trump in what is likely to be a momentous trial, and that she will make an excellent and very credible witness. He said he was basing that on her meticulous record-keeping and testimony in the 2022 trial against Michael Avenatti that helped convict the lawyer who once represented her of stealing from her.

Asked if she was afraid of being in the same courtroom as Trump testifying against him, Daniels quipped to The Times: "I've seen him naked. There's no way he could be scarier with his clothes on."

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Stormy Daniels getting death threats since Trump indictment, she says