Strip club Stormy Daniels charges dropped: lawyer

Adult film star was locked in a court battle with the President Trump over an alleged tryst in 2006

NEW YORK: Charges have been dropped against adult film star Stormy Daniels, who is locked in a court battle with President Donald Trump, her lawyer said on Thursday following her arrest in Ohio for allegedly "fondling" patrons at a strip club.

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

— Michael Avenatti (@MichaelAvenatti) July 12, 2018

Michael Avenatti announced on Twitter.

He thanked prosecutors and posted photographs of court documents showing that the state of Ohio had moved to dismiss the case because it did "not have probable cause to proceed on any of the three charges set forth in the complaints."



Daniels, who is locked in a court battle with the US president over an alleged tryst in 2006, was arrested late Wednesday in what her lawyer condemned as a "politically motivated" setup.

In this file photo taken on April 16, 2018 adult-film actress Stephanie Clifford, also known as Stormy Daniels, speaks US Federal Court with her lawyer Michael Avenatti in Lower Manhattan, New York. PHOTO: AFP

Daniels, 39, was apprehended without incident during her performance at the Sirens club in Columbus, Ohio after officers accused her of knowingly touching club patrons "in a specified anatomical area."