Ex-Playmate Files Suit Against GOP Donor Elliott Broidy Over Hush-Money Deal

[Julian Englis]

Source: Wall Street Journal

A former Playboy centerfold model has sued a prominent Republican fundraiser, her former lawyer and the lawyer for former adult-film star Stephanie Clifford in connection with the breakdown of a $1.6 million hush-money agreement, according to court documents filed Friday.

At issue in the lawsuit filed under seal by Shera Bechard in Los Angeles County Superior Court against Elliott Broidy, a Los Angeles-based GOP fundraiser and venture capitalist, is their agreement from late last year to not disclose their affair. The Wall Street Journal reported this week that Mr. Broidy said he would cease paying Ms. Bechard the agreed-upon hush money because her former attorney, Keith Davidson, allegedly disclosed information about the affair.

Mr. Broidy has accused Mr. Davidson of breaching the nondisclosure agreement by giving information about it to Michael Avenatti, a lawyer for Ms. Clifford, who is known professionally as Stormy Daniels. Ms. Clifford claims she had a sexual relationship with Donald Trump 12 years ago; the president has denied the affair.

In April, Mr. Avenatti posted a late-night tweet alluding to an agreement between a prominent GOP donor and “an L.A. woman” without naming Mr. Broidy and Ms. Bechard. The next day, the Journal first reported details of the deal.

Read more: https://www.wsj.com/articles/ex-playmate-files-suit-against-gop-donor-elliott-broidy-over-hush-money-deal-1530904576

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She's apparently also named Michael Avenatti as a party to the suit. He claimed not to know why on Twitter.

Here are tweets by Avenatti in response:

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[More_Cowbell]

1. Couldn't she make more money by admitting that it was Trump and not Broidy?

Well, maybe she can do both.

[alwaysinasnit]

2. She might if it was tRump and not Broidy but...

She has to get past the non-disclosure agreement first.

[More_Cowbell]

7. But Broidy has declared the NDA breached

(Though he says it was by her, and I don't see any evidence of that. I think it was someone else.)

Well I'll just wait and see what happens! I definitely think it was Trump who impregnated her. Not that it will matter to his fans.

[alwaysinasnit]

9. Given the high stakes, she is wise to have this question adjudicated first before speaking and

possibly open herself up to liability.

[not fooled]

8. Imagine the death threats

she'd receive, from everyone from deplorables to putin. She would be in mortal danger.

[Achilleaze]

3. republican family values are formed from cesspool scum

deplorable

[RockRaven]

4. Hope Mr. Davidson's been saving his dirty lawyering fees, b/c that mofo's getting disbarred!

Sooner than later I hope.

[Sophia4]

11. We don't know the whole story yet.

[MattP]

5. Can't he get discovery on her?

[erronis]

6. With the rampant sexual contacts happening among all these characters - who knows

Who did what to whom?

Video evidence? DNA? Signed/acknowledged NDAs? (Non-competes?)

Make me cringe to think how dump is such a disease vector. I hope putin uses some form of protection.

[videohead5]

10. I bet he has no way to pay her

If it was really Trump not Broidy Trump can't pay her without people finding out. I'm guessing Cohen was the one Trump went through to pay her. now Cohen is out of the picture.

[greymattermom]

12. Fetal cells are present in a woman who was pregnant

and carry the DNA of the father. It is possible to find out who the father of an aborted fetus was. Just FYI.https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3921195/

[RhodeIslandOne]

13. If Trump has a type, she fits it.