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Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, is engaged in a
legal battle with Cohen over a $130,000 agreement for her to
keep quiet about a 2006 sexual encounter she says she had with
Trump. The agreement was reached just before the 2016
presidential election.
Cohen is due in Manhattan federal court as part of a criminal
investigation largely related to his business practices. He was
ordered to appear as his lawyers try to hold off prosecutors
from reviewing documents and other materials seized last week in
raids on his home, office and hotel room.
"She will attend," Clifford's lawyer, Michael Avenatti, wrote to
Reuters, when asked whether the adult-film actress would be in
court.
Avenatti had tweeted on Friday about Cohen's ordered appearance
with a comment that the "weather forecast for Mon looks very
Stormy."
Last week, a source familiar with the raids said that FBI agents
were looking for information on payments to Daniels among
materials related to other business dealings.
Cohen did not immediately respond to a request for comment. He
is seeking to delay Clifford's California case against him and
Trump because of the criminal investigation.
(Reporting by Karen Freifeld; Editing by Nick Zieminski)
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