Michael Avenatti says he's representing 3 additional women who claim they were paid hush money before Trump was elected

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• Michael Avenatti, the lawyer representing porn star Stormy Daniels, said he is representing three additional women he says were paid hush money before President Donald Trump was elected.
• Avenatti made no assertions about whether the women were somehow involved with Trump or someone close to him.
• One of the women in question claims that she was pregnant at the time of the payments, according to Avenatti.

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Michael Avenatti, the lawyer representing porn star Stormy Daniels, said he is representing three additional women he says were paid hush money before President Donald Trump was elected. Avenatti made no assertions about whether the women were personally involved with Trump or someone close to him.

Speaking on a panel in the Southern California suburb of West Hollywood on Thursday, Avenatti announced that the women were paid to refrain from going public with their accounts, but did not disclose what their stories entailed, according to the local ABC News affiliate KABC.

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