US President Donald Trump obtained a restraining order against an adult film actress to prevent her from speaking publicly about their alleged affair, legal documents show.<\/p>\n
Mr Trump’s personal lawyer obtained the order against Stormy Daniels in private arbitration proceedings last month.<\/p>\n
It bars her from sharing “confidential information” about their alleged relationship, US media report.<\/p>\n
Mr Trump says allegations against him are all false.<\/p>\n
White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders confirmed to reporters on Wednesday that the president had won arbitration proceedings against the actress, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford.<\/p>\n
“This case has already been won in arbitration and anything beyond that, I would refer you to the president’s outside counsel,” she said.<\/p>\n
Mr Trump’s lawyer, Michael Cohen, emailed the restraining order to Ms Clifford’s lawyer on 28 February, according to NBC News.<\/a><\/p>\n “The document itself is to remain confidential and not to be disclosed to anyone as per the terms of the judge’s order,” the email said.<\/p>\n Details of the restraining order have emerged a day after Ms Clifford filed a lawsuit against Mr Trump, alleging that a non-disclosure contract she signed was invalid.<\/p>\n She said the agreement, drawn up before the 2016 election, was “void” because he had not signed it.<\/p>\n The civil lawsuit, filed in Los Angeles on Tuesday, says that only days before the election, Ms Clifford and Mr Cohen signed a “hush agreement” but Mr Trump did not, “thus rendering it legally null and void and of no consequence”.<\/p>\n It also refers to last month’s “bogus arbitration proceeding” where the restraining order was obtained by Mr Cohen.<\/p>\n The order, issued on 27 February, bars Ms Clifford from sharing any information related to the non-disclosure agreement.<\/p>\n Mr Cohen confirmed last month that he had privately paid Ms Clifford $130,000 (\u00a395,000) but did not say what it was for.<\/p>\n He said neither Mr Trump nor the Trump Organization was a party to this transaction.<\/p>\n Source: bbc.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"