2 women arrested with Stormy Daniels sue police officers
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Two women who were arrested at an Ohio strip club along with porn actress Stormy Daniels sued four Columbus police vice detectives Tuesday, accusing them of retaliating against Daniels for her sex allegations concerning Donald Trump before he became president.
The women also said the officers arrested them to justify a non-existent long-term investigation into prostitution and sex trafficking near the club.
Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, was arrested in July for inappropriately touching a female undercover officer. Club employee Miranda Panda was arrested that night for touching another cocktail waitress and Brittany Walters was arrested for touching an undercover officer while dancing. Charges against all three women were dismissed.
Columbus city attorney Zach Klein said a week after the arrests the law used to arrest and charge the three women with first-degree misdemeanours was “glaringly inequitable” and should not be enforced. Daniels’ attorney, Michael Avenatti, said at the time that Daniels’ arrest was politically motivated, a claim denied by a police union official.