Politics & Government

Stormy Daniels Goes On 'The View,' Reveals Man Who Threatened Her

Stormy Daniels and lawyer Michael Avenatti also announced a $100,000 reward for information leading to the tough's identity.

UPPER WEST SIDE, NY — Pornstar Stormy Daniels appeared on "The View" on Tuesday to release a composite sketch of a man she claims threatened her in 2011 not to speak about her alleged affair with President Donald Trump.

Daniels and her lawyer Michael Avenatti both appeared on the popular daytime talk show — filmed at ABC's Upper West Side studios on West 66th Street near West End Avenue — to answer questions about the 2011 threat. Avenatti also announced that a $100,000 reward is being offered for information leading to the identification of the man who threatened Daniels.

Daniels arrived in New York City this week to attend a hearing about an FBI raid targeting President Donald Trump's personal lawyer Michael Cohen. The FBI raid sought information about a variety of matters, including a $130,000 payment made to Daniels to keep quiet about an affair with Trump.

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Watch the moment the sketch is revealed below:

Daniels told "The View" hosts that she didn't tell police about the 2011 threat because she had not gone public about her affair with Trump at the time. She also said that while the sketch was drawn seven years after the threat, she never forgot what the man looked like.

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"His face is burned in my memory," Daniels said on "The View." "I was really rattled. It just never left me."

Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, told Anderson Cooper during a 60 Minutes interview that aired in March that a stranger approached her in 2011 and threatened her and her daughter after Daniels sold her story to InTouch magazine for $15,000.

"I was in a parking lot, going to a fitness class with my infant daughter. Taking, you know, the seats facing backwards in the backseat, diaper bag, you know, gettin' all the stuff out. And a guy walked up on me and said to me, 'Leave Trump alone. Forget the story,' Daniels said in the 60 minutes interview. "And then he leaned around and looked at my daughter and said, 'That's a beautiful little girl. It'd be a shame if something happened to her mom.' And then he was gone."

The internet had fun with the reveal of the sketch Tuesday, with many people taking to social media to point out the unknown man's resemblance to celebrities such as Tom Brady, Kato Kaelin and actor Willem DaFoe.

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