Porn actress Stormy Daniels details alleged sex with Trump at hush money trial

Former US President Donald Trump watches as Stormy Daniels is questioned by prosecutor Susan Hoffinger during Trump's criminal trial on charges that he falsified business records to conceal money paid to silence the porn star in 2016, in Manhattan state court in New York City, May 7, 2024 in this courtroom sketch. Photo: Reuters

It was the courtroom face-off everyone was waiting for – testimony of high legal importance and salacious sexual content.

Donald Trump, the former US president, who has always prided himself on being in charge and in control, was forced to sit silently and listen to a porn star describe in open court a bedroom encounter that he denies ever took place.