Left: Michael Cohen (Yana Paskova/Getty Images); Center: Donald Trump (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell); Right: Stormy Daniels (Tara Ziemba_Getty Images)
Right-wing cable network One America News (OAN) has issued a retraction over a story alleging an affair between Michael Cohen, former President Donald Trump’s onetime personal attorney and fixer, and Stormy Daniels, the adult film actress whose alleged affair with Trump is presently the source of his legal troubles in New York City.
Perhaps key to the retraction, issued under threat of legal action from Cohen and his attorneys, was that the alleged source of the underlying claim also disputed he ever said anything of the sort.
On March 27, OAN ran the article: “Whistleblower: Avenatti Alleged Cohen Daniels Affair Since 2006, Pre-2016 Trump Extortion Plan.”
Through a statement issued by a paralegal, Michael Avenatti, Daniels’ former attorney and onetime in-demand cable news talking head — who is currently serving a 19-year prison sentence for fraud, extortion and other financial crimes — said the allegations were “fabricated, bogus and complete bull––––,” according to a report by the Times of San Diego reporter Ken Stone.
