WASHINGTON (TIP): US President Donald Trump has denied accusations by a porn star that he had sexual encounters with her, the White House said on Thursday, March 8, a day after she sued him to invalidate a deal that prevented her from discussing the alleged relationship. Stephanie Clifford, who is known as Stormy Daniels in the adult film industry, filed a lawsuit in a California State court on Tuesday.

“The President has denied the allegations against him and again this case has already been won in arbitration,” the White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders told reporters at her daily news conference.

The former adult film actress has sued Donald Trump, claiming that his lawyer forced her to sign a statement in 2016 to stop her from going public about her alleged relationship with the then Republican-presidential candidate. Stephanie Clifford filed a lawsuit in a California State court. The lawsuit alleges that she was paid $130,000 by Michael Cohen, Trump’s personal lawyer, to not to go public with her alleged sexual encounters with Trump when he was the then presidential candidate.