• Wion
  • /World
  • /'How ya like me now?' asks Stormy Daniels after Michael Cohen pleads guilty

'How ya like me now?' asks Stormy Daniels after Michael Cohen pleads guilty

'How ya like me now?' asks Stormy Daniels after Michael Cohen pleads guilty

Stormy Daniels

Story highlights

Stormy Daniels has accused Trump of an alleged affair and has been a centre of an investigation against Donald Trump.

Adult film actress Stormy Daniels who has been the centre of an investigation against Trump's longtime lawyer Michael Cohen had her moment of joy as he pleaded guilty for eight federal crimes.

Stormy Daniels whose real name is Stephnie Clifford and has been in the headline for her alleged affair with the President for months now, celebrated her moment on Twitter as she tweeted " How ya like me now?!" with a hashtag at the end "teamstrormy."

She also thanked her lawyer Micahel Avenatti in the following tweet.

Add WION as a Preferred Source

Meanwhile, Stormy has also been quoted by media reports saying that her lawyer Avennatti and she has been "vindicated"and now looking forward to the apologies from the people who had claimed them wrong.

On Tuesday, Cohen pleaded guilty to eight criminal charges of tax evasion, bank fraud and campaign finance violations. He told a federal court in New York that Trump had directed him to arrange payments ahead of the 2016 presidential election to silence two women who said they had had affairs with Trump.

However, he didn't directly mention stormy or any other woman's name. They are mentioned as "candidates".

The payments made to two women include Stormy Daniels who had accused Cohen of paying her $130,000 shortly before the November 2016 election to keep quiet about a 2006 sexual encounter with Trump. And the second is former Playboy model Karen McDougal who had received $150,000.