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Stormy Daniels hits club stage in Martinsburg

Photo Provided A bodyguard carries adult film star and stripper Stormy Daniels into the VIP dressing room entrance of Lust Gentlemen’s Club in Martinsburg on Friday night.

MARTINSBURG — Thunderstorms are in the forecast for the next few days, but on Friday night a different type of phenomenon hit the Martinsburg area: Stormy Daniels.

The adult film star and stripper, who is suing President Donald Trump over a nondisclosure agreement regarding a sexual encounter with the president in 2006, took the stage at Lust Gentlemen’s Club in Martinsburg on Friday. The show was one of two at the club, the other slated for Saturday night, as part of Daniels’ nationwide tour.

General Manager Robert Austin said the star’s appearance was a notable event for the club and for Martinsburg as a whole.

“With the political landscape what it is right now and her being a notable figure, it was a really good thing for us,” he said.

Daniels was slated to take the stage at 10 p.m. Friday, according to Lust’s website. However, her bus arrived at the club around 10:30 p.m. Daniels didn’t enter the club until about midnight after food was ordered to the bus.

Photo Provided Lust Gentlemen’s Club in Martinsburg advertises a performance by adult entertainer Stormy Daniels on Friday night.

Dressed in a signature red riding hood outfit, Daniels flashed a smile as one of her bodyguards carried her inside the club and moments later, she took the stage and began her stripping performance.

Daniels did not respond to media questions and her bodyguards and club personnel denied media access to the performer.

The performance brought in about 250 people, according to Austin.

The show “was a success,” Austin said. “Everybody made money.”

Daniels’ performance in Martinsburg came on the heels of being arrested at an appearance in Columbus. Daniels was arrested and accused of illegally rubbing undercover police officers’ faces against her bare breasts during a performance at Sirens Gentlemen’s Club, according to Associated Press reports. The charges were later dropped as law enforcement said her arrest was “a mistake.”

Daniel’s attorney, Michael Avenatti, and the actress have said they believe the arrest was a set-up, motivated by political leanings. The Columbus Police have denied any political motivation.

At Friday’s performance, Daniels’ bodyguards described the arrest as “crazy” and another member of her entourage was noted saying he believed the arrest was a political set up.

Nearly 70 percent of voters in West Virginia voted for Trump in the 2016 general election. About 66 percent of Berkeley County voters cast their ballot for the current president. The pro-Trump attitudes didn’t seem to affect turnout or perception for Daniels’ performance, according to Austin.

“Ninety-five percent of our feedback has been positive,” Austin said.

Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, is set to continue her tour today at Platinum Plus in Allentown, Pa.

In addition to her lawsuit against Trump arguing to be released from the nondisclosure agreement about the affair because he did not sign it, Daniels also filed a defamation lawsuit against the president in May for statements he made on Twitter and is suing Trump’s personal lawyer Michael Cohen and her own former lawyer for collusion to benefit Trump.

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