A SCOTTISH teacher is at the centre of an explosive legal battle between porn star Stormy Daniels and US President Donald Trump in the latest bizarre incident that threatens to engulf the White House.
Documents included in the adult actress’s defamation case against the billionaire cite a social media post from a die-hard Trump supporter from South Lanarkshire, Shenna Fox.
The case centres on alleged threats made against Stormy Daniels, real name Stephanie Clifford, who claims she was threatened by a man in a Las Vegas car park to drop her allegations of an affair with Mr Trump.
The actress says she had an affair with Mr Trump in 2006 and she slept with him once.
Last month, Mr Trump retweeted a sketch of the man alleged to have made the threats, calling it "a total con job", in response to a post by Ms Fox, a 49-year-old church organist and choir conductor, which suggested the image actually resembled Daniels' ex-husband.
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It marked the first time Donald Trump publicly acknowledged Stormy Daniels’ affair claims and subsequent attempts to suppress them.
Ms Fox has been billed as “fanatical” Trump fan and has previously spoken of performing music for the president at his Turnberry golf resort and striking up a friendship with his security chief Keith Schiller.
In 2017, she was ordered to complete 180 hours' community service after being convicted of forging Lanark and Carluke Choral Union cheques as part of an attempt to cover the cost of the choir's 2014 trip to perform at New York's Carnegie Hall to celebrate Martin Luther King Jnr day.
Mr Trump was so impressed by their performance that he invited them along to Trump Towers to sing for him.
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The US president faced a fresh storm this week after court documents were published claiming that Trump's statement - in response to Ms Fox’s tweet - was "false and defamatory" and provoked death threats "causing her both emotional and economic damages".
Last night, as President Trump was forced to deny that money used to buy a porn star's silence came from his election campaign funds.
In a flurry of tweets, he admitted that lawyer Michael Cohen had paid off Stormy Daniels during the campaign and that he was reimbursed.
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Use of campaign funds would be a violation of federal law. Earlier, his legal aide Rudy Giuliani had said the money was Mr Trump's personal cash.
Speaking on Fox TV last week, Mr Trump suggested some knowledge of the matter in admitting Mr Cohen had represented him during the "crazy Stormy Daniels deal", but he did not go into specifics.
The defamation action is the latest legal move from Daniels, who is already suing to be released from a non-disclosure deal she agreed to days before the 2016 election in exchange for $130,000.
In the wake of the incident sparked by Ms Fox’s social media post, late night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel mocked the Scottish musician.
He told his audience of millions, "Turns out this meme [sketch] came from a supporter of his from Scotland, her name is Shenna Fox, she is a fanatical Trump fan, and believe it or not she is actually guilty of a con job herself."
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Kimmel said: "And this is who he is retweeting. Someone he should probably have a restraining order against.
"Even the idea that the president is scrolling through Twitter looking for things to retweet is nuts. It is absolutely nuts.
Ms Fox responded to Kimmel's comments saying: "I don't really have any control over what anyone is going to say or write.
"I had to pay for that choir at the last minute. I didn't steal thousands and thousands. The money has all come from me and the trip cost me £45,000.
"The majority have not paid me back and have no intention of [doing so]. They dragged me through what was a ridiculous court case.
"When people call me a thief, it kind of hurts. I gave them the opportunity of a lifetime and despite what they have put me through, I don't regret it. I just have no money."
Ms Fox, who goes by the Deplorably Scottish handle had tagged Trump in her tweet which featured a side-by-side comparison of the pencil sketch with a photo of Daniels' husband Glendon Crain, a fellow adult film star and former heavy metal drummer. She commented: "Oops! This is awkward!"
The president retweeted Ms Fox's tweet and commented: "A sketch years later about a non-existent man. A total con job, playing the Fake News Media for Fools (but they know it)!"
Defamation court documents claim that Trump's statement in response to the Scot's tweet resulted in death threats and other threats of physical violence, "causing her both emotional and economic damages".
The new complaintsaid: "Mr Trump's statement falsely attacks the veracity of Ms Clifford's account of the threatening incident that took place in 2011.
"It also operates to accuse Ms Clifford of committing a crime under New York law, as well as the law of numerous other states, in that it effectively states that Ms Clifford falsely accused an individual of committing a crime against her when not such crime occurred.
"In making the statement, Mr Trump used his national and international audience of millions of people to make a false factual statement to denigrate and attack Ms Clifford.
"Mr Trump knew that his false, disparaging statement would be read by people around the world, as well as widely reported, and that Ms Clifford would be subjected to threats of violence, economic harm and reputational damage as a result."
Daniels is seeking a jury trial and unspecified damages in excess of $75,000.
Her attorney Michael Avenatti said: “We intend on teaching Mr Trump that you cannot simply make things up about someone and disseminate them without serious consequences.”
The tweet led to some online abuse of Ms Fox, who voices support for Trump to over 22,000 followers.
One tweeted called her a "dumb c***".
Ms Fox was philosophical, saying: "It's the dark side of social media and if you put yourself out there, you have to be prepared to take the abuse."
Meanwhile, it has emerged that Donald Trump could address the UK Parliament despite Commons Speaker John Bercow's opposition, according to peers.
Some peers want the US president to address MPs and members of the House of Lords in Parliament's Royal Gallery.
Conservative Lord Cormack said Mr Trump should be given the opportunity to speak to both Houses and be received "with proper good manners".
Lord Speaker Lord Fowler said there had been no conversations with the Government about a possible address by the president but "any request for him to be speak in the Royal Gallery would be discussed if and when it were received.
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