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Stormy Daniels: I Will Fire Avenatti If Allegations True

Michael Avenatti, lawyer for adult film actress Stephanie Clifford, also known as Stormy Daniels, speaks to the media outside the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. September 24, 2018. REUTERS/Andrew Cullen
Saagar Enjeti White House Correspondent
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Pornstar Stormy Daniels vowed to fire lawyer Michael Avenatti if domestic violence allegations he was arrested for are proven true, she said in a Thursday statement to New York Magazine.

WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA - MAY 23: Stormy Daniels and attorney Michael Avenatti are seen at The Abbey on May 23, 2018 in West Hollywood, California. (Photo by Tara Ziemba/Getty Images)

WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA – MAY 23: Stormy Daniels and attorney Michael Avenatti are seen at The Abbey on May 23, 2018 in West Hollywood, California. (Photo by Tara Ziemba/Getty Images)

Avenatti was arrested by the Los Angeles Police Department late Wednesday on allegations of felony domestic assault and released later that day on a $50,000 bail.

The lawyer of increasing Democratic fame vehemently denied the allegations against him saying “I have never been physically abusive in my life nor was I last night. Any accusations to the contrary are fabricated and meant to do harm to my reputation. I look forward to being fully exonerated,” adding “I am not going to be intimidated from stopping what I am doing.”

LOS ANGELES, CA - JULY 27: Attorney Michael Avenatti, who represents adult film actress Stormy Daniels, speaks to reporters during a break in a motions hearing on July 27, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, is suing President Donald Trump and his former personal attorney, Michael Cohen, claiming that she was defamed and campaign finance law was violated by brokering a non-disclosure pact just before the 2016 presidential election. Avenatti maintains that the agreement is invalid because Trump did not sign it. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)

LOS ANGELES, CA – JULY 27: Attorney Michael Avenatti, who represents adult film actress Stormy Daniels, speaks to reporters during a break in a motions hearing on July 27, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, is suing President Donald Trump and his former personal attorney, Michael Cohen, claiming that she was defamed and campaign finance law was violated by brokering a non-disclosure pact just before the 2016 presidential election. Avenatti maintains that the agreement is invalid because Trump did not sign it. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)

Avenatti later tweeted about the allegations suggesting that pro-Trump twitter personality Jacob Wohl was somehow involved. Wohl is currently under investigation by the FBI for allegedly attempting to coerce a woman to bring a sexual assault allegation against special counsel Robert Mueller.