Stormy Daniels — at center of Trump scandal — once performed in Bend
Published 10:47 am Tuesday, March 21, 2023
- A customer takes a picture of herself with a poster of Stormy Daniels and cutout of President Donald Trump while waiting to enter Stars Cabaret in Bend on Thursday, May 17, 2018. (Ryan Brennecke/Bulletin photo) A customer takes a picture of herself with a poster of Stormy Daniels and cutout of President Donald Trump while waiting to enter Stars Cabaret in Bend on Thursday, May 17, 2018. (Ryan Brennecke/Bulletin photo)
Stormy Daniels, the porn star and stripper at the center of the Donald Trump scandal involving a $130,000 hush money payoff, came to Bend in May 2018 to perform at Stars Cabaret. It was at the height of her notoriety for her alleged former relations with Trump and subsequent payoff.
Her performance was delayed by hours because her luggage was lost by an airline, but she finally took the stage after 1 a.m. in front of the crowded club.
That is when a drunk patron threw his wallet at Daniels in the middle of her strip show, cutting her performance short.
The wallet hit Daniels on her ear, and she responded by throwing a beer bottle that missed the patron and hit a nearby wall. Daniels then left the stage. The patron told police at the time, “I was being wasted.”
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