Shera Bechard, a former Playboy model, sued a prominent Republican financier, her former lawyer, and the attorney for porn star Stormy Daniels in relation to a $1.6 million hush-money payment the financier reportedly stopped paying her, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday.
Bechard sued Eliot Broidy, the financier; Keith Davidson, her former attorney; and Michael Avenatti, Daniels's attorney, in California Superior Court. The lawsuit was filed under seal.
The Journal reported earlier this week that Broidy said he would stop the payments because Davidson allegedly disclosed information about the affair to Avenatti. Daniels, Avenatti's client, alleges she had a 2006 affair with President Donald Trump, which he has denied.
Broidy's and Bechard's agreement required him to pay her $1.6 million over two years, The Journal reported. Broidy had already paid $400,000 of that sum but did not make a third scheduled payment, which was due last Sunday.
Broidy resigned as deputy finance chairman for the Republican National Committee after the agreement was revealed, and he acknowledged the relationship.
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