Michael Avenatti, attorney to Ms Daniels, has filed a motion in the lawsuit to depose Mr Trump and Mr Cohen that is scheduled to be heard on 30 April. The adult film actress, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, claimed to have had sex with Mr Trump in 2006, while he was married to First Lady Melania Trump and provided salacious details of the supposed affair in a televised interview on the 60 Minutes news programme.