Nearly two decades after Stormy Daniels and Donald J. Trump met in Nevada, they met face to face again in a Lower Manhattan courtroom in the first criminal trial against a former United States president.
Here is a timeline of their history:
July 2006
Mr. Trump attended the American Century Celebrity Golf Tournament in Lake Tahoe, Nev., where Wicked Pictures, the production company whose adult films she starred in, had set up a booth.
According to Ms. Daniels, the two met at the event, had dinner and then consensual sex in a hotel room. She said that Mr. Trump told her that she could appear on his show “The Apprentice.”
Mr. Trump was married to his current wife, Melania, for about a year, and his youngest son, Barron, was born several months before. Though there are photos of Mr. Trump and Ms. Daniels at the tournament, he has denied that he had sex with Ms. Daniels.
July 2007
Ms. Daniels told “60 Minutes” on CBS News in 2018 that a year after the golf tournament, Mr. Trump invited her to his bungalow at the Beverly Hills Hotel to discuss her possible appearance on his reality television show “The Apprentice.” She never appeared on the show.
April 2011
Ms. Daniels considered selling her account of sex with Mr. Trump but ultimately did not, she told “60 Minutes.”
