Article snippet: The porn actress alleging an affair with President Donald Trump is escalating her legal fight, suing the president for defamation. Stormy Daniels filed the complaint in federal court in New York on Monday. At issue is a tweet Trump made in which he dismissed a composite sketch that Daniels says depicted a man who threatened her in 2011 to stay quiet about her alleged sexual encounter with Trump. In the tweet earlier in April, Trump said: "A sketch years later about a nonexistent man. A total con job, playing the White House says Trump did not have a sexual encounter with Daniels, and the president has denied the other allegations as well. Trump is also facing a New York defamation lawsuit filed by Summer Zervos, a former contestant on "The Apprentice." Zervos has accused Trump of unwanted sexual contact in 2007 and sued him after he dismissed the claims as made up. A judge ruled that lawsuit can move forward. Link to the full article to read more