What started as a chance encounter at a charity golf tournament 18 years ago has turned into one of the biggest legal dramas in history.
On Monday, Donald Trump will become the first former president to face criminal charges over a $130,000 payment he made to porn star Stormy Daniels over their alleged affair.
The trial – which is expected to last between six and eight weeks – will be full of bombshell testimony and drama, the result of years of scandal.
Witnesses will testify to lurid allegations of hotel suite meetings, blockbuster TV interviews and backroom deals involving the presumptive Republican presidential nominee.
The case centers on the payment to Daniels by then-Trump fixer Michel Cohen prior to the 2016 presidential election to keep her quiet about an alleged sexual encounter with Trump in 2006.
She claims it happened less than four months after Melania Trump gave birth to the couple’s son, Barron.
Since then, there have been legal twists and turns at every corner, while Trump has spent four years in the White House and is now in the midst of a bid for another term.
