Stormy Daniels, born Stephanie Gregory, is unsure of the first time she stood up to a bully. But in reflecting on the question, she brings up an incident that happened when she was around 17 or 18, and she stumbled upon some kids throwing fireworks at a bony, famished horse. Later that night, Stormy and her boyfriend broke through a fence, unchained the horse, and got the animal out of there.

Her determination to rescue the abused horse may speak to her character, but when discussing her childhood, Stormy describes a young girl forced to forge her independence by combatting those who had pushed her too far — a pattern that would lead to her staring down the President of the United States and his closest allies decades later.

As a child growing up on the outskirts of Baton Rouge (as she jokes in a Southern accent, “I was... Leer Más