Leaked police emails suggest Stormy Daniels's strip club arrest was 'pre-planned' by an officer
- Leaked emails from the Columbus Police Department suggest Stormy Daniels's July 12 arrest was pre-planned.
- Columbus Police Det. Shana Keckley appeared to research Daniels's July 11 show before the arrest and bragged to colleagues after taking the porn star into custody.
- In an email from 3:50 a.m. on July 12, hours after the arrest, Keckley wrote: "You're Welcome!!!!!"
Stormy Daniels's recent arrest at a Columbus, Ohio, strip club may have been pre-planned, police emails leaked by a whistleblower suggest.
According to leaked emails obtained by The Fayette Advocate, Columbus Police Det. Shana Keckley appeared to research Daniels's July 11 show before the arrest and bragged to colleagues after the porn star was taken into custody.
Emails from Keckley's account provided by a whistleblower show that the detective collected news stories about Daniels, video clips of Daniels dancing, and a map to Sirens Gentlemen's Club in the days before the arrest.
On July 10, email records show Keckley emailing herself a video of Daniels in West Hollywood and an NBC 4 Columbus article promoting her July 11 appearance at Sirens.
Emails also show Keckley sending herself a photo of Daniels with President Donald Trump.
In an email from 3:50 a.m. on July 12, hours after the arrest, Keckley wrote: "You're Welcome!!!!!"
She added: "Please Please Don't post my name on Face Book! :D Thank me in person later."
Daniels was arrested at the Columbus strip club on July 12 for "touching undercover officers." Charges were later dropped.
Daniels's personal lawyer Michael Avenatti called the emails "extremely disturbing" and told the Advocate he would "get to the bottom of this."
Columbus Police previously said Daniels wasn't individually targeted when arrested on July 12.
"It is clear that Keckley and her fellow officers were there because of Stormy and only because of Stormy," the whistleblower told The Advocate.
The whistleblower said Keckley's emails have been handed over to Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther's office.
Daniels gained notoriety after claiming that she had an affair with Trump in 2006, which the president denies.
Prior to the 2016 presidential election, Daniels was paid $130,000 by Trump's former longtime lawyer, Michael Cohen, to keep quiet about her claims.
The porn star is suing Trump and Cohen in California to break a nondisclosure agreement over the payment.