Kathy Griffin has donated $30,000 to a fundraiser for Stormy Daniels to help her relocate after receiving death threats.
The comedian urged others to donate to the crowdfunding campaign, which has a $1.25 million target, so the former adult film star can move home with her family and pets, including horses. Daniels claimed to have been "doxxed"— the act of revealing a person's information such as addresses and phone numbers online— following her testimony in former President Donald Trump's hush money trial.
In May, a jury found Trump guilty of 34 felony counts of falsifying business documents to misappropriate his 2016 presidential campaign funds in order to buy Daniels' silence over their alleged 2006 affair.
Daniels testified during the trial in New York and later said her address was leaked online after "the defense showed my address on a screen to the courtroom while I was testifying. This resulted in me being doxxed almost immediately," she wrote on the GoFundMe page.
She said she has received violent threats and also needs money to repay the legal fees she spent on testifying in the trial.
"For over 6 years, I have been fighting to speak the truth...and paying the price for it. Part of this battle resulted in attorney fees being automatically awarded after being denied my day in court," Daniels wrote on the fundraiser. "I refused to back down or give a penny for telling the truth. Now I have been given the greatest gift because those attorney fees are NOT coming from me! Complete strangers have generously come together in a powerful stance and donated to cover it instead. After the judgement is satisfied, whatever is left will be used to relocate to a safe place."
Griffin was one of many people to give money and Daniels praised her "generous donation."
"Thank you@kathygriffin for your incredibly generous donation ($30K!!!) and your unwavering support/friendship. After the site fees and paying the attorney fee judgement, the gofundme is less than $55K from being able to relocate after being doxxed during testifying (horses are already moved to safe place)," Daniels posted on X, formerly Twitter on Wednesday.
Griffin reposted her and added, "Let's thank our pal @StormyDaniels and help her get to her goal! 🙏."
Newsweek contacted Griffin and Daniels' respective representatives by email for comment.
It is not the first time Griffin has publicly pledged her support for Daniels, and in 2018 she declared herself: "Team Stormy."
Griffin posted a photo to her then-Twitter account posing with Daniels and giving the middle finger to the camera where she captioned the post, "#TeamStory."
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