Stormy Daniels’ lawyer, Michael Avenatti, said on Wednesday moving the lawsuit to the West Coast will speed up the legal process. | Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images Trump, Daniels lawyers agree to move libel suit to L.A.

Lawyers for President Donald Trump and adult film actress Stormy Daniels agreed to move her libel case against the president to a Los Angeles courtroom, according to court documents released Wednesday.

Daniels brought the defamation suit against the president in April in New York, alleging he used Twitter to undermine her claim that a man threatened her to keep quiet about a past romantic relationship with Trump. For his part, the president denies he was involved with Daniels, whose legal name is Stephanie Clifford.


Daniels’ lawyer, Michael Avenatti, said on Wednesday moving the lawsuit to the West Coast will speed up the legal process.

“We concluded that it will allow the defamation case against Mr. Trump to move along more expeditiously if it is venued in Los Angeles. It is all about getting maximum accountability as quickly as possible,” Avenatti said in an email. The White House referred comment to Trump’s outside counsel on Wednesday.

In the spring, Daniels filed the lawsuit in a Manhattan court in response to a tweet from the president in April. At that time, he blasted her allegation that a man threatened her daughter and told her to “Leave Trump alone” and to “forget the story."

"A sketch years later about a nonexistent man. A total con job, playing the Fake News Media for Fools (but they know it!)" Trump said on Twitter at that time.

Daniels argues Trump defamed her in the tweet by saying she falsely accused someone of a crime.

U.S. District Judge Jesse Furman granted the change of venue request on Wednesday. The case will move to a Central District of California court.