Only hours after her arrest, US porn actress Stormy Daniels has been released. "There's a mistake," said the chief of police in Columbus, Ohio.

Policemen arrested Daniels in a strip club for touching guests at the bar - a violation of local laws. The guests were three undercover police officers, according to the New York Times. Daniels had pressed the men's heads between her breasts and stroked female guests.

Just rcvd word that my client @StormyDaniels what arrested in Columbus Ohio doing the same act she did across the nation at nearly a hundred strip clubs. This is a setup & politically motivated. It reeks of desperation. We want to fight all bogus charges. #Basta

- Michael Avenatti (@MichaelAvenatti) July 12, 2018

"It was a set game and it was politically motivated," wrote her lawyer Michael Avenatti on Twitter. The police went to the club for one reason only: to make Daniels touch her, Avenatti told the NYT. "That's ridiculous."

Daniels was released on bail of $ 6,000. A short time later, the investigators announced that they dropped the charges. While laws in Ohio prohibit physical contact between strippers and customers, this only applies to strippers who regularly perform in state-owned restaurants. Daniels made her first appearance in the club.

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"I take full responsibility," says the police chief of Columbus. The motivations of the police officers were tested internally.

The arrest was part of long-term investigations against human trafficking, police said. Many have been arrested thanks to the law against physical contact. Like many, the police did not announce.

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Daniel's lawyer accused the police involved of having "very trump-friendly" social media profiles and published screenshots.

Daniels claims she had sex with US President Donald Trump in 2006 when he was already married. His lawyer, Michael Cohen, paid her $ 130,000 to keep the affair. Cohen has since confirmed the payment. Trump claims that Daniels invented the affair.