Washington, March 8 (TIWN / IANS) Adult film star Stormy Daniels' lawsuit against US President Donald Trump over a non-disparagement agreement has been tossed out of federal court.

On Thursday, US District Judge James Otero said the suit, which sought to invalidate the $130,000 agreement that kept Daniels from speaking publicly about her allegations of an affair with Trump ahead of the 2016 election, "lacks subject matter jurisdiction", CNN reported. By saying that the lawsuit should be sent back to the California Superior Court, where it was first filed, Otero made it clear the case was over. Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, has claimed that she and Trump had an affair in 2006, after he married First Lady Melania Trump and she gave birth to their son, Barron. Trump has denied having an affair with Daniels. Trump's former personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, arranged the agreement and paid Daniels $130,000. He admitted in federal court that "in coordination and at the direction of a candidate for federal office", he kept information that would have harmed Trump from becoming public during the 2016 election cycle. He has since said that the candidate was Trump.