Karen McDougal is a former Playboy model who claims she had an affair with President Donald Trump. McDougal, now 46, won Playmate of the Year in 1998.
McDougal’s, who made the claims in a recent article published by The New Yorker, alleges that President Donald Trump concealed the couple’s affair with through discrete meetings, payoffs, and legal arrangements. McDougal also gave The New Yorker eight-page handwritten note that she gave to the magazine.
In the extensive report, the former pinup model alleges that Donald Trump offered her payment after the two had sex at the Beverly Hills Hotel, where she claims that many of their meetings happened at the Beverly Hills hotel. Furthermore, McDougal alleges that President Trump hid their relationship by having her pay for her own flights before later reimbursing her.
via NBC:
McDougal confirmed to The New Yorker a Wall Street Journal report that said American Media Inc., the publisher of the National Enquirer, agreed to pay her $150,000 for her story but then did not publish it.
David Pecker, the CEO and chairman of AMI, is a Trump supporter who has reportedly described the president as a “personal friend.” Six former AMI employees told The New Yorker that Pecker often purchases a story in order to bury it — a tabloid industry practice called “catch and kill.”
In a statement provided to NBC News, AMI appeared to dismiss the report: “The New Yorker and Ronan Farrow’s suggestion that AMI engages in any practice that would allow it to hold influence over the President of the United States is laughable.”
A White House spokesman said President Trump denies having an affair with McDougal:
“This is an old story that is just more fake news. The President says he never had a relationship with McDougal,” the White House spokesman said.
McDougal is the second women to claim to have had an affair with President of the United States since the start of 2018, as former adult film star Stormy Daniels makes similar allegations.
You can read the full in-depth New Yorker report here.
