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Former Model Sues to Speak About Alleged Affair with Trump

HeadlineMar 21, 2018

A former model has filed a lawsuit aimed at releasing herself from a hush agreement so she can speak publicly about her alleged affair with Donald Trump in 2006. Karen McDougal has sued the National Enquirer’s parent company, which paid her $150,000 to buy exclusive rights to her story, under a contract her lawyers say was misleading. The company’s chief executive, David Pecker, is a close personal friend of President Trump. The tabloid company is known to buy and then bury stories that might damage Pecker’s allies. Karen McDougal’s lawsuit comes after adult film star Stephanie Clifford, better known as Stormy Daniels, sued earlier this month to release herself from a $130,000 hush deal paid by Trump’s personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, only days before the 2016 election. Experts say this payment may have violated federal election law. A third woman, “Apprentice” contestant Summer Zervos, is suing President Trump for defamation, after Trump called her a liar when she accused him of sexual assault.

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