Former Playboy Playmate Karen McDougal posted a suggestive bathroom photo on social media in which she was lying in a bubble bath with a candle, a glass of wine and a copy of the book Catch And Kill.
McDougal has claimed in the past to have had an affair with Trump, although it is not directly related to the charges in her current criminal trial in Manhattan.
On Saturday, McDougal posted a single word, ‘Reflecting,’ along with the photo of her in the bathroom and the book, clarifying what has been happening in the Trump trial.
The term “catch and kill” has been used several times during the first two weeks of Trump’s hush money trial and is defined as when a tabloid newspaper like the National Enquirer buys a story containing damaging information about someone and then “kills” them. “. ensuring that the story will never see the light of day.
McDougal usually writes about Jesus or sports on his X account and hasn’t posted about Donald Trump in over a year.
Former Playboy Playmate Karen McDougal, linked to the Donald Trump money cover-up case, posted a reference on social media to the ongoing trial.
McDougal received $150,000 for her accusation of having an affair with Trump, which Trump denies.
‘Brutal shadow. Fantastic book,’ wrote attorney Howell Ellerman.
“Karen McDougal weighs in on the Trump trial”. added New York magazine reporter Olivia Nuzzi.
During the 2016 presidential campaign, the National Enquirer paid tens of thousands of dollars for stories about Trump to keep them out of the public eye.
McDougal received $150,000 for her accusation of having an affair with Trump, which Trump denies.
The Enquirer never published the story following the practice known as “catch and kill.”
Early in the trial, former Enquirer editor David Pecker described in court how Donald Trump called him angrily when details of the secret deal with McDougal became public just four days before the 2016 election.
On November 4, 2016, The Wall Street Journal reported that Pecker’s company, American Media, paid McDougal $150,000 but had not published his account.
Donald Trump’s ‘hush money’ trial heard how Karen McDougal’s lawyer negotiated with the editor of the National Enquirer to buy her story about an alleged affair
Pecker testified that he had been friends with Trump for decades and had helped eradicate negative stories during the 2016 election after a key meeting at Trump Tower.
At the time, Pecker denied that his company was removing negative stories about Trump, but in court he admitted the statement was false.
“I wanted to protect my company, I wanted to protect myself and I also wanted to protect Donald Trump,” he said.
Pecker described how McDougal wanted $150,000, along with writing jobs and other business opportunities, for his claims that he was having an affair.
“That suited me because I really didn’t want the story to get out,” he said. ‘I thought my contract was for work and that it was a win-win situation. At that time I didn’t know the term trap and kill. I was a pawn in that scenario because of all the things I didn’t know,” McDougal said recently.
McDougal claims to have had an affair with Trump for 10 months, from June 2006 to April 2007, about a year and a half after marrying former first lady Melania Trump.
The former model says she met Trump when Hugh Hefner hosted a pool party at the Playboy Mansion in Los Angeles. McDougal (bottom center) and other Playboy Bunnies pose with Playboy founder Hugh Hefner (top left center)
Trump watches as David Pecker testifies at his trial
The trial enters its fourth week in Courtroom 1530 of Manhattan Criminal Court.
The former model says she met Trump when he hosted Celebrity Apprentice and when Hugh Hefner hosted a pool party for the show’s contestants at the Playboy mansion in Los Angeles.
McDougal wore a sheer dress over her swimsuit at the party, which caught the future president’s attention.
“He followed me around like a puppy, trying to get my attention,” he told DailyMail.com in an interview last year. “He got so attached to me that the mother bunny said, ‘Wow, he really has feelings for you.'”
McDougal recalled that as she said goodbye, Trump asked his bodyguard to get her number.
“He called me a few days later and invited me to have dinner with him at the Beverly Hills Hotel,” she said. “I’m embarrassed now because I knew he was married, but at the time that was out of sight and out of mind. I was a different girl then, I had fun and didn’t think about things too much.
McDougal said that during her consensual relationship with Trump she met with the real estate developer five or more times a month.
He said his feelings for Trump were real.
“I was in love with him. He was in love with me. I know this because he told me all the time. He said, ‘You’re my baby and I love you.’ He showed me off to his friends,” she said.