In blow to Trump, former Playboy model now free to talk of their alleged affair
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America Media Inc., which routinely bought the stories of women who claimed to have had affairs with Donald Trump only to kill those stories later (so-called “catch and kill”), has now released a former Playboy model from a contract intended to silenceIn blow to Trump, former Playboy model now free to talk of their alleged affair
America Media Inc., which routinely bought the stories of women who claimed to have had affairs with Donald Trump only to kill those stories later (so-called “catch and kill”), has now released a former Playboy model from a contract intended to silence her. The move comes a week after the FBI seized materials from longtime Trump fixer Michael Cohen, who was allegedly involved in negotiating the deal. The New York Times writes: The settlement agreement, reached Wednesday, ends a lawsuit brought by the model, Karen McDougal, and protects the president from being drawn into a legal case involving efforts to buy the silence of women who had stories to tell about him during the 2016 campaign. He still faces another lawsuit, from the pornographic film star Stephanie Clifford, who is suing to get out of a deal that Mr. Trump’s personal lawyer, Michael D. Cohen, arranged in 2016 for her silence about an alleged affair. Remember, both McDougal and Clifford (aka Stormy Daniels) were represented by the same lawyer, Keith Davidson, who helped craft the deals to bury their stories. Cohen himself actually called Davidson within the last month or so, urging him to disclose other details about the contracts that Cohen presumably figured would besmirch the women. Davidson said he was contacted in recent weeks by Trump's personal attorney, Michael Cohen, who encouraged him to go out and reveal what he knew about his clients and their agreements. He said Cohen argued that the women had waived attorney-client privilege by going public with their stories. Cohen isn't much of an expert on attorney-client privilege or ethics, and other lawyers advised Davidson that talking publicly would be unethical. Anyway, isn't it interesting that AMI was suddenly so eager to let McDougal out of her contract just a week after the FBI executed a no-knock raid on Cohen's office, home and hotel room? Read more