A Playboy model who says she had a months-long affair with Donald Trump a decade before his election as president told CNN that he tried to pay her for sex.
Karen McDougal wants to be released from a $150,000 deal she made in 2016 with American Media Inc, the company that owns the National Enquirer tabloid, an agreement she alleges was aimed at keeping her story under wraps.
鈥淎fter we had been intimate, he, he tried to pay me.聽And I actually didn鈥檛 know how to take that,鈥� McDougal told CNN鈥檚 Anderson Cooper of her first sexual encounter with Trump, which she said took place in a bungalow at the Beverly Hills Hotel.
鈥淚 looked at him and said, 鈥楾hat鈥檚 not me, I鈥檓 not that kind of girl.鈥� And he looked at me and said, 鈥極h,鈥� and he said, 鈥榊ou鈥檙e really special,'鈥� McDougal said.
While she initially did not plan to see him again, McDougal said she and Trump ultimately ended up spending 鈥渁 lot of time together鈥� and also kept in touch by phone.
鈥淭here was a real relationship there.聽There were feelings between the two of us,鈥� she said.
The pair met in 2006, shortly after Trump鈥檚 wife Melania gave birth to their son Baron.
Trump only mentioned Melania once, and 鈥渙bviously, there鈥檚 a reason I don鈥檛 bring her up, because I felt guilty about it,鈥� McDougal said.
While the alleged affair dates to 2006, the agreement with American Media Inc was only made in 2016, when Trump was running for the presidency.
McDougal鈥檚 story echoes allegations of an affair between Trump and the porn actress Stephanie Clifford 鈥� known as Stormy Daniels 鈥� during the same period.
Daniels has filed suit seeking to be released from a non-disclosure agreement she signed in 2016, for which she was paid $130,000 by Trump鈥檚 personal lawyer.聽聽聽 /muf