Karen McDougal, former Playboy model, describes alleged Trump affair
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Karen McDougal poses after being named Playmate of the Year in 1998. (Reuters.)
Former Playboy model Karen McDougal said Thursday that she did in fact have a sexual relationship with Donald Trump before he was president, going so far as to call it a “consensual, loving relationship.”
McDougal told CNN she had seen Trump “many dozens of times” in a 10-month period beginning in 2006, and that they had been intimate during this time.
The interview came just days after the model sued American Media Inc. to be released from a 2016 agreement that prevented her from speaking about the alleged affair she had with Trump.
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McDougal was paid $150,000 for her story that never was published.
She said she saw Trump at least five times a month, and that he would even reimburse her for flights for what she says was done to eliminate a paper trail.
McDougal said she was unaware that Trump saw other women, aside from his wife, during this alleged affair.
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Trump also has been accused by adult film actress Stormy Daniels for another alleged affair.
Trump vehemently has denied these claims.
Fox News’ Barnini Chakraborty contributed to this report.