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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Thu Mar 22, 2018, 12:17 PM Mar 2018

Attorney: Ex-Playboy model voted for Trump, lawsuit not politically motivated

BY MORGAN G STALTER - 03/22/18 11:15 AM EDT

The lawyer representing Karen McDougal said the former Playboy model voted for President Trump and isn’t motivated by politics in coming forward about an alleged affair with him.

“Let me be clear,” Peter Stris told Politico on Wednesday. “Karen is a Republican. She voted for the president. She holds no ill will. If there was ever a case that was not motivated by naked politics, it’s this one.“

McDougal filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against American Media Inc. (AMI), which owns the National Enquirer.

She’s alleging the publication paid her $150,000 for a story about her alleged affair with Trump and then never published it. Stris said McDougal is trying to “get out from under the thumb” of AMI, adding that the media company has “effectively controlled her life for over a year.”

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http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/379724-lawyer-ex-playboy-model-voted-for-trump-not-suing-over-politics

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Attorney: Ex-Playboy model voted for Trump, lawsuit not politically motivated (Original Post) DonViejo Mar 2018 OP
"Naked Politics"? ProfessorGAC Mar 2018 #1
So, she voted for the guy who tricked her into signing an NDA? flibbitygiblets Mar 2018 #2
Oops wrong one there are so many Fullduplexxx Mar 2018 #3
Was she molested? NCTraveler Mar 2018 #4
This one was consensual...this is the Nat'l Enqu. catch and kill for their buddy dotard donnie. Kirk Lover Mar 2018 #5
That is the impression I was under. This was an affair. nt. NCTraveler Mar 2018 #7
This story makes me feel sort of dense, but if she was paid for the oristory where are the damages? dameatball Mar 2018 #6
Why Why WHY?... lame54 Mar 2018 #8

flibbitygiblets

(7,220 posts)
2. So, she voted for the guy who tricked her into signing an NDA?
Thu Mar 22, 2018, 12:21 PM
Mar 2018

Doesn't bode well for her uh, level of intelligence or critical thinking. I guess that makes her a pretty typical trump voter though...

dameatball

(7,398 posts)
6. This story makes me feel sort of dense, but if she was paid for the oristory where are the damages?
Thu Mar 22, 2018, 12:29 PM
Mar 2018

She is filing against AMI, not Trump apparently. But once AMI pays for the story is it not their right to publish or not publish? Is she wanting out so she can sell it to someone else at a higher price? Stormy appears to have raised the bar here.

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