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Former Playboy Model Spills Details Of Alleged Affair: Trump Tried To Pay Her

Karen McDougal speaks out for the first time about a 10-month affair she says she had with Donald Trump, who was married. She says he tried to hand her cash after their first intimate encounter.
In an interview on <em>Anderson Cooper 360</em> Thursday evening, former Playboy model Karen McDougal shared details of her alleged affair with President Trump.

The former Playboy model who's suing for the right to talk about her alleged affair with President Trump is not waiting for a court or a judge to free her from a contract she says was contrived for the sole purpose of killing the story of their 10-month relationship.

In an interview with CNN's Anderson Cooper Thursday evening, Karen McDougal said Trump tried to pay her after the first time they had sexual relations.

"After we had been intimate, he tried to pay me, and I actually didn't know how to take that," she said, clasping her hands together.

She recalled how the cash offer left her shaken while Trump appeared surprised by her reaction. "The look on my face must have been so sad," she said. She wondered, "Does he think I'm in this for money? That's not me."

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