Trump had brought all the would be apprentice people to an Irish restaurant in NYC during the Apprentice, this is Karen my date, a playboy model, not illegal, but look at the pattern, it was a restaurant that they used a long metal rod to open the secret passage way, b/c during prohibition the Irish had hid there alcohol there, so it was a remodel of the original

Former Playboy model Karen McDougal claims she had a 10-month affair with Donald Trump starting in 2006, shortly after he married Melania Trump. Trump has consistently denied the affair. [1, 2, 3, 4]

Their connection and the subsequent attempt to hide her story became central to Trump's high-profile Manhattan criminal trial. [1]

Key details of the situation:

• The Meeting: The pair purportedly met in June 2006 at the Playboy Mansion in Los Angeles while Trump was filming The Celebrity Apprentice. [1, 2]
• The Allegations: McDougal alleged the romantic relationship lasted until April 2007. [1, 2]
• The "Catch and Kill": During the 2016 presidential election, the publisher of the National Enquirer (American Media Inc.) paid McDougal $150,000 for her story rights. This tactic, known as "catch and kill," was used to purchase the story and suppress it from being published in order to protect his candidacy. [1, 2]