NOT A CASTING COUCH: Stormy Daniels Never Appeared on Trump's Hit Show " the Celebrity Apprentice"
In court on Friday, Donald Trump’s attorney, Susan Necheles, suggested that he had Stormy Daniels’ number because she was nearly cast in "The Celebrity Apprentice."
Lawyer suggests Trump had Daniels' phone number due to "The Apprentice" casting
Necheles asked a former assistant if Trump "thought that she would be an interesting addition to 'The Apprentice'"
"The trial, in which Trump is charged with 34 counts of falsification in connection with hush money payments made to his alleged affair partner, saw more testimony, including from former Trump assistant Rhona Graff.
Questioning Graff, Necheles brought up Daniels and Karen McDougal, for whom Graff created contact pages within the Trump Organization’s computer system. Necheles began to argue that Trump only had Daniels' phone number as a result of a casting effort on his TV show.
“He thought that she would be an interesting addition to 'The Apprentice?'"Necheles asked, according to NBC News.
"That was the office chatter, yes,"Graff replied.
When asked whether she had ever seen Daniels, Graff said she vaguely remembered her in the lobby of Trump Tower. Graff also testified that she was aware that Daniels was a porn actress.
Daniels was reportedly not in the running to appear on "The Celebrity Apprentice" until 2007, a year after her alleged affair with Trump.
She never appeared on the program.
Necheles seeks to build a case that there was no wrong-doing in the former President’s payments to Daniels, while placating her client who maintains that he had no affair with Daniels. Arguments in the trial will resume Monday, following this week’s testimony from David Pecker, former National Enquirer publisher, Graff, and banker Gary Farro."
Trump trial highlights:
Former Trump assistant testifies about Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal
Necheles highlights casting as reason for Trump to have Daniels' phone number
Trump attorney Susan Necheles began to suggest that casting for the show "The Celebrity Apprentice" was why the former president had Stormy Daniels' phone number. “He thought that she would be an interesting addition to 'The Apprentice,'"Necheles said during questioning this afternoon. "That was the office chatter, yes,"Rhona Graff said, noting that she vaguely recalled hearing at the office that Trump had referred to Stormy Daniels as a potentially appealing candidate for the show.
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Graff once saw Daniels in the Trump Tower reception area
Hoffinger asked if Graff once saw Stormy Daniels in the Trump Tower reception area. Graff, a former executive assistant for Trump, said she had a vague recollection of seeing Daniels there.
Asked if she knew Daniels was an adult film actress, Graff said she did.
2d ago / 12:14 PM PDT
Trump had McDougal and Daniels contact information saved
Hoffinger is still questioning Graff and has shown her several images of contact pages for McDougal and Daniels in the Trump Organization computer system. Asked if she had created the contact pages for the two, Graff said,"I believe I did."
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