At the same time, Playboy model Karen McDougal received 150,000 dollars (£123,000) from Cohen via the National Inquirer newspaper to stop her story getting out.

Source: https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/23399264.donald-trump----ex-president-saying-going-arrested/?ref=rss

Cohen pleads guilty in the federal investigation admitting to his role in AMI’s payoff to McDougal (Woman 1) to influence the election, according to the indictment, and saying in his plea that he had done so at Trump’s direction.

Source: https://www.1310kfka.com/abc-news/u-s-news/04/timeline-manhattan-district-attorney-case-against-donald-trump/

Cohen was later convicted of tax fraud and campaign finance violations after admitting that he had provided hush money to Daniels and helped to arrange a similar payment to another woman, a Playboy model named Karen McDougal.

Source: https://www.theage.com.au/world/north-america/how-trump-s-playboy-persona-came-back-to-haunt-him-20230402-p5cxdg.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_world

Earlier in 2016, Cohen had also arranged for the publisher of the supermarket tabloid the National Enquirer to pay Playboy model Karen McDougal $150,000 to squelch her story of an affair with Trump.

Source: https://www.baytoday.ca/national-news/historic-trump-indictment-could-open-door-to-future-political-prosecutions-expert-6789861

McDougal begged the court to impose a small fine noting the man’s financial situation.

Source: https://antiguaobserver.com/man-fined-for-pretending-to-be-a-victim-of-theft/

“On the weekend, you could see he had hunger to have more of the footy, but the way the game was played, it was in our half so he had to bide his time,” McDougal said.

Source: https://dandenong.starcommunity.com.au/sport/2023-08-08/gippsland-powering-forward/