David Pecker said he didn’t want his tabloid to be “associated” with a porn star.
The American Media Inc. chief told jurors he had grave concerns that buying her story in a “catch-and-kill” scheme to protect the future president could potentially sully theEditor-in-Chief Dylan Howard contacted him and said two of his “best sources” had gotten in touch and said an adult film actress namedparent company AMI could acquire the story for $120,000 “if we make the decision right now,” Pecker said Howard told him.
The sources, according to Pecker, were Karen McDougal’s attorney Keith Davidson and Gina Rodriguez, Daniels’ agent. Still, Pecker said he realized how damaging the story could be to Trump and said on the stand, “If anyone was going to buy it, I thought Michael and Donald Trump should buy it.” Howard informed Cohen about the story, and Cohen called Pecker to say Trump would be extremely upset if AMI didn’t buy it, according to Pecker.
Cohen was furious, and told Pecker that Trump would be very upset about this. Pecker said he told Cohen, “I am not doing it.” Cohen threatened to ruin Pecker’s reputation, and said that if the story were to get out, “The boss will be very angry at you,” Pecker testified.revealed that Cohen had arranged for AMI to “catch-and-kill” Daniels’ story for $130,000.
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