This is the absolute LAST thing I thought I’d wake up to on a Saturday morning.
Apparently, there’s an ex-Trump World Tower doorman who had some sort of contract with the National Enquirer publisher, American Media Inc., which prevented him from talking about an alleged affair Trump had with a former housekeeper, which resulted in a love-child.
He’s been released from the contract, meaning he can speak about it now.
On Friday, Marc Held — the attorney for Dino Sajudin, the former doorman — said his client had been released from his contract with AMI, the parent company of the National Enquirer, “recently” after back-and-forth discussions with AMI.
CNN has exclusively obtained a copy of the “source agreement” between Sajudin and AMI, which is owned by David Pecker.
According to CNN, the contract was signed Nov. 15, 2015, but the contract itself lacks details about the actual story.
The contract states that “AMI will not owe Source any compensation if AMI does not publish the Exclusive…” and the top of the agreement shows that Sajudin could receive a sum of $30,000 “payable upon publication as set forth below.”
The contract also contains a part which states that Sajudin would owe America Media Inc. $1 million “in the event Source breaches this provision.”
“Mr. Sajudin has been unable to discuss the circumstances regarding his deal with American Media Inc. and the story that he sold to them, due to a significant financial penalty,” Held said, according to CNN. “Just recently, AMI released Mr. Sajudin from the terms of his agreement and he is now able to speak about his personal experience with them, as well as his story, which is now known to be one of the ‘catch and kill’ pieces. Mr. Sajudin hopes the truth will come out in the very near future.”
I should also note that CNN states multiple times that there is no proof there’s anything to this story. No one has verified it. It’s simply a doorman making baseless allegations.
CNN wrote this:
At the time, AMI called Sajudin’s story “not credible” and denied any connection between the story and Trump and his then-personal attorney Michael Cohen.
And this:
Sajudin’s allegation that Trump fathered a child out of wedlock has not been independently confirmed by any of the outlets that have investigated the story.
At this point, it’s a rumor from an ex-doorman, and it wasn’t even juicy enough for the National Enquirer to publish. (Unless American Media Inc. was trying to “protect” Trump, which is something a lot of people seem to believe.)
I’m sure this isn’t the last we’ll hear of this.