would not claim the money of the family, like, say, the fathers and grandfathers and all that stuff. That's what I understood I was signing.” [Primetime Live, ABC News, 4/12/95] Trump Had An Affair With Marla Maples, Leading To A $20 Million Divorce Settlement. ZAHN: “If the 1980s were the greed is good era, then Donald Trump was the decade's poster boy. But by 1990, the real estate mogul nearly lost it all due to a collapsing real estate market. He was on the brink of bankruptcy. To make matters worse, Trump was going through a personal crisis. His marriage was falling apart. And Donald was spending a lot of time with former beauty queen Marla Maples. Their affair erupted into a full-fledged scandal. The New York tabloids were merciless… The $20 million divorce settlement hit The Donald where it hurt.” TRUMP: “There's nothing great about divorce. Divorce is tough because it's personal.” ZAHN: With a failed marriage behind him, Trump know focused on trying to rebuild his business. He was able to avoid bankruptcy by selling off some of his cherished possessions.”[CNN People In The News, CNN, 5/21/05] DONALD TRUMP’S EX-WIFE IVANA HAS USED THE WORDS “VIOLATED” AND “RAPE” TO DESCRIBE A SEXUAL ENCOUNTER WITH TRUMP HEADLINE: “Ex-Wife: Donald Trump Made Me Feel ‘Violated’ During Sex” [Daily Beast, 7/27/15] • SUBHEADLINE: “Ivana Trump Once Accused The Real-Estate Tycoon Of ‘Rape,’ Although She Later Clarified: Not In The ‘Criminal Sense.’” [Daily Beast, 7/27/15] Trump’s Ex-Wife Wife Ivana Trump Accused Trump Of Raping Her In 1989. “It was an unfortunate turn of phrase for Trump—in more ways than one. Not only does the current front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination have a history of controversial remarks about sexual assault, but as it turns out, his ex-wife Ivana Trump once used ‘rape’ to describe an incident between them in 1989. She later said she felt ‘violated’ by the experience.” [Daily Beast, 7/27/15] Ivana Trump’s “Rape” Assertion Originally Appeared In A Deposition As A Part Of The Early 1990s Divorce Case Between The Trumps And Was Described As A “Violent Assault” In The 1993 Book Lost Tycoon: The Many Lives of Donald J. Trump. “Ivana Trump’s assertion of ‘rape’ came in a deposition—part of the early ’90s divorce case between the Trumps, and revealed in the 1993 book Lost Tycoon: The Many Lives of Donald J. Trump. The book, by former Texas Monthly and Newsweek reporter Harry Hurt III, described a harrowing scene. After a painful scalp reduction surgery to remove a bald spot, Donald Trump confronted his then-wife, who had previously used the same plastic surgeon. ‘Your fucking doctor has ruined me!’ Trump cried. What followed was a ‘violent assault,’ according to Lost Tycoon.” [Daily Beast, 7/27/15] IN RESPONSE TO A STORY ABOUT IVANA’S RAPE ALLEGATIONS, DONALD TRUMP’S SPECIAL COUNSEL SAID “YOU CAN’T RAPE YOUR SPOUSE AND TOLD THE REPORTER HE WOULD “MESS YOUR LIFE UP” Michael Cohen, Special Counsel At The Trump Organization: “Understand That By The Very Definition, You Can’t Rape Your Spouse.” “Michael Cohen, special counsel Confidential Page 217