at The Trump Organization, defended his boss, saying, ‘You’re talking about the front-runner for the GOP, presidential candidate, as well as private individual who never raped anybody. And, of course, understand that by the very definition, you can’t rape your spouse.’ ‘It is true,’ Cohen added. ‘You cannot rape your spouse. And there’s very clear case law.’ 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….That is not true. In New York, there used to be a so-called marital rape exemption to the law. It was struck down in 1984.” [Daily Beast, 7/27/15] Trump Special Counsel: “So I’m Warning You, Tread Very Fucking Lightly, Because What I’m Going To Do To You Is Going To Be Fucking Disgusting. … You Write A Story That Has Mr. Trump’s Name In It, With The Word ‘Rape,’ And I’m Going To Mess Your Life Up.” “Trump’s lawyer then changed tactics, lobbing insults and threatening a lawsuit if a story was published. ‘I will make sure that you and I meet one day while we’re in the courthouse. And I will take you for every penny you still don’t have. And I will come after your Daily Beast and everybody else that you possibly know,’ Cohen said. ‘So I’m warning you, tread very fucking lightly, because what I’m going to do to you is going to be fucking disgusting. You understand me?’ ‘You write a story that has Mr. Trump’s name in it, with the word ‘rape,’ and I’m going to mess your life up…for as long as you’re on this frickin’ planet…you’re going to have judgments against you, so much money, you’ll never know how to get out from underneath it,’ he added.” [Daily Beast, 7/27/15] COHEN APOLOGIZED FOR SAYING “YOU CANNOT RAPE YOUR SPOUSE” Michael Cohen, Special Counsel To Trump, Apologized For Saying “You Cannot Rape Your Spouse.” “Michael Cohen, special counsel to Trump. Cohen has been a long-time aide to Trump, but he found himself facing the national media glare last month when he defended his boss to a Daily Beast reporter in a story about rebuffed allegations of sexual misconduct against Trump. Cohen has since publicly apologized for telling the Daily Beast that ‘you cannot rape your spouse’ and has repeatedly said that he does not believe that statement. ‘As an attorney, husband and father there are many injustices that offend me but nothing more than charges of rape or racism. They hit me at my core,’ Cohen said in an apology statement to CNN. Cohen has served as a media liaison to Trump, helping to coordinate interviews. And he has also appeared on television defending Trump's campaign, but his public appearances have dwindled following the controversy.” The Hill, 8/14/15] MARLA MAPLES AFTER CHEATING ON IVANA WITH HER, TRUMP MARRIED MARLA MAPLES IN 1993 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 Confidential Page 218