Former Playboy playmate Karen McDougal has reached a settlement that frees her to tell her story of an alleged affair with President Trump – without relinquishing the $150,000 she got late in the presidential campaign for the rights.

American Media Inc., which owns the National Enquirer, keeps the rights to up to $75,000 from any future profits of the story.

It also maintains the rights to photos it has of McDougal.

The settlement comes after an FBI raid on Donald Trump's longtime lawyer Michael Cohen brought in documents and other material related to the settlement negotiation, which Cohen took part in.

'It's a total win,' her lawyer, Peter Stris, told the New York Times. 'We got everything we were fighting for — she got out of the contract, gets the life rights back and owes A.M.I. nothing more.'

FREE TO TALK: Former Playboy playmate Karen McDougal has reached a settlement with American Media Inc.

'Today, I'm doing my victory dance,' McDougal told the paper.

AMI bought the rights to McDougal's story in August 2016 – as the campaign contended with a series of stories by women who claimed they were groped or had other unonconsensual encounters with Trump.

McDougal came forward with her story after porn star Stormy Daniels launched a public campaign to get relief from her own non-disclosure agreement, which involved Trump but was signed by Cohen.

She told CNN in a sit-down interview about what she claims was a year-long affair with Trump during his marriage to future first lady Melania Trump.

'After we had been intimate, he tried to pay me,' she said, in one explosive statement.

McDougal claims she had a year-long affair with Trump

The settlement protects President Trump from having to participate in legal case by answering questions from McDougal's lawyer

The settlement comes as a separate lawsuit by porn star Stormy Daniels continues

The settlement follows an FBI raid on the home and office of Trump lawyer Michael Cohen

'But I looked at him and I said, 'That's not me. I'm not that kind of girl,'' McDougal recalled. 'And he said 'Oh,' and he said, 'You're really special.' And I was like, 'Thank you.''

But she didn't only dish dirt on Trump. ''There was a real relationship there,' McDougal said. 'There were feelings between the two of us.'

AMI chairman David Pecker is a friend of Trump's who has visited the White House. His company has been accused of 'catch and kill' deals to get rights to stories and kill them as favors. The publication vigorously denies the charges, and says the stories didn't merit publication.

Stris told the Times as part of a discovery motion he intended to submit questions to President Trump and would have sought emails and records about the deal



