Michael Cohen says Donald Trump boasted women 'prefer' him over Ben Roethlisberger after meeting Stormy Daniels

Donald Trump's disgraced lawyer, Michael Cohen, testified against him in the hush money trial on Monday, May 13
Michael Cohen (L) said Donald Trump told him women prefer him over a person like Ben Roethlisberger (R)(Getty Images)
Michael Cohen (L) said Donald Trump told him women prefer him over a person like Ben Roethlisberger (R)(Getty Images)

MANHATTAN, NEW YORK: Michael Cohen, former attorney to Donald Trump, revealed details of a conversation where the former president allegedly boasted about his appeal to women compared to NFL player Ben Roethlisberger.

During Cohen's testimony against Trump in the hush money trial on Monday, May 13, the disgraced lawyer claimed the politician told him, "Women prefer Mr. Trump even over someone like 'Big Ben.'"

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Donald Trump allegedly boasted about his appeal to women (Getty Images)

The NFL quarterback was reportedly present when Trump met adult film star Stormy Daniels, according to CNN.

Michael Cohen recalls discussing with Donald Trump to 'take care of' Stormy Daniels story

Offering a glimpse into the events surrounding the Daniels affair, Cohen became aware of the situation in 2011 when he tried to get 'thedirty.com' to remove blog content about the alleged story with the help of attorney Keith Davidson. 

"After I received the information from Dylan Howard, I immediately went to Mr. Trump's office, and knocked on the door. Boss, I gotta speak to you," said Cohen.

NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 13:  Michael Cohen, U.S. President Donald Trump's personal attorney, takes a ca
Michael Cohen testified in the hush money trial on May 13, 2024 (Getty Images)

The former lawyer said he then told the former president about the situation.

"I told him that one of the things that we need to do is obviously take care of it. He said, 'Absolutely. Do it, take care of it,'" claimed Cohen.

Michael Cohen says Stormy Daniels's story would have been 'catastrophic'

Speaking about the impact of Daniels' story on Trump's 2016 election campaign, Cohen said, "Catastrophic. This is horrible for the campaign."

Cohen also testified that National Enquirer editor, Dylan Howard, first informed him that Stormy Daniels was trying to sell her story about Trump.

Text exchanges between Cohen and Howard were presented, wherein the then-Trump lawyer discussed the formation of Resolution Consultants LLC to enable them to buy Daniels' life rights.


 
 
 
 
 
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Cohen said  the "business opportunity" mentioned in the text was the "acquisition of the life rights of Stormy Daniels."

During the testimony, Cohen reviewed an email he received from Howard saying he deleted the Radar story 'Donald Trump, Playboy Man', published in 2008 before AMI owned it.

Cohen then informed Trump that he had gotten the controversial story removed.


 
 
 
 
 
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Internet reacts to Donald Trump boasting about his appeal to women

Reacting to Trump allegedly boasting about his appeal to women in comparison to Roethlisberger, one user on X (formerly Twitter) wrote, "I actually gagged when I read that this morning. The narcissism has no bounds."



 

Another user tweeted, "And that's not hearsay," while another user commented, "God, he's pathetic."



 



 

"Second laugh of the day: trump told cohen he believed Stormy preferred Trump over men like Big Ben (Roethlisberger)," wrote a netizen.



 

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