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But he was instead mired in scandal, including mounting debts and lawsuits and backlash from two children born out of wedlock.

He faced mounting costs for legal fees, spousal support and payments for children he fathered out of wedlock.

Catherine gave birth in an orphanage in Dublin and, because of attitudes at the time about children born out of wedlock, she was coerced into giving Gladys up for adoption.

One of those stories came from a Trump building door attendant who had heard a false rumor that Trump had fathered a child out of wedlock; the other was from a former Playboy model who said she had had an affair with Trump.

Prosecutors allege that Trump was trying to bury other negative stories by having Cohen pay hush money to Daniels and having the National Enquirer pay hush money to McDougal and a former Trump Tower doorman who falsely claimed Trump had a child out of wedlock.