Trump accuser and ex Playboy model Karen McDougal shares suggestive hot tub ... trends now

Former Playboy Playmate Karen McDougal posted a suggestive bathroom photo to social media which she was lying in a bubble bath with a candle, a glass of wine and copy of the book Catch And Kill.

McDougal has in the past claimed to have had an affair with Trump although she is not directly related to the charges at his current criminal trial in Manhattan.

On Saturday, McDougal posted a single word, 'Reflecting,' alongside the photo of herself in the bath and the book - clearing thinking about what has been taking place at Trump's trial.

The term 'catch and kill' has been used several times during the first two weeks of Trump's hush money trial and is defined as when a tabloid newspaper such as the National Enquirer buys a story containing damaging information about someone and then 'kills' it, ensuring the story will never see the light of day. 

McDougal usually writes about Jesus or sports on her X account and has not posted about Donald Trump for more than a year.

'Brutal shade. Fantastic book', wrote attorney Howell Ellerman. 

'Karen McDougal weighs in on the Trump trial.' added New York magazine reporter Olivia Nuzzi.

During the 2016 presidential campaign, the National Enquirer was paying tens of thousands of dollars for stories about Trump to keep them from the public eye.

McDougal was paid $150,000 for her allegation of an affair with Trump, which Trump denies. 

The Enquirer never published the story in the practice known as 'catch-and-kill.'

Earlier in the trial, the former publisher of The Enquirer, David Pecker, described in court how Donald Trump called him in a fury when details of the secret deal with McDougal became public just four days before the 2016 election.

On November 4, 2016, The Wall Street Journal reported that Pecker's company American Media paid McDougal $150,000 but had not published her account.