Donald Trump denies underage girl scandal

From HeraldSun
March 20, 2008 12:00am

DONALD Trump has angrily denied reports he had anything to do with hiring a 17-year-old model to promote his vodka in the nude.
TMZ report The Don and his vodka line could be in hot water after pics surfaced of a 17-year-old girl - naked except for body paint - serving drinks at a magazine Super Bowl party for the vodka.

Click here to see photos of the girl at the vodka party.

In photos obtained by Nik Richie at TheDirty.com, Chanell Elaine Hallett is seen working as a hostess.

According to TMZ, her driver's licence suggests that she was a week shy of 18 - the legal drinking age in the States is 21.

"Trump Vodka outsourced the models through an Arizona-based promotional modeling and marketing agency and neither party was aware of the underage hire. All precautions were taken to ensure all service staff was of legal age, and we do intend to investigate the issue further," a magazine rep told TMZ.

Donald Trump's reps told TMZ that the girl in question crashed the party, and just happened to have her whole body painted with Trump Vodka logos.

"Given the circumstances, we can only guess that she crashed the event to seek publicity for herself," Trump's rep said.