Fired 'Apprentice' aiming for Trump?
Report says Stacie J., canned on reality TV
show, will be hired by offshore bidder for Trump assets.
October 1, 2004: 7:46 AM EDT
NEW YORK
(CNN/Money) - One of the recently fired contestants on the hit television
show "The Apprentice" is about to take a job with a company
making an unsolicited bid for a stake in Donald Trump's troubled casino
empire, according to a published report.
The New York
Daily News reports that the contestant known as Stacie J. will
be hired as a spokeswoman for and adviser to Casino Fortune, an offshore
online casino that announced earlier this week it is bidding $400 million
for a 31 percent stake in the bankrupt Trump Hotels and Casino Resorts
(DJTC: Research, Estimates).
Trump dismissed
the report, telling the Daily News, "It's just a publicity
stunt they're playing." Stacie J. failed to return repeated calls
for comment, according to the newspaper.
Trump filed
for bankruptcy court protection for his casino company in August. He is
trying to negotiate an agreement with his company's bond holders, offering
to give them majority ownership of the company.
Stacie J.,
a model and owner of a Subway Sandwich Shop franchise in Harlem, was fired
from the show on its third episode. The reality show has Trump fire one
of the potential apprentices each week.
The New
York Post, which first reported Casino Fortune's bid earlier in the
week, said John Wallis, the CEO of the casino's holding company, admitted
he has yet to hear a response to his offer.
And the Post
said Wallis' company has made some other high-profile offers in the past
that went nowhere, including an offer to buy the Phoenix Suns basketball
team and an offer to NASA to buy a seat on the space shuttle. Neither
offer resulted in serious negotiations, according to the newspaper.
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