Trump ex-apprentice fired up
BY LORE CROGHAN
DAILY NEWS BUSINESS WRITER
Donald Trump has not seen the last of Stacie J.
She has bounced right back after her slap-down on "The Apprentice"
last week - and now is working for a company that wants to buy a piece
of Trump's debt-laden casino business.
Trump
fired the Harlem Subway sandwich shop franchisee and model with an MBA
from his hit TV show - calling her a "loose cannon" after the
women on her team bad-mouthed her.
But today,
she's announcing her hiring as a spokeswoman and adviser for Casino Fortune.
The Trinidad-based online casino company has made an unsolicited offer
to invest $400 million in Trump Hotels & Casino Resorts.
Trump
normally is a believer in brashness and chutzpah. But he was not impressed
by the new alliance between Stacie J. and Casino Fortune.
"It's
just a publicity stunt they're playing," he told the Daily News.
Stacie
J. failed to return repeated calls for comment.
Casino
Fortune sent letters earlier this week to Trump about buying a one-third
stake in Trump's Atlantic City casino company. Trump Hotels could use
the dough. Credit Suisse First Boston recently broke off an agreement
to bail out the company with a $345 million investment.
Trump
has given no indication that he's willing to play ball with Casino Fortune
- which this year made an unsuccessful bid for the Phoenix Suns basketball
team.
Stacie
J. recently hired a publicist to fight back against the "sorority
clique" who trash-talked her on "The Apprentice," she told
The News' Rush & Molloy.
Torossian's
PR firm also represents Casino Fortune.
Originally
published on October 1, 2004
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