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Several questions have resurfaced concerning Donald Trump’s ex-wife, Ivana Trump, after The Apprentice‘s premiere at Cannes 2024. The Donald Trump biopic stars Sebastian Stan at the center, per BBC. The movie, which claims many of its events are fictionalized, takes place in the 1970s and 80s. At the time, he was still trying to make a name as a real estate developer in New York. A controversial scene from the film shows Trump raping Ivana, his first wife.
The outlet stated that Ivana Trump had accused Trump of rape during their real-life divorce proceedings. However, she recanted the allegations later. Ivana, originally from the Czech Republic, and Trump had married in 1977. Their marriage lasted for 15 years, during which they had three children—Donald Jr, Ivanka, and Eric Trump. The couple divorced in 1992. Trump’s ex-wife Ivana died in 2022, and her cause of death was blunt force injuries resulting from a fall.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the Donald Trump movie, The Apprentice, sparked controversy despite receiving a minutes-long standing ovation at the premiere. A spokesman for Trump said the film’s rape scene is “garbage” and “pure fiction,” reported BBC. He called it an “election interference by Hollywood elites” as the movie debuted during Trump’s hush-money trial and before the November presidential election.
Steven Cheung, who is Trump’s campaign communications director, claims they will take legal action. Cheung stated that the legal action will “address the blatantly false assertions from these pretend filmmakers.” The Apprentice’s director, Ali Abbasi, said that Donald Trump’s “team should wait to watch the movie before they start suing us.” Abbasi sees no reason why Trump would “dislike” the movie. He added, “I think he would be surprised.”
What was Donald Trump’s ex-wife Ivana Trump’s cause of death?
Donald Trump’s ex-wife, Ivana Trump, died in her home in Manhattan, New York City, per BBC and other sources. She was found unconscious near a staircase. ABC News stated that the city’s Chief Medical Examiner ruled she died from the injuries she suffered during the fatal fall. Trump’s ex-wife Ivana’s cause of death was blunt impact injuries to the torso. The medical examiner ruled that the 73-year-old sustained these injuries from a fall. The examiner also ruled that Ivana’s manner of death was an accident.
Per ABC News, paramedics found Ivana in her apartment shortly after noon on July 14, 2022. They found her unconscious at the bottom of a staircase and pronounced her dead at the scene. Police investigated her death until the following day the medical examiner ruled her death was accidental. Her three children released a statement, describing the mother of three as “an incredible woman.” The Trump family called her “a force in business, a world-class athlete, a radiant beauty, and caring mother and friend.”
According to The New York Post, Donald Trump’s ex-wife, Ivana, was buried at his New Jersey golf course. Ivana’s buried grave at the Trump National Golf Club is “not too far from the main clubhouse.” However, her burial site is in “a private grassy area” and has a “discreet piece of granite engraved with her name.”
Ivana Trump, whose original name was Ivana Marie Zelníčková, spent her childhood years in what is now called the Czech Republic. There, she grew up under the communist regime before leaving in the 1970s, per ABC News. Ivana married Donald Trump in 1977, and the couple soon became prominent figures in New York.
BBC reported that after their divorce in 1992, Trump’s ex-wife became a successful businesswoman. She owned beauty products, clothing, and jewelry lines. She later released a memoir titled Raising Trump in 2017.