Alicia Machado on Whether She Was Getaway Driver in a Murder: ‘I’m Not a Saint Girl’

Alica Machado, the former Miss Universe who Donald Trump critiqued for weight gain after being awarded her crown in 1996, admitted during a CNN interview that she was an accessory to murder and threatened a judge's life. 

But, she says, this was "20 years ago."

Here's an excerpt: 

COOPER: "There are reports that Trump surrogates tonight have been referencing and pointing to you on CNN and elsewhere about an incident in 1998 in Venezuela, where you were accused of driving a getaway car from a murder scene. You were never charged with this. The judge in the case also said you threatened to kill him after he indicted your boyfriend for the attempted murder. I just want to give you a chance to address these reports that the Trump surrogates are talking about."
MACHADO: "He can say whatever he wants to say. I don’t care. You know, I have my past. Of course, everybody has. Everybody has a past. And I’m not a saint girl. But that is not the point now. That moment in Venezuela was wrong, was another speculation about my life because I’m a really famous person in my country, because I’m an actress there and in Mexico, too. And he can use whatever he wants to use. The point is that happened 20 years ago. He was really rude with me. He was — he tried to destroy my self-esteem. And now, I’m a voice in the Latin community. That is the point. He can say whatever he wants to say. I don’t care. I’m in this moment in a great moment in my life and I have a very clear life. And I can — and I can show my taxes."