How Trump's phone book was a who's who of the rich, glamorous, and very useful: The full list of contacts he could use at any time... from sport stars Serena Williams, Jack Nicklaus and Tom Brady to Rupert Murdoch 

Sports stars, news channel anchors from MSNBC and Fox News, media moguls and casino owners.

A Trump Organization contacts list of phone numbers introduced in court last week offers an unparalleled insight into how Donald Trump moves through the world, rubbing shoulders with the rich, the glamorous and the merely useful.

There is the smooth-skinned football quarterback Tom Brady and the gruff coach who took him to Super Bowl glory Bill Belichick.

And the Fox News anchors like Brett Baier and Sean Hannity whose evening shows are where the former president likes to make news by telephoning in live.

Their boss, Rupert Murdoch, is in there too, alongside sporting icons such as tennis champion Serena Williams and golfing great Jack Nicklaus.

There are also more surprising reminders of Trump's past as a New York liberal. 

Donald Trump pictured with Serena Williams in 2015 when she hit the first serve at the grand opening of the Tennis Performance Center at the Trump National Golf Club in Virginia

People Exhibit 69b offered a glimpse inside the Trump Rolodex, with everyone from media mogul Rupert Murdoch to sports stars such as Tom Brady, Bill Belichick and Jack Nicklaus

MSNBC Morning Joe presenters Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski both make the list, presumably dating from before the time Trump mocked the female half of the couple as 'low I.Q. Crazy Mika' and claiming that she had been 'bleeding badly from a face-lift' during a party at his Mar-a-Lago estate.

The extraordinary Rolodex-like list was published in Manhattan criminal court on Friday, as prosecutors try to build their case that Trump falsified business documents to hide a hush-money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels.

He denies 34 felony counts of business fraud.

Like anything with Trump, the case may center on invoices, ledger entries and checks, but the surrounding details cast a light on his life in a tabloid whirl.

Last week, the court heard from David Pecker, the former publisher of National Enquirer, and how he offered to look out for kiss-and-tell stories from women, acting as the 'eyes and ears' of the 2016 Trump campaign.

His evidence offered wild ride through the golden age of tabloid magazines and checkbook journalism. 

On Friday, Trump's long-time assistant Rhona Graff gave evidence. The big headline was that she once saw Daniels in an office reception area of Trump Tower.

She also offered an insight into Trump's black book, and the celebrity names that fueled his rise to power.. 

Adult movie actress Stephanie Clifford appears in the contacts file just by the first name of her pseudonym: Stormy. Her number, like others, was redacted when it was published in court

Karen McDougal's contact details were published as People's Exhibit 82 in court Friday

Media mogul Rupert Murdoch with Trump at the Trump International Golf Links in Aberdeen, Scotland, in 2016. Murdoch's contact details were in a file show in New York court on Friday

Tom Brady has explained away his relationship with Trump, saying he was excited to play golf at his private club but that he had not spoken to him in many years

Last month, golfing great Jack Nicklaus presented Trump with the 2024 Trump International Golf Club's Most Improved Player award, in West Palm Beach, Florida

Other names on the list are less surprising, Fox News stalwarts Sean Hannity and Jeanine Pirro

'Did you input Mr. Trump's contacts into a computer program at the Trump Organization also called Outlook?,' she was asked by Assistant District Attorney Susan Hoffinger.

'Yes, I did,' she replied.

'Now, did Mr. Trump's contacts include information such as phone numbers and addresses for people in his life that he wanted to be able to contact?'

'That is correct,' she said.

That was a necessary legal nicety as the prosecution established her credentials and  then entered a series of exhibits into evidence. The prosaic titles of People's Exhibits 69b, 82 and 83 offered no clue to their celebrity contents.

Exhibit 69b was a carefully redacted list of numbers for political contacts including then Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi and billionaire investor Carl Icahn, to casino owner Steve Wynn, sports stars and TV celebrities like Judge Jeanine Pirro.

Graff explained Exhibit 83 in her own words.

'It's an entry in our contact system for Stormy, Stormy Daniels,' she said. 'I believe it contains her mobile phone number.'

The court heard from Trump's long-time assistant Rhona Graff on Friday. Jurors were shown details of the contacts file she maintained, including the McDougal and Stormy entries

Stormy Daniels appears at an event, May 23, 2018, in West Hollywood, California. Her contact was just kept under the name 'Stormy' by Trump's assistant

Exhibit 82 was an entry for Karen McDougal, a former Playboy model who signed a $150,000 deal with the National Enquirer and alleged she had a yearlong relationship with Trump. 

Other entries from the directory reflect a time from before politics when superstars were happy to do a favor for New York's most famous property tycoon.

Take groundbreaking tennis icon Serena Williams.

Whether the two swap chat messages is anyone's guess but her presence in his contacts is a reminder of the time in 2015 when they swapped forehands at the opening of a tennis center at the Trump National Golf Club in Sterling, Virginia. 

He had asked the then world number one to hit the first serve at the new facility.

Years later, John McEnroe revealed that Trump, ever the showman and promoter, had offered him $1 million to play Williams or her sister Venus in a battle-of-the-sexes showdown. He declined the offer, he said.

Trump with TV producer Mark Burnett as they unveiled a new show, The Apprentice, in 2003

Trump gave a brief statement after leaving court on Friday, having listened to Graff's testimony

Other sporting greats include Jack Nicklaus. He endorsed Trump in 2020 and was on hand at the former president's West Palm Beach golf club last month to present him with the most improved player award.

And there was the name who may have done more than anyone else to power Trump to the White House: Mark Burnett, the British-born TV producer who created The Apprentice, and the vehicle that propelled a wisecracking property magnate from the outer boroughs of New York to prime time and superstardom.

Along the way are some of the entertainment media players who have helped him stay in the spotlight: Harvey Levin, founder of TMZ, and Lorne Michaels, the creator of Saturday Night Live, who invited Trump to cohost the show in November 2015 (much to some of the cast's concern.)

It meant an unpredictable workday for staff in the Trump orbit, said Graff in her testimony.

'Again, every single day was different,' she said. 

'That was part of why it was a very unusual place to be. There was no typical day, but I usually get there early in the morning before he came in. You know, kind of get his office ready for the day.'

The trial resumes on Tuesday morning.