Was Donald Trump caught on tape saying the N-word? Former Apprentice producer says 'far worse' footage of the GOP nominee exists - but it's unlikely to air due to $5M fee

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Unseen footage from The Apprentice features Donald Trump saying the N-word, an award-winning producer has claimed. 

Producer Chris Nee, who didn't work on The Apprentice, said Sunday she had heard from producers and crew members that tapes of Trump featured him saying the racist expletive.

Nee made the claim after a former producer on The Apprentice said there is 'far worse' footage of Trump than the tape where he brags about groping women.

Bill Pruitt, who worked on seasons one and two of the show, reacted Saturday to the GOP nominee's comments that stars can do anything to women, including grabbing them 'by the p***y'. 

But the footage belongs to media company MGM. Producer Mark Burnett, the creator of The Apprentice, is the president of MGM Television and Digital Group, a division of MGM. He reports to MGM CEO Gary Barber.

Hefty confidentiality agreements seem to have kept the tapes away from the public eye so far.

Nee said on Sunday she had once signed a contract with Burnett and the fee for a leak was $5 million.

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A former producer on The Apprentice claims there is 'far worse' footage of Donald Trump. He is pictured on the show with son Donald Jr and daughter Ivanka

Bill Pruitt, who worked on seasons one and two of The Apprentice, wrote Saturday that there are more damaging videos than the one where Trump talks about grabbing women's p*****s

Mark Burnett (pictured), the creator of The Apprentice, is the president of MGM Television and Digital Group. He reports to MGM CEO Gary Barber. MGM owns the rights to the footage

She then called on billionaire Mark Cuban, who supports Hillary Clinton, to cover the legal fee for a potential whistleblower.

A  Go Fund Me is also aiming to raise the funds so that anyone in possession of the tapes can come forward.

Pruitt (pictured) began a movement demanding the release of the tapes

Pruitt, who has also worked on The Amazing Race and for Vice, sparked a movement demanding the release of the tapes when he tweeted on Saturday: As a producer on seasons 1 & 2 of #theapprentice I assure you: when it comes to the #trumptapes there are far worse. #justthebeginning'

Nee, the producer of Doc McStuffins, tweeted on Sunday: 'I don't have the tapes. I've signed a Burnett contract & know leak fee is 5 mill.

'Hearing from producers/crew N word is the "much worse".'

Nee later deleted the tweet. 

Burnett, the British-born producer who created The Apprentice and is now based in Los Angeles, became the president of MGM Television and Digital Group in December last year. 

MGM now owns the rights to The Apprentice.

Fellow producer Chris Nee (pictured), who didn't work on The Apprentice, said she heard from producers and crew members that the 'far worse' tapes included Trump saying the N-word

Nee said Sunday she once signed a contract with Burnett and the leak fee was $5 million. Hefty confidentiality agreements seem to have kept the tapes away from the public eye

She then called on billionaire Mark Cuban, who supports Hillary Clinton, to cover the legal fee for a potential whistleblower

Cast and crew have said that the Republican presidential nominee frequently used lewd and sexist language while shooting the show.

The Associated Press on Saturday once again attempted to contact Burnett. 

AP had previously asked  him to provide the original The Apprentice footage for review earlier this year. Those calls were not returned.

On Friday, AP contacted NBC, which broadcast The Apprentice. The network said it could not legally release any footage and referred calls to the producer, Burnett.

Ted Cruz on Sunday accused the media of being biased for releasing the 2005 tape now that Trump, whom he has reluctantly endorsed, is running for president.

'NBC had tape 11 yrs. Apprentice producer says they have more & worse. So why not release in 2015? In March? Why wait till October? #MSMBias' he tweeted.

Burnett's office would not take messages Friday afternoon and directed calls to a public relations firm, which did not return multiple calls from the AP requesting comment and access to unedited footage and audio files from The Apprentice. 

'I'm just answering their phones. They're all out to lunch. Can you call later?' said a woman who answered the phones Friday afternoon at Burnett's office.

Ted Cruz on Sunday accused the media of being biased for releasing the 2005 tape now that Trump, whom he has reluctantly endorsed, is running for president

Cast and crew have said that the GOP nominee (pictured on The Celebrity Apprentice with son Eric and daughter Ivanka) frequently used lewd and sexist language while shooting the show

A former crew member on The Apprentice, who spoke on condition of anonymity after signing a non-disclosure agreement, said Friday that Burnett guarded the show's footage carefully, at the time it was being produced, to prevent spoilers that would reveal in advance which contestant had won the competition reality show. 

AP reported Monday that during his years hosting 'The Apprentice,' Trump repeatedly demeaned women with sexually tinged comments, rated female contestants by their breast size and commented about which ones he would like to have sex with.

He made one such comment less than a year after marrying his third wife, Melania, in January 2005.

Because of the silence from Burnett and his representatives, it could not be determined which, if any, of the incidents described by former contestants and crew in the AP story had been recorded or occurred when cameras were not operating.

It also could not be ascertained if any comments that could have been recorded still exist in an archive. 

The Trump campaign previously issued a general denial to the statements attributed to Trump in the AP story.