Republican statesmanlike nominee, erstwhile U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks during a run rally astatine the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre connected October 15, 2024 successful Atlanta, Georgia.
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Five men who were wrongfully convicted arsenic teenagers successful the alleged Central Park Five jogger rape lawsuit sued Donald Trump connected Monday, saying the Republican statesmanlike nominee defamed them by claiming they killed idiosyncratic and pleaded guilty.
The lawsuit, filed successful national tribunal successful Philadelphia, cites respective statements Trump made astir the men during his Sept. 10 statement with Democratic nominee Kamala Harris.
"Defendant Trump falsely stated that Plaintiffs killed an idiosyncratic and pled blameworthy to the crime. These statements are demonstrably false," the civilian suit said.
"Plaintiffs ne'er pled blameworthy to immoderate transgression and were subsequently cleared of each wrongdoing. Further, the victims of the Central Park assaults were not killed," the ailment said.
The plaintiffs successful the lawsuit are Yusef Salaam, Raymond Santana, Kevin Richardson, Antron Brown and Korey Wise. Salaam is simply a subordinate of the New York City Council.
Activist Korey Wise (C) speaks connected signifier arsenic representatives from “the Central Park Five,” (L-R) Activist Kevin Richardson, New York City Council Member Dr. Yusef Salaam, and Activist Raymond Santana, on with Rev. Al Sharpton (2nd-R) look connected during the last time of the Democratic National Convention astatine the United Center connected August 22, 2024 successful Chicago, Illinois.
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The suit notes that the men, portion teenagers, were convicted of a bid of assaults that occurred successful New York City's Central Park successful April 1989. The men were betwixt 14 years aged and 16 years aged astatine the time, and spent years successful situation aft their convictions.
Less than 2 weeks aft a intersexual battle connected a jogger successful the parkland for which the teens were charged, Trump paid for a full-page advertisement successful New York newspapers that "alluded to the assaults successful Central Park without specifically identifying the suspects and called for the City of New York to "[s]end a connection large and wide to those who would execution our citizens and terrorize New York—BRING BACK THE DEATH PENALTY AND BRING BACK OUR POLICE," the suit noted.
All 5 men were exonerated successful 2002 of the assertion they raped the jogger based connected recently discovered DNA evidence.
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