DONALD Trump has been sued for defamation by members of the Central Park 5 – the group wrongfully accused and convicted of assault in 1989.
The lawsuit, filed in New York, accuses the former president of making numerous false and misleading public statements about the five men, including the nationally televised presidential debate on September 10.
Trump’s statement came in response to Vice President Kamala Harris’ comments about his lengthy history with the men of the Central Park 5 – Antron McCray, Kevin Richardson, Raymond Santana, Korey Wise, and Yusef Salaam.
The Republican presidential nominee again asserted that the five men had previously pleaded guilty and the group “killed a person ultimately.”
The lawsuit argues that Trump’s continued “pattern of extreme and outrageous conduct” against the five men has inflicted emotional distress.
“Defendant Trump has previously made numerous public statements demonstrating that he is familiar with the Central Park assaults, the criminal case, the trials, the exoneration and the settlement with the City, and that he therefore knew that the statements he made on September 10, 2024, were false and misleading,” the suit reads.
“Like his statement at the September 10 debate, many of Defendant Trump’s past statements are themselves false, defamatory and part of a continuing pattern of extreme and outrageous conduct directed at Plaintiffs.”
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