Central Park Five Sue Trump for Defamation Over Sept. 10 Philadelphia Debate Comments

Oct 21, 2024, 04:07 PM

The exonerated 'Central Park Five' have filed a defamation lawsuit against former President Donald Trump. The lawsuit is in response to Trump's comments made during the September 10 ABC News presidential debate in Philadelphia, where he falsely claimed that the men had pleaded guilty and that the victim in the 1989 attack had died. The plaintiffs accuse Trump of spreading 'false, misleading and defamatory' statements, calling his remarks 'extreme and outrageous.' The case revolves around the wrongful convictions of five men in the infamous 1989 Central Park jogger rape case.