On Thursday a federal judge in Pennsylvania denied President Trump’s motion to dismiss a defamation case brought by the Central Park 5.
US District Judge Wendy Beetlestone, an Obama appointee, ruled that the ‘Central Park 5’ had produced enough evidence to move forward with their defamation suit against Trump.
In October, members of the “Central Park 5” filed a defamation suit against Trump over his statements during ABC’s debate last year.
In case you don’t know the story behind the Central Park 5, Ann Coulter published an amazing piece on the brutal criminal attack in 2014.
During the ABC debate, Trump responded to Kamala Harris’s comment on his decades-old New York Times ad on the Central Park 5.
“[T]hey come up with things like what she just said going back many, many years when a lot of people including Mayor [Michael] Bloomberg agreed with me on the Central Park Five. They admitted — they said, they pled guilty. And I said, well, if they pled guilty they badly hurt a person, killed a person ultimately. And if they pled guilty — then they pled we’re not guilty.”
WATCH:
WOW! The Central Park 5 have just sued Trump for his remarks below at the September 10th debate where he stated they had pleaded guilty to a crime.
"Plaintiffs demand judgment against Defendant Donald J. Trump for compensatory damages, for punitive damages and for costs, in an… pic.twitter.com/ENGc05WPZd
— Brian Krassenstein (@krassenstein) October 21, 2024
Members of the “Central Park 5” are seeking monetary damages.
The Trump campaign told ABC News, “This is just another frivolous, Election Interference lawsuit, filed by desperate left-wing activists.”
'Central Park 5' members sue Donald Trump, accuse him of defamation over debate comments https://t.co/JdfAjuesDT https://t.co/KUFjNH65Hd pic.twitter.com/yHi2uWzhxi
— Eyewitness News (@ABC7NY) October 21, 2024
