{"id":114421,"date":"2025-04-10T19:03:15","date_gmt":"2025-04-11T03:03:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/04\/10\/judge-doesnt-let-trump-back-out-of-defamatory-remarks-made-about-central-park-5\/"},"modified":"2025-04-10T19:03:15","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T03:03:15","slug":"judge-doesnt-let-trump-back-out-of-defamatory-remarks-made-about-central-park-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/04\/10\/judge-doesnt-let-trump-back-out-of-defamatory-remarks-made-about-central-park-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge Doesn\u2019t Let Trump Back Out Of Defamatory Remarks Made About Central Park 5"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Many of us have said things that have damaged someone\u2019s reputation. Yes, that thing you said about Mike in accounting counts. But few of us have gone full page ad in several<\/em> newspapers about how a group ought to be killed<\/a>. And while I\u2019d like to write that even fewer people have doubled down on the disrespect instead of apologizing after said group was exonerated<\/a>, we\u2019re dealing with the same set. Donald Trump\u2019s hot takes on the Exonerated Five have only gotten worse over time \u2014 and he\u2019s likely going to go to court over it. Reuters<\/a> has coverage:<\/p>\n

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U.S. President\u00a0Donald Trump<\/a>\u00a0has failed to persuade a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit accusing him of making defamatory statements about five Black and Hispanic men who were wrongly convicted and imprisoned for the 1989 rape of a white jogger in New York\u2019s Central Park.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Philadelphia-based U.S. District Judge Wendy Beetlestone ruled on Thursday that the men had presented enough evidence for now to pursue their lawsuit accusing Trump of defaming them in comments he made during the 2024 presidential campaign.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

For posterity\u2019s sake, here\u2019s a video of King Orange doing the alleged defaming: <\/p>\n

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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.<\/p>\n

“Plaintiffs demand judgment against Defendant Donald J. Trump for compensatory damages, for punitive damages and for costs, in an\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/ENGc05WPZd<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Brian Krassenstein (@krassenstein) October 21, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

Pretty cut-and-dried, if you ask me! I know this is the president who ushered in alternative facts<\/a> and all, but the actual facts suggest they never pleaded guilty, were exonerated after DNA evidence proved it wasn\u2019t them, and someone else claimed responsibility for the murder to boot<\/a>. Frankly, it looks like he got caught red handed lying to millions of people on stage to own the libs. I wonder if he\u2019ll get one of his Biglaw lap dogs to hop on the case. Paul Weiss? Skadden? Which of you would like to put some pro bono hours towards the Republican cause of let\u2019s see here\u2026 the president\u2019s right to double down on saying that an innocent group of Black men were criminals despite due process proving otherwise? That will be great for PR for both the firm and the administration! Surely no other historically pertinent parallels to be made here!<\/p>\n

Trump Must Face Defamation Lawsuit From \u2018Central Park Five\u2019 Defendants <\/a>[Reuters]<\/p>\n

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Chris Williams became a social media manager and assistant editor for Above the Law in June 2021. Prior to joining the staff, he moonlighted as a minor Memelord\u2122 in the Facebook group\u00a0Law School Memes for Edgy T14s<\/a>. \u00a0He endured Missouri long enough to graduate from Washington University in St. Louis School of Law. He is a former boatbuilder who is learning to swim,\u00a0a published author on critical race theory, philosophy, and humor<\/a>, and has a love for cycling that occasionally annoys his peers. You can reach him by email at\u00a0cwilliams@abovethelaw.com<\/a>\u00a0and by tweet at\u00a0@WritesForRent<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The post Judge Doesn\u2019t Let Trump Back Out Of Defamatory Remarks Made About Central Park 5<\/a> appeared first on Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Many of us have said things that have damaged someone\u2019s reputation. Yes, that thing you said about Mike in accounting counts. But few of us have gone full page ad in several<\/em> newspapers about how a group ought to be killed<\/a>. And while I\u2019d like to write that even fewer people have doubled down on the disrespect instead of apologizing after said group was exonerated<\/a>, we\u2019re dealing with the same set. Donald Trump\u2019s hot takes on the Exonerated Five have only gotten worse over time \u2014 and he\u2019s likely going to go to court over it. Reuters<\/a> has coverage:<\/p>\n

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U.S. President\u00a0Donald Trump<\/a>\u00a0has failed to persuade a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit accusing him of making defamatory statements about five Black and Hispanic men who were wrongly convicted and imprisoned for the 1989 rape of a white jogger in New York\u2019s Central Park.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Philadelphia-based U.S. District Judge Wendy Beetlestone ruled on Thursday that the men had presented enough evidence for now to pursue their lawsuit accusing Trump of defaming them in comments he made during the 2024 presidential campaign.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

For posterity\u2019s sake, here\u2019s a video of King Orange doing the alleged defaming: <\/p>\n

Pretty cut-and-dried, if you ask me! I know this is the president who ushered in alternative facts<\/a> and all, but the actual facts suggest they never pleaded guilty, were exonerated after DNA evidence proved it wasn\u2019t them, and someone else claimed responsibility for the murder to boot<\/a>. Frankly, it looks like he got caught red handed lying to millions of people on stage to own the libs. I wonder if he\u2019ll get one of his Biglaw lap dogs to hop on the case. Paul Weiss? Skadden? Which of you would like to put some pro bono hours towards the Republican cause of let\u2019s see here\u2026 the president\u2019s right to double down on saying that an innocent group of Black men were criminals despite due process proving otherwise? That will be great for PR for both the firm and the administration! Surely no other historically pertinent parallels to be made here!<\/p>\n

Trump Must Face Defamation Lawsuit From \u2018Central Park Five\u2019 Defendants <\/a>[Reuters]<\/p>\n

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Chris Williams became a social media manager and assistant editor for Above the Law in June 2021. Prior to joining the staff, he moonlighted as a minor Memelord\u2122 in the Facebook group\u00a0Law School Memes for Edgy T14s<\/a>. \u00a0He endured Missouri long enough to graduate from Washington University in St. Louis School of Law. He is a former boatbuilder who is learning to swim,\u00a0a published author on critical race theory, philosophy, and humor<\/a>, and has a love for cycling that occasionally annoys his peers. You can reach him by email at\u00a0[email\u00a0protected]<\/a>\u00a0and by tweet at\u00a0@WritesForRent<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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