Trump Seeks Dismissal Of Central Park Five Lawsuit

Law & Crime reports:

Trump has asked a federal judge in Pennsylvania to toss out the defamation lawsuit filed against him by members of the Central Park Five over comments he made about them during the presidential debate earlier this year. The filing asserts that the suit filed against Trump is nothing more than “an attempt to stifle constitutionally protected speech” with claims that are barred by law and “legally deficient.”

“They admitted — they said, they pled guilty. And I said, well, if they pled guilty they badly hurt a person, killed a person ultimately,” Trump said at the debate. These words, the complaint said, were “demonstrably false.” “Plaintiffs never pled guilty to any crime and were subsequently cleared of all wrongdoing. Further, the victims of the Central Park assaults were not killed,” the lawsuit said.

Read the full article. One member of the Central Park Five is now a New York City Councilman.

‘Attempt to stifle constitutionally protected speech’: Trump demands Central Park Five ‘legally deficient’ defamation suit be tossed https://t.co/SWmMVjk1lb

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