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M.B. Mack

Central Park Five Sue Trump for Falsely Accusing Them of Killing Someone in a Case That Didn't Involve Any Deaths

Former U.S. President Donald Trump faces yet another lawsuit. This time from the group of people previously known as the "Central Park Five". (Credit: Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

The Central Park Five, who now refer to themselves as the "Exonerated Five", have filed a defamation lawsuit against Donald Trump, claiming he falsely accused them of killing someone during a 1989 case that didn't involve any deaths, according to a report.

In 1989 five Black and Latino teenagers were wrongfully convicted of raping a jogger, Trisha Meili, in Central Park in New York City. Former President Trump took out full-page ads calling for the reinstatement of the death penalty, falsely accusing the group of murder.

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