Central Park 5 sues Trump over false claims made during presidential debate

Photo: Getty Images Five men previously known as the “Central Park 5” who were wrongfully convicted of raping a jogger in 1989 are suing former President Donald Trump over false comments he made during the latest presidential debate. On Monday (October 21), Yusef Salaam, Raymond Santana, Kevin Richardson, Antron Brown, and Korey Wise, now known as the “Exonerated 5,” filed a lawsuit against Trump, alleging defamation, false light, and intentional infliction of emotional distress following his comments at the September 10 presidential debate, per CNBC. The lawsuit notes that the five men were convicted as teenagers of several assaults that occurred in New York City’s Central Park in April 1989. At the time, Trump paid for a full-page ad in New York newspapers that “alluded to the assaults in Central Park without specifically identifying the suspects and called for the City of New York to ”[s]end a message loud and clear to those who would murder our citizens and terrorize New York—BRING BACK THE DEATH PENALTY AND BRING BACK OUR POLICE,” the suit states. The group spent years in prison before they were exonerated in 2002 based on newly discovered evidence in the case. The Exonerated 5 were awarded $41...