‘What the Hell’: Donald Trump Hit with ‘Long Overdue’ Defamation Lawsuit from Exonerated Central Park Five As He Refuses to Apologize and Continues to Spread ‘Outrageous’ Lies

The five Black and Latino men formerly known as the “Central Park Five” who were wrongly accused and convicted as teens of brutal assaults and rape in New York City in 1989 filed a defamation lawsuit against Donald Trump on Monday over statements he made during the presidential debate last month, when the former president said the men had “pled guilty” to violent crimes, including killing a person. During the live televised debate in Philadelphia on Sept. 10, which had turned to “race and politics,” Kamala Harris said Trump “is the individual who took out a full-page ad in The New York Times calling for the execution of five young Black and Latino boys who were innocent, the Central Park Five … calling for their execution.” President Donald Trump has refused to issue an apology to the Central Park Five, saying he still believes they’re guilty. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images) Harris said the ad showed how Trump had “attempted to use race to divide the American people.” Trump responded that the Central Park Five “admitted — they said, they pled guilty. And I said, ‘Well, if they pled guilty they badly hurt a person, killed a person ultimately.’” The...