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'Central Park Five' members sue Donald Trump for 'defamatory' debate comments

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is facing another defamation lawsuit after he described the exonerated Central Park Five as killers. - www.sbs.com.au

The five teenagers who were wrongfully convicted for the 1989 rape of a jogger in New York's Central Park have sued Donald Trump for defamation over statements he made at last month's US presidential debate. Background: Known widely as the Central Park Five, the defendants spent between five and 13 years in prison before they were cleared in 2002 based on new DNA evidence and the confession of another..

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