The men now known as the Exonerated Five are suing Donald Trump over comments made about them during a recent debate.
In 1989, after their case drew national attention from the media, Antron McCray, Kevin Richardson, Yusef Salaam, Raymond Santana, and Korey Wise became known as the “Central Park Five.” Since being cleared of the accused crimes—after spending decades in prison—the men now prefer be titled as the “Exonerated Five.” During last month’s presidential debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, Harris brought up the fact that Trump took out a full-page advertisement in The New York Times calling for the death penalty in the case against the five men—proving that Trump has long “attempted to use race to divide the American people.”
As a rebuttal to her statement, Trump falsely said that the men had pleaded guilty to the crime and that someone had been killed during the attack. The men are now suing the former president and saying he defamed them during a nationally telev...
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