Exonerated 'Central Park Five' sue Trump for defamation over his debate comments

A group of men, wrongly convicted as teenagers in a 1989 New York City rape case, have filed a lawsuit against former President Donald Trump. They claim Trump made false and defamatory statements about them during a recent presidential debate, alleging they pleaded guilty to crimes they did not commit. The men were pressured into false confessions and spent years in prison before being exonerated in 2002 when DNA evidence identified another perpetrator.

Who are the individuals involved in the lawsuit against Donald Trump?

• The victim of the Central Park incident

• A group of police officers involved in the case

• A group of wrongly convicted men known as the Central Park Five

• Donald Trump's former business partners

What false claim did Donald Trump make about the Central Park Five during a presidential debate?

• They were not involved in any crime

• They were found innocent in court

• They were never arrested

• They had confessed to the crime

What additional false statement did Trump make about the Central Park Five?

• They had confessed to multiple crimes

• They had fled the country

• They had stolen from a store

• They had killed someone during the attack

How were the Central Park Five eventually exonerated?

• By a presidential pardon

• Through a retrial that found them innocent

• Through DNA evidence linking another person to the crime

• By a confession from the real perpetrator

What was the role of the police in the wrongful conviction of the Central Park Five?

• They supported the men's claims of innocence

• They provided evidence that proved their innocence

• They coerced false confessions from the men

• They were not involved in the investigation