"During the hours of relentless questioning that we each endured, detectives lied to us repeatedly. They said they had matched our fingerprints to crime scene evidence and told each of us that the others had confessed and implicated us in the attack. They said that if we just admitted to participating in the attack, we could go home. All of these were blatant lies."
"The five men were arrested by the New York City Police Department under suspicion of sexually and physically assaulting a female jogger in Central Park. After being coerced by police (without lawyers or parents present), some of the five confessed to the crime, believing it would end the hours-long interrogations they were being subjected to."
"Trump's falsehoods regarding the men resulted in emotional distress and reputational damage, the complaint alleges. These falsehoods were made to a national audience, intensifying the harm done to their reputations even after they had been exonerated."
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