Central Park 5 cite Trump's 'fading memory' as reason not to delay defamation case
Source: Law & Crime
Jul 24th, 2025, 11:41 am
Members of the Central Park Five are urging a federal judge in Pennsylvania to reject Donald Trump's request to halt the exonerated group's defamation suit against the president over false statements he made about them during a televised debate with then-Vice President Kamala Harris just prior to the 2024 election.
In a 15-page motion filed Wednesday in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, the plaintiffs asserted that U.S. District Judge Wendy Beetlestone should deny Trump's application to stay the defamation case while the president's appeal is decided by a panel of judges on the 3rd Circuit.
Trump is appealing an earlier ruling by Beetlestone in which she refused to dismiss the defamation suit, holding that the Central Park Five's claims were not barred by Pennsylvania's anti-SLAPP — or strategic lawsuit against public participation — law. Such laws are designed to prevent people from being intimidated or silenced by the threat of expensive lawsuits.
Beetlestone last month ruled that the anti-SLAPP statute — a state law called the Uniform Public Expression Protection Act (UPEPA) — does not apply in federal court. In his appeal, Trump asserted that the law does apply in federal court and makes him immune from the plaintiffs' suit. The appeal further argued that because Trump is allegedly entitled to immunity, it is "mandatory" that the court grant his request for a stay pending appeal.
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Full headline: 'He is unable to remember specific details': Central Park 5 cite Trump's 'fading memory' as reason not to delay defamation case
Link to FILING (PDF viewer) - https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26028425-cp5/
Link to FILING (PDF) - https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/26028425/cp5.pdf
REFERENCE - https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143487269
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