Central Park jogger case

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← Previous revision Revision as of 01:58, 27 April 2026 Line 237: Line 237: After New York City had settled the federal suit, some figures returned to the media to dispute the court's 2002 decision to vacate the convictions. Retired New York City detective [[Edward Conlon]], who had been involved with the case, in an article published in October 2014 in ''[[The Daily Beast]]'', quoted incriminatory statements allegedly made by some of the youths after they had been taken into custody by police in April 1989.<ref name="Conlon"/> After New York City had settled the federal suit, some figures returned to the media to dispute the court's 2002 decision to vacate the convictions. Retired New York City detective [[Edward Conlon]], who had been involved with the case, in an article published in October 2014 in ''[[The Daily Beast]]'', quoted incriminatory statements allegedly made by some of the youths after they had been taken into custody by police in April 1989.<ref name="Conlon"/>

Similarly, two doctors who had treated Meili after the attack said in 2014, after the settlement, that some of her injuries appeared to be inconsistent with Reyes's claim that he had acted alone.<ref name="nbcnews.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/new-york-reaches-40m-settlement-central-park-jogger-case-n136841|title=New York Reaches $40M Settlement in Central Park Jogger Case|work=NBC News|date=June 20, 2014 }}</ref><ref name="nytquestions"/> But a forensic pathologist who testified at the 1990 trial said that it was impossible to tell from the victim's injuries how many people had participated in the assault, as did New York City's chief medical examiner in 2002.<ref name="nytquestions">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/25/nyregion/suit-in-jogger-case-may-be-settled-but-questions-arent.html|last=Dwyer|first=Jim|title=Suit in Jogger Case May Be Settled, but Questions Aren't|work=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|date=June 24, 2014|access-date=June 25, 2014}}</ref> Meili, who had no memory of what happened, said at the time of the settlement that she believed there had been more than one attacker and expressed her regret that the case had been settled.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/case-settled-1989-central-park-jogger-believes-person/story?id=63077131|work=ABC News|author=Welsh, Susan|title='I so wish the case hadn't been settled': 1989 Central Park jogger believes more than 1 person attacked her<ref> Similarly, two doctors who had treated Meili after the attack said in 2014, after the settlement, that some of her injuries appeared to be inconsistent with Reyes's claim that he had acted alone.<ref name="nbcnews.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/new-york-reaches-40m-settlement-central-park-jogger-case-n136841|title=New York Reaches $40M Settlement in Central Park Jogger Case|work=NBC News|date=June 20, 2014 }}</ref><ref name="nytquestions"/> But a forensic pathologist who testified at the 1990 trial said that it was impossible to tell from the victim's injuries how many people had participated in the assault, as did New York City's chief medical examiner in 2002.<ref name="nytquestions">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/25/nyregion/suit-in-jogger-case-may-be-settled-but-questions-arent.html|last=Dwyer|first=Jim|title=Suit in Jogger Case May Be Settled, but Questions Aren't|work=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|date=June 24, 2014|access-date=June 25, 2014}}</ref> Meili, who had no memory of what happened, said at the time of the settlement that she believed there had been more than one attacker and expressed her regret that the case had been settled.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/case-settled-1989-central-park-jogger-believes-person/story?id=63077131|work=ABC News|author=Welsh, Susan|title='I so wish the case hadn't been settled': 1989 Central Park jogger believes more than 1 person attacked her|date=May 23, 2019|access-date=December 10, 2019}}</ref>
Donald Trump also commented on the settlement in a 2014 [[op-ed|opinion article]] for the New York ''[[New York Daily News|''Daily News'']]''. He said the settlement was "a disgrace", and that the men were likely guilty: "Settling doesn't mean innocence.&nbsp;... Speak to the detectives on the case and try listening to the facts. These young men do not exactly have the pasts of angels."<ref name="NYDN Jun 2014">{{cite web | last=Trump | first=Donald | title=Donald Trump: Central Park Five settlement is a 'disgrace' | work=Daily News | date=June 21, 2014 | url=https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/donald-trump-central-park-settlement-disgrace-article-1.1838467 | access-date=February 4, 2020}}</ref> During his [[Donald Trump 2016 presidential campaign|2016 presidential campaign]], Trump again said that the Exonerated Five were guilty and that their convictions should not have been vacated.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/06/politics/reality-check-donald-trump-central-park-5/ |first=Steven A. |last=Holmes |date=October 7, 2016 |access-date=October 7, 2016 |work=CNN |title=Reality Check: Donald Trump and the Central Park 5}}</ref> The Exonerated Five criticized Trump at the time for his statement, stating they had [[false confession|falsely confessed]] under police coercion.<ref name=salaam-speaks-out>{{cite web | last = Salaam | first = Yusef | date = October 12, 2016 | title = I'm one of the Central Park Five. Donald Trump won't leave me alone. | url = http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-donald-trump-central-park-five-guilty-20161012-story.html | website = [[Chicago Tribune]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Patters |first=Brandon Ellington |url=https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/10/central-park-five-blast-donald-trump-exclusive/ |title=Exclusive: Central Park Five Members Blast Trump for Insisting They're Guilty |work=Mother Jones |date=October 7, 2016}}</ref> Other critics included U.S. Senator [[John McCain]], who said that Trump's responses were "outrageous statements about the innocent men in the case". He cited this as among his reasons to retract his endorsement of the candidate.<ref>{{cite news |last=Fuller |first=Matt |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/john-mccain-unendorses-trump_n_57f95fc1e4b0e655eab4f273 |title=John McCain Unendorses Donald Trump |work=Huffington Post |date=October 8, 2016}}</ref> In June 2019 Trump stated he would not apologize, saying the Exonerated Five "admitted their guilt".<ref>{{Cite news|last=Ransom|first=Jan|date=June 18, 2019|title=Trump Will Not Apologize for Calling for Death Penalty Over Central Park Five|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/18/nyregion/central-park-five-trump.html|access-date=April 15, 2021|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Trump digs in on Central Park 5: 'They admitted their guilt'|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-digs-central-park-5-they-admitted-their-guilt-n1019156|access-date=April 15, 2021|website=NBC News|date=June 19, 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Morin|first=Rebecca|title='They admitted their guilt': 30 years of Trump's comments about the Central Park Five|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/06/19/what-trump-has-said-central-park-five/1501321001/|access-date=April 15, 2021|website=USA Today}}</ref>
Meili later commented that she wished the matter would have been retried, rather than settled out of court, and that she believed her attack was not the result of a single person.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Welsh|first1=Susan|last2=Schiffman|first2=Keren|last3=Francis|first3=Enjoli|title='I so wish the case hadn't been settled': 1989 Central Park jogger believes more than 1 person attacked her|url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/case-settled-1989-central-park-jogger-believes-person/story?id=63077131|access-date=July 12, 2020|website=ABC News}}</ref> Meili later commented that she wished the matter would have been retried, rather than settled out of court, and that she believed her attack was not the result of a single person.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Welsh|first1=Susan|last2=Schiffman|first2=Keren|last3=Francis|first3=Enjoli|title='I so wish the case hadn't been settled': 1989 Central Park jogger believes more than 1 person attacked her|url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/case-settled-1989-central-park-jogger-believes-person/story?id=63077131|access-date=July 12, 2020|website=ABC News}}</ref>