Former President Donald Trump famously called for harsh penalties against the Central Park 5, the name given to a group of Black and Latino men wrongly imprisoned for an assault in 1989.
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The five men who were wrongly accused and convicted of a brutal New York City assault in 1989, now known as the “Central Park 5,” on Monday sued former President Donald Trump for defamation after he once again asserted they were responsible for the crime and falsely claimed a victim had died during a debate with Vice President Kamala Harris last month.