‘Central Park Five’ Raymond Santana Discusses Defamation Case Against Trump

Raymond Santana — one of many wrongfully convicted Central Park 5 — is celebrating after a federal decide shut down President Donald Trump’s try to toss out the defamation lawsuit they filed in opposition to him.

TMZ caught up with Raymond in Harlem, NYC this week — and he made it clear Trump’s been the principle thorn of their facet since 1989, when Trump ran full-page newspaper adverts calling for his or her execution … so the decide’s dismissal solely proves their level of why they’re suing within the first place.

Catch the clip — Raymond makes it clear Trump’s proven zero regret over time, even doubling down on their supposed guilt as not too long ago because the 2024 presidential debate with Kamala Harris.

The Central Park 5 have been accused of beating and raping a feminine jogger in New York in 1989. All 5, who have been youngsters on the time, stated they confessed below duress of police questioning … and so they later recanted their confessions. They have been convicted in jury trials, although they by no means pled responsible. In 2002, their convictions have been vacated after one other particular person confessed to the crime.

Within the 2024 presidential debate, Trump stated the lads had pled responsible, and stated they’d killed an individual, justifying his name for his or her executions. Nobody died within the 1989 assault.

Raymond’s tremendous assured the court docket is not shopping for Trump’s BS — and he’s additionally certain they’ve received a strong case. He’s able to face their accuser and says they deserve nothing much less.

Raymond, together with Yusef Salaam, Kevin Richardson, Antron Brown, and Korey Clever — now referred to as the “Exonerated 5” — are suing Trump for defamation and intentional infliction of emotional misery. They’re in search of each compensatory and punitive injury.