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Shanin Specter (Arlen's son) suing Trump, representing Central Park Five
snip> "U.S. President Donald Trump has failed to persuade a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit accusing him of making defamatory statements about five Black and Hispanic men who were wrongly convicted and imprisoned for the 1989 rape of a white jogger in New York's Central Park."
snip> "Shanin Specter, lead attorney for the plaintiffs, in a statement on Thursday welcomed the judge's ruling and said he and his clients "look forward to discovery, trial and the ultimate vindication of these five fine men."
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-must-face-defamation-lawsuit-central-park-five-defendants-2025-04-10/