On Friday, a federal judge gave another blow to the President Donald Trump’s Efforts to take out the defamation trial against him filed by the plaintiffs were known earlier. Central park five,

US District Judge Wendy Beetlestone Said Pennsylvania’s anti-SLAP law, which is designed to protect the defense from the cases targeting speech, does not apply in the federal court, rejects Trump’s proposal to dismiss the case.

“The only issue before the court is whether the claims can be given for inflammation (” IIED “) of the defamation, false light, and emotional crisis, which can survive in view of the Pennsylvania uniform public expression protection act, otherwise the public participation is known as a compensation of the laws of the law,” Bitlestone is written in the Bitlestone’s 13-day-old. Is.

He said, “Pennsylvania’s anti-SLAPP law (a state law) does not apply to the federal court here,” he wrote in the filing, “Accordingly, the proposal of the defendant will be rejected.”

Five people who were wrongly convicted as teenagers Central park five The Jogar rape case sued Trump in October, accusing the then Republican Presidential candidate.

He cited several state statements of Trump 10 September President’s debate Against former vice president Kamala HarrisAccusing him, he said that men killed someone and blamed for crime.

“These statements are demonstrating false,” he wrote in his filing against Trump.

Five men – Yusaf Salam, Raymond Santana, Kevin Richardson, Entron McCre and Corey Wise – spent years in jail for the rape and attack of a white woman Jogar, a crime that he was later committing and not committed.

Trump has tried to dismiss the defamation trial against him, but has not been successful.

Judge Beetlestone in April In addition, Trump’s proposal was thrown out to dismiss the case against him in a separate filing.