Central Park jogger case lawsuit has finally been put to a close. Five men wrongfully convicted of raping one woman in the Central Park jogger case lawsuit claims their justice. According to reports, the five defendants in the Central Park jogger case lawsuit will be given $40M after going to jail several years even though they had not committed any such crime.

Central Park jogger case lawsuit has been settled finally after more than 25 years ago. According to The Huffington Post, the city of New York agreed to pay  close to $40 million to five men convicted of viciously raping a female jogger in Central Park in 1989. A person familiar with the matter said that all five men involved in the Central Park jogger case lawsuit were later acquitted and the case has been settled after fighting a lengthy civil rights lawsuit.

First reported on Thursday by The New York Times, the settlement will be presenting the five exonerated plaintiffs approximately $1 million for each year they have endured behind bars.

The Central Park jogger case lawsuit settlement reportedly came six months after a high-profile campaign promise made by Mayor Bill de Blasio. According to Reuters, the promise de Blasio made was to ensure a "swift settlement" for the five men involved in the Central Park jogger case lawsuit. He also said that he intended to get to his pledge as soon as he took office in order to make right the faulty accusations towards the five men. It seems that NYC Mayor was true to his word.

Michael Bloomberg, his predecessor, had reportedly resisted settling the case for quite a while. City lawyers have been saying on repeat that the Central Park jogger case lawsuit convictions have resisted legal scrutiny in spite of being left later on.


The city has asked in January to put on hold the litigation in order to come up with a resolution.

The Central Park jogger case lawsuit began in 1989 when five men, all of whom were aged between 14 to 16 years at the time of their convictions, have been charged with the raping a 28-year-old investment banker named Trisha Meili. Meili reportedly almost died after the attack and was also left with no memory of it. All five have confessed to the crime due to long police interrogations.

The five men involved in the Central Park jogger case lawsuit are Antron McCray, Kevin Richardson, Raymond Santana, Korey Wise and Yusef Salaam.

Meili was white while the defendants were all either black or Hispanic.

According to the Associated Press, the arrest of the five men made national headlines and highlighted racial tensions in New York at the time. It reportedly raised questions about race and the justice system in the biggest city in the U.S. Since then, the attack has been known as the Central Park jogger case. Reports came out that the attack puts to light the city's crime rate to be going out of control.

Despite the final verdict, all five withdrew their confessions and admitted that they only confessed because of exhaustion and coercion from police.

The Manhattan district attorney's office reportedly conducted an internal review in 2002 to throw out the convictions. According to reports, they found that the boys' original confessions included "troubling discrepancies." Although a judge took back the convictions, unfortunately all five had already been released from prison after serving between five and 13 years.

Years later, serial rapist Matias Reyes confessed to the crime after a reopening of the case in 2002 discovered DNA evidence found on the victim's clothing was linked to him.

The Central Park jogger case lawsuit then came into fruition in 2003 when the five men filed a $250 million lawsuit against the city for the wrongful convictions and violation of their civil rights.

There may have been a Central Park jogger case lawsuit settlement at $40M, however, it still reportedly needs approval from a Manhattan comptroller and a federal judge who has overseen the case.

According to a person familiar with the Central Park jogger case lawsuit settlement, like several other cases where the city settles civil rights claims, the municipal government won't probably admit to any wrongdoing.

Central Park jogger case lawsuit required views of both sides. However, Jonathan Moore, one of the lawyers for the men and a spokeswoman for the city's Law Department have declined to comment and cited pending litigation for the refusal.