Why Taylor Swift’s Unflinching Testimony Matters
America music star on the grill . On Thursday, Taylor Swift took the stand in a Denver, Colo. courtroom to deliver much-anticipated testimony about an incident she says took place at a fan meet-and-greet event in 2013. The pop star stated that during a routine photo op, former DJ David Mueller slipped his hand under her dress and “grabbed [her] ass underneath [her] skirt.” At the time, Swift was just 23 years old. The incident resulted in Mueller being fired from his job at Colorado radio station KYGO -FM. Mueller, 55, sued Swift in 2015 for damages, saying that the singer had falsely accused him of groping her and had, according to Reuters, “pressured station management to oust him from his $150,000-per-year job .” One month later, Swift, now 27, then counter - sued Mueller for $1 for assault and battery. According to EW , the countersuit stipulated that the suit would “serve as an example to other women who may resist publicly relivi...