“I was beaten and left for dead. I am the Central Park Jogger.” Now 30 years later – New details and exclusive interviews on the crime that took New York City apart ‘One Night in Central Park’ – the 2-hour 20/20 Documentary airs TONIGHT at 9/8c on ABC.
In 2014, Mayor Bill de Blasio and New York City finally settled with the Central Park Five, a group of teenagers who were convicted and later exonerated in connection with the rape and brutal assault on a jogger.
But at the same time that she was headed out for her run, police were scrambling to respond to calls about 30 to 40 teens who were harassing people in the park. Meili, who had been raped and brutally beaten, was taken to a hospital. She had no memory of what happened. Prosecutors had no DNA and little evidence that matched the teenagers to the crime, the attack, or the scene. But each teenager -- except for Salaam -- had made statements or open confessions about Meili’s attack, implicating themselves or each other.
When the first trial began in August 1990 against Salaam, Santana and McCray, Meili agreed to testify. On the witness stand, she talked about what her normal running practices had been and what she had been wearing that night. "I felt so proud of the hard work that had gotten me there 'cause it was hard. I mean, I worked hard," she told"20/20.""And in that moment, I realized or I felt that I had reclaimed my park. … It was so exhilarating."
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