{"id":343373,"date":"2017-08-09T07:58:04","date_gmt":"2017-08-09T07:58:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=343373"},"modified":"2017-08-09T07:58:04","modified_gmt":"2017-08-09T07:58:04","slug":"taylor-swift-certain-she-was-groped-by-dj-court-hears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/08\/taylor-swift-certain-she-was-groped-by-dj-court-hears\/","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Swift ‘certain’ she was groped by DJ, court hears"},"content":{"rendered":"
Pop star Taylor Swift is “absolutely certain” she was groped by a Colorado radio DJ, a court has heard.<\/p>\n
Ms Swift, 27, accuses broadcaster David Mueller of slipping his hand under her dress while they posed backstage together at one of her 2013 concerts.<\/p>\n
Her lawyer said in his opening statement at the court in Denver, Colorado, that Mr Mueller had “grabbed her rear end”.<\/p>\n
Mr Mueller sued the singer in September 2015, calling her allegation false.<\/p>\n
He said she had cost him his $150,000-a-year job as a host at country station KYGO-FM.<\/p>\n
Ms Swift – who was in court on Tuesday – countersued a month later, saying what occurred at the city’s Pepsi Center was assault and battery.<\/p>\n
On Tuesday, jurors were shown a photograph of the alleged assault at a VIP room meet-and-great before the gig on 2 June 2013.<\/p>\n
In the picture, Mr Mueller and his then-girlfriend, Shannon Melcher, stand with Ms Swift in the middle.<\/p>\n
All are smiling, and Mr Mueller’s right hand is hidden behind the Shake it Off singer.<\/p>\n
Mr Mueller’s lawyer, David McFarland, said in his opening statement the image shows his client’s hand “is not underneath Miss Swift’s skirt, and her skirt is not rumpled in any fashion”.<\/p>\n