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US singer Taylor Swift has described in court the moment she says she was groped by radio DJ David Mueller during a meet and greet.<\/p>\n

“It was a definite grab. A very long grab,” said the 27-year-old, who is suing Mr Mueller, 55, over the alleged incident, which he denies.<\/p>\n

“It was intentional,” she told the court in Denver, Colorado.<\/p>\n

“I felt him grab on to my ass cheek under my skirt. He grabbed my ass underneath my skirt.”<\/p>\n

The singer, who was responding to questions from Mr Mueller’s lawyer, added: “He stayed latched on to my bare ass cheek as I lurched away from him. [His hand] didn’t let go.<\/p>\n

“It was a very shocking thing. I had never dealt with something like this before.”<\/p>\n

\"Taylor<\/span><\/figure>\n

The alleged assault is said to have occurred in 2013, during a Denver stopover on Taylor Swift’s Red tour. Mr Mueller, then a host on the top-rated radio station KYGO, had been invited to meet her before the show.<\/p>\n

Ms Swift complained to KYGO and the station fired Mr Mueller two days later.<\/p>\n

Mr Mueller sued the singer, saying that Ms Swift’s allegation cost him his job. She countersued one month later, describing the groping incident as “completely intentional”.<\/p>\n

When Mr Mueller’s lawyer, Gabriel McFarland, asked why her bodyguard did not interfere when the alleged incident happened, she said: “No-one could have expected this to happen… It had never happened before. It was horrifying and shocking.”<\/p>\n

She also rejected the assumption that she misidentified Mr Mueller, saying: “I’m not going to allow you or your client to say I am to blame.”<\/p>\n

\"Taylor<\/span><\/figure>\n

The 55-year-old denies any inappropriate behaviour. Earlier in court, when asked if he had grabbed her, he said: “No, I did not.”<\/p>\n

Ms Swift took the stand the day after\u00a0her mother gave her testimony\u00a0and described how she wanted to “vomit and cry” when her daughter told her about the alleged incident.<\/p>\n

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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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