"My hope is to help those whose voices should also be heard"
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Taylor Swift has spoken out after jurors found in her favour and decided a radio host groped her in a photo shoot.
An eight-member jury took less than an hour to find David Mueller guilty of sexually assaulting the Bad Blood singer during a week long civil trial.
Just minutes after the trial ended, the Love Story star released a statement thanking her team and announcing plans to help other sexual assault victims in the future.
"I want to thank Judge William J. Martinez and the jury for their careful consideration, my attorneys Doug Baldridge, Danielle Foley, Jay Schaudies and Katie Wright for fighting for me and anyone who feels silenced by a sexual assault, and especially anyone who offered their support throughout this four-year ordeal and two-year long trial process.
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She went on to say she will be making donations to organisations that help sexual assault victims defend themselves.
"I acknowledge the privilege that I benefit from in life, in society and in my ability to shoulder the enormous cost of defending myself in a trial like this. My hope is to help those whose voices should also be heard. Therefore, I will be making donations in the near future to multiple organisations that help sexual assault victims defend themselves."
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Earlier on Monday, the Blank Space star is said to have broken down in tears as her lawyer said that she'd taken the action on behalf of all women.
Her representative, Douglas Baldridge, told the court that the trial was intended to send the message that "no means no".
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And at the end of the six-day trial, Mr Baldridge described the DJ as an "aggressor".
The lawyer said: "Will aggressors like David Mueller be allowed to victimize their victims?"
He then asked that members of the jury "return a verdict for a single dollar, a single symbolic dollar, the value of which is immeasurable to all women in this situation."