Taylor Swift groping trial: David Mueller found guilty of assaulting singer
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David Mueller has been found guilty after Taylor Swift accused the DJ of groping her during a photo shoot.
The federal jury found that Mueller assaulted her by grabbing her bare bottom under her skirt while posing for a photo.
Jurors voted unanimously on the sixth day of the trial and ordered the fired radio host to pay the pop star a symbolic $1.
According to the Denver Channel, the singer hugged her lawyer and mum Andrea after the verdict was read.
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It comes hours after lawyers summed up her case against the DJ.
The Blank Space star is said to have broke 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".
The star, 27, claims that Mueller, a Colorado radio host, grabbed her bottom while they were posing together for a photograph at a meet and greet event after her concert in Denver in 2013.
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He went on to lose his job after she told the story and he sued her for $3 million in lost earnings.
However, she countersued for the symbolic amount of $1, saying her actions were on behalf of other victims.
And at the end of a 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".
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Mueller's lawyer, Gabriel McFarland, questioned the photograph of his client with the star during the trial.
He asked if Taylor's smiling face was one of someone who was upset.
"Look at Ms Swift's face. Is that the face of someone who's in shock, who is upset?" he said.
He added that his client was not the type of man who would commit such an act.
He said: "That's not the type of guy who grabs or gropes a superstar, apparently out of the blue."