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Swift hugged her crying mother after the six-woman, two-man jury said in U.S. District Court on Monday that former Denver DJ David Mueller had groped the pop star during a photo op four years ago. Per Swift香蕉视频直播檚 request, jurors awarded her $1 in damages 香蕉视频直播� a sum her attorney, Douglas Baldridge, called 香蕉视频直播渁 single symbolic dollar, the value of which is immeasurable to all women in this situation.香蕉视频直播�

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Leong, who also teaches in the university香蕉视频直播檚 gender studies program, said the verdict will inspire more victims of sexual assault to come forward.

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Swift and her mother initially tried to keep the accusation quiet by reporting the incident to Mueller香蕉视频直播檚 bosses and not the police.

But it inevitably became public when Mueller sued Swift for up to $3 million, claiming the allegation cost him his $150,000-a-year job at country station KYGO-FM, where he was a morning host.

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Swift countersued for assault and battery, and during an hour of testimony blasted a low-key characterization by Mueller香蕉视频直播檚 attorney, Gabriel McFarland, of what happened. While Mueller testified he never grabbed Swift, she insisted she was groped.

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Mueller emphatically denied reaching under the pop star香蕉视频直播檚 skirt or otherwise touching her inappropriately, insisting he touched only her ribs and may have brushed the outside of her skirt as they awkwardly posed for the picture.

That photo was virtually the only evidence besides the testimony.

In the image shown to jurors during opening statements but not publicly released, Mueller香蕉视频直播檚 hand is behind Swift, just below her waist. Both are smiling. Mueller香蕉视频直播檚 then-girlfriend is standing on the other side of Swift.

Swift testified that after she was groped, she numbly told Mueller and his girlfriend, 香蕉视频直播淭hank you for coming,香蕉视频直播� and moved on to photos with others waiting in line because she did not want to disappoint them.

But she said she immediately went to her photographer after the meet-and-greet ended and found the photo of her with Mueller, telling the photographer what happened.

Swift香蕉视频直播檚 mother, Andrea Swift, testified that she asked radio liaison Frank Bell to call Mueller香蕉视频直播檚 employers. They did not call the police to avoid further traumatizing her daughter, she said.

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Bell said he emailed the photo to Robert Call, KYGO香蕉视频直播檚 general manager, for use in Call香蕉视频直播檚 investigation of Mueller. He said he didn香蕉视频直播檛 ask that Mueller be fired but that 香蕉视频直播渁ppropriate action be taken.香蕉视频直播�

Jurors rejected Mueller香蕉视频直播檚 claims that Andrea Swift and Bell cost him his job.

On Friday, U.S. District Judge William Martinez dismissed similar claims against Taylor Swift, ruling Mueller香蕉视频直播檚 team failed to offer evidence that the then-23-year-old superstar did anything more than report the incident to her team, including her mother.

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Associated Press writer Thomas Peipert contributed to this report.

James Anderson And Tatiana Flowers, The Associated Press