More than a decade after the attack, while incarcerated for attacking five other women in 1989, serial rapist Matias Reyes confessed to the Meili assault and claimed he was the only actor DNA evidence confirmed his involvement. The remaining five-Antron McCray, Kevin Richardson, Yusef Salaam, Raymond Santana, and Korey Wise (known as the Central Park Five, later the Exonerated Five)-were convicted of the charged offenses and served sentences ranging from seven to thirteen years. Charges against one, Steven Lopez, were dropped after Lopez pleaded guilty to a different assault. Six black and Latino teenagers were indicted in relation to the Meili assault.
On the night of the attack, dozens of teenagers had entered the park, and there were reports of muggings and physical assaults. The Central Park jogger case (sometimes termed the Central Park Five case) was a criminal case concerning the assault and rape of Trisha Meili, a white woman in Central Park in Manhattan, New York, on April 19, 1989.
Lawsuit by five of the wrongly convicted against New York City for discrimination and emotional distress settled for $41 million.Wise not guilty of attempted murder and rape, guilty on remaining countsĥ–10 years in juvenile detention ( paroled after 6–7 years)ġ5 years in prison (released after 13 years).McCray, Salaam, and Santana not guilty of attempted murder, guilty on remaining counts.
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