Mert & MarcusAt her concert in Florida Tuesday night, Taylor Swift reflected on the one-year anniversary of the groping trial she won against former DJ David Mueller.
“This exact day a year ago, I was not playing a sold-out stadium in Tampa, I was in a courtroom in Denver, Colorado,” she told the crowd.
She referenced her sexual assault case, noting that the jury “sided in my favor and said they believed me.”
“I guess I just think about all the people who weren’t believed,” she said, getting emotional. “And the people who are afraid to speak up, because they think they won’t be believed.”
Swift said she was “sorry” to anyone who wasn’t taken seriously after they accused someone of assault.
“I don’t know what turn my life would have taken if they didn’t believe me,” she continued. “I just wanted to say we have so, so much further to go and I’m so grateful to you guys for being there during what was a really, really horrible part of my life.”
She closed by thanking her fans for supporting her through the ups and downs of her very public life and added, “I’m sorry, I just haven’t really talked about it, so I’m not composed at all.”
In that trial one year ago, a Denver jury sided with Swift against Mueller’s claim that the allegations of groping — made by Swift, her mother Andrea Swift and her radio manager Frank Bell — had intentionally interfered with his employment contract and business opportunities, resulting in his firing and lost wages.
The jury voted to award Swift the $1 she asked for in the civil court case.
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