Ex-Radio DJ, David Mueller To Pay $1 To Taylor Swift After Losing A Groping Case

A Denver jury sided with Taylor Swift and determined her allegations that ex-radio DJ David Mueller groped her at a meet-and-greet four years ago are valid — concluding a contentious, and highly publicized, trial and requiring Mueller to pay out a symbolic $1 to the pop star.

The verdict wraps up a six-day trial where Mueller and Swift — as well as the singer's mother and bodyguard — each testified at a Denver Federal Court.

The case hinged on an alleged 2013 incident at a photo opportunity before one of Swift's concerts at the Pepsi Center in Denver, where Swift says Mueller reached underneath her skirt, grabbed her backside and refused to let go as they posed for a picture.

Swift took the stand last Thursday — the fourth day of the trial — to testify that Mueller intentionally grabbed her rear end.

Mueller maintained his innocent throughout. He lost his on-air job at the KYGO radio station in 2013 after Swift's groping allegations surfaced, prompting him to sue the pop star two years later for costing him his job with her "false" claims. Swift then countersued, alleging sexual assault.

During his testimony last Tuesday, Mueller contended he may have made contact with Swift's ribcage or ribs during their brief encounter, but asserted he never touched her inappropriately.

"It's a humiliating experience to be accused of something that despicable," he testified.

He had originally sought $3 million in damages in his lawsuit against the "Blank Space" singer. Judge Martinez tossed Mueller's case against Swift on the fifth day of the trial, determining that Swift "did not act improperly."

Martinez also said Mueller, 55, should only get the equivalent of two years' salary should he win the case, which would come out to about $300,000.

The photo that Swift took with Mueller — as well as his girlfriend Shannon Mercher — at the 2013 meet-and-greet showed Mueller's hand extended behind the singer's backside, but did not show whether he made contact with her body.

In his closing argument Monday, Mueller's attorney Gabriel McFarland insisted that the photo proved his client was in the clear.

"He's not lifting up her skirt. Her skirt's not disturbed. ... The dress is perfectly in line," he told the courtroom.

McFarland also suggested Swift's face in the photo did not show someone in distress.

His closing argument was met with eye rolls and head shakes from Swift, who also wiped away tears during his 40-minute address.

Swift's lawyer, Doug Baldridge, presented Mueller as an "aggressor" during his final statement and said the 27-year-old musician is standing up for all females with her case against the DJ.

The jury, which was comprised of six women and two men, began deliberating on Monday afternoon following the closing arguments.

The group also ruled that Frank Bell, the singer's radio handler, and Andrea Swift, her mother, did not intentionally interfere with Mueller's contract, which he claimed in his suit.

Swift also mouthed "thank you" to the jury before they exited the courtroom, donning the first smile she had shown since jury selection began a week ago.