Taylor Swift dropped a new single and attended Anderson's wedding over the weekend. Credit:AP "I want to thank Judge William J Martinez and the jury for their careful consideration, my attorneys... for fighting for me and anyone who feel silenced by a sexual assault, and especially anyone who offered their support throughout this four-year ordeal and two-year long trial process," the statement read. "I acknowledge the privilege that I benefit from in life, in society and in my ability to shoulder the enormous cost of defending myself in a trial like this. My hope is to help those whose voices should also be heard. Therefore, I will be making donations in the near future to multiple organisations that help sexual assault victims defend themselves." Speaking in court on Thursday, Swift said Mueller, who was fired from his job at radio station KYGO-FM after the singer's team reported the incident, subjected her to a "very long" and "intentional" grope. "It was a definite grab... a very long grab," she said. "It was intentional. He stayed latched onto my bare ass cheek. I felt him grab onto my ass cheek under my skirt."

In this courtroom sketch, pop singer Taylor Swift testifies with clarity, strength and resistance. Credit:Jeff Kandyba via AP The matter was brought before the court after Mueller filed a lawsuit against the singer in 2015, claiming he was fired from his job and banned from Swift's concerts following what he alleged were inaccurate allegations of misconduct. Swift countersued for assault and battery the following month, seeking a symbolic $1US. Judge Martinez threw out Mueller's original claim against Swift on Friday. Swift, who attended court each day the case was heard, reportedly cried as the closing arguments were read to the jury, before they departed to make their decision.

"By returning a verdict on Ms Swift's counterclaim for a single symbolic dollar, the value of which is immeasurable to all women in this situation... You will tell every woman ...that no means no," Swift's attorney Douglas Baldridge told the jury, after Mueller's representation had asked them if Swift's face in the resulting photo was that of a woman who had just been groped. It was an emotional four days of proceedings, as Swift's team explained to the court why the assault was not reported to authorities. Her mother, Andrea, who is also a member of her management team, testified on Wednesday that she told Swift not to report the incident because she thought it would be bad for her daughter's image. "I did not want this event to define her life," Andrea Swift tearfully told the court. She added that the Grammy winner had been bewildered that she had thanked Mueller and his girlfriend for the photograph after the incident, saying her daughter's response to the event had been "destroying" her.

"Why did I teach her to be so polite?" She lamented. The following day, Swift's former bodyguard Greg Dent said he witnessed the grope, but did not intervene because he took his cues from Swift. Loading "I saw his hand under her skirt... Her skirt went up... She jumped," Dent told the court, adding that Swift then moved towards Mueller's girlfriend. In their verdict on Monday, the jury also cleared Swift's mother and the singer's radio liaison, Frank Bell, of tortious interference with contract, the only claim made by Mueller that had not previously been dismissed.