[4] In the statement, she also pledged to donate to organizations that help fund legal costs of sexual assault victims who choose to defend themselves.

[1] Numerous fans and station employees were present at the event, where guests were invited to meet with Swift before taking photos with her.

[5] Immediately following the incident, once Mueller and Melcher had exited the room, Swift reported it to her mother, tour manager, the photographer and members of her security team.

[6] Following the report, Swift's security team met with Mueller backstage and accused him of touching her inappropriately, which resulted in him being escorted from the concert.

He alleged that as a result of the false claims he had wrongfully lost his job, his public image had been tarnished and he had been unjustifiably banned from any of Swift's future concerts.

[11] In her deposition Swift detailed her recount of the event claiming Mueller intentionally lifted his hand up her dress and groped her buttock.

In his deposition he revealed he only provided edited down audio files of his two-hour meeting with his former KYGO boss, Robert Call, which he had recorded on his phone.

He claimed the full files had been damaged when he spilled coffee over his laptop keyboard and lost or thrown out other electronic devices.

Queries regarding Swift asked candidates whether they listened to her music, had attended her concerts, watched her videos and purchased an album of hers.

Ultimately the jury ruled that Mueller had assaulted Swift at the 2013 meet-and-greet, awarding her $1, which was paid in the form of a Sacagawea dollar coin.

[16] In the two-year lead-up to the trial, numerous news agencies wrote articles about the incident, fueling public interest.

[21][22] During the trial, employees of Craftsy, a Denver-based crafting and design website located directly opposite the courtrooms, began to place post-it notes in the windows of their offices.

The notes spelled out lyrics and song names from Swift's discography, including "Fearless", "I Knew You Were Trouble" and "Shake It Off" as signs of encouragement and support for the singer during her court appearances.

[23] During Swift's Tampa Bay show of her Reputation Stadium Tour on August 14, 2018, the one-year anniversary of the trial, fans in the audience held up $1 bills in her honor as a symbol of support for her.

[24][25] Swift gave a speech about the victims of sexual assault before continuing with the tour set list, playing a mash up of "New Year's Day" and "Long Live".

[25] In Swift's speech, she stated, "A year ago I was not playing in a sold-out stadium in Tampa, I was in a courtroom in Denver, Colorado.

[17] In the magazine, Swift gave her first recount of the assault and trial, detailing how it felt to testify and advice she would offer to fans.

In the piece, titled "30 things I learned before I turned 30", Swift stated, as her 13th lesson, that "It’s my opinion that in cases of sexual assault, I believe the victim."