DJ accused of 'groping' Taylor Swift claims leaked image proves he 'didn't have hand under skirt'

Radio DJ David Mueller - who's accused of 'groping' Taylor Swift, 26, - has claimed the leaked snapshot of their encounter has proved he didn't 'attain below her skirt'. 

Following the image's surfacing final week, Mueller's authorized staff informed TMZ on Tuesday, the shot: 'would not show a factor apart from he did not have his hand beneath her skirt.'

Taken at a meet-and-greet occasion at Denver's Pepsi Middle in June 2013, the picture revealed by the location reveals Mueller's proper arm prolonged behind Swift. Whereas his hand shouldn't be seen, it seems stage together with her rear. 

Counter-suing: Following Taylor Swift's claims that she was groped, a picture exhibiting the encounter has been leaked, regardless of the actual fact she efficiently filed a movement to seal the picture

Nevertheless, the DJ has now claimed that his uncommon hand putting was a results of the actual fact he 'leaned into the shot on the final minute'.

MailOnline have contacted Swift's representatives for remark. 

Mueller initially sued Swift for slander and accused her of getting him fired from his job at Colorado nation music station 98.5 KYGO, the place he had labored since 2013.

Sued: Radio DJ David Mueller - who's accused of 'groping' Taylor Swift - has claimed the leaked snapshot of their encounter has proved he didn't 'attain below her skirt'

Swift then counter-sued, stating in a deposition that Mueller 'reached up below my skirt and grabbed my ass proper once I was having to pose for a photograph'. 

Mueller claims it was a co-worker of his who assaulted Swift and that he's wrongly accused.

It's unclear how the was leaked, however Swift's authorized staff had efficiently filed a movement to seal the picture to be able to defend her privateness. 

Not possible: Swift beforehand mentioned it will be unimaginable for her to definitively reply whether or not that picture captured the precise second she claims she was groped

The movement to seal various paperwork, embrace witness testimonies and pictures, acknowledged the risks of influencing a jury.

It additionally famous the significance of defending Swift's privateness, stating 'it's all however assured that the will probably be shared for scandalous and prurient pursuits'.

The decide granted the movement to seal the picture, however rejected an identical request for a transcript of Swift's testimony.

Attorneys pressed Swift to inform them whether or not or not the picture taken with Mueller in the course of the meet-and-greet in June 2013 was the second he groped her.

It was famous within the deposition that her skirt shouldn't be ruffled or tousled within the . 

Within the paperwork: It has been alleged Swift's photographer mentioned she recalled seeing an odd expression on Swift's face proper earlier than the picture was snapped

Swift mentioned it will be unimaginable for her to definitively reply whether or not that picture captured that second.

She mentioned she could not pinpoint when it occurred as a result of she was 'uncomfortable as a result of an odd man's hand simply lifted up my skirt and was both nearing my a** cheek, freshly grabbed onto or refusing to let go'.

In response to the paperwork, Swift's photographer additionally mentioned she recalled seeing an odd expression on Swift's face proper earlier than the picture was snapped, however mentioned she thought perhaps the singer had tripped on her heels.

Snap joyful: Taylor Swift (pictured) confirmed up for jury responsibility in Nashville, Tennessee in August

Particulars of the assault first got here to gentle when Swift confirmed up for jury responsibility in Nashville, Tennessee in August.

She mentioned she did not assume she might be unbiased in an aggravated rape, kidnapping and home abuse trial due to her personal expertise.

A decide determined she could not be neutral and she or he was dismissed from jury responsibility. 

In her deposition she says: 'As quickly as he grabbed my a**, I turned shocked and withdrawn and was barely in a position to say "thanks for coming", which is what I say to all people.

'I used to be barely in a position to get phrases out, and it was like any individual switched the lights off in my character. So it was fairly fast that he was gone after that,' she mentioned.

Excused: The hitmaker was dismissed after relaying she would most certainly be biased as a juror in an unrelated rape and kidnapping case

Swift explains she 'simply wished him to be gone' after the incident. When requested if she informed certainly one of her employees members instantly after she mentioned: 'No, as a result of I did not have one cut up second with out a fan in entrance of me till that second.

'And I did not need folks to seek out out about this. Something that I say in entrance of followers may find yourself within the press, and I did not need that.' 

In a single a part of the deposition, Swift's mom Andrea says she was 'nauseous' when Swift got here to her and informed her in regards to the alleged incident. 

'I felt like I wished to cry and throw up on the similar time,' Andrea mentioned. 

She mentioned her daughter appeared 'humiliated, embarrassed, and horrified'.

'She was upset. She cried. We cried. It was - it was simply inconceivable,' Andrea mentioned of her daughter. 

The night time's occasions: The singer's bodyguard is claimed to have approached the radio DJ later within the night time and accused him of grabbing Swift's rear after they took their picture

Mueller's preliminary grievance claims that he had been working within the radio enterprise for greater than 20 years and had been working for 98.5 KYGO since 2013.

He mentioned that his bosses knowledgeable him and his co-host, Ryan Kliesch, he must attend a meet-and-greet at Swift's live performance on June 2, 2013. 

The radio DJ introduced his girlfriend alongside to the present and mentioned that he finally went backstage to satisfy Swift.

Throughout the assembly, he defined that each he and his girlfriend complimented her after which took images earlier than receiving autographs.

He mentioned the interplay 'went nice' and the singer 'remained nice as she bid them goodbye'. Later that night time, Mueller mentioned he ran right into a co-worker who bragged that in his meet-and-greet he put his arms round Swift and grabbed her butt in the course of the picture op.

Former radio DJ David Mueller (proper, with former co-worker Ryan Kliesch, left) initially sued Swift for slander and accused her of getting him fired from his job at a Colorado radio station

The singer's bodyguard approached the radio DJ later within the night time and accused him of grabbing Swift's rear after they took their picture.

Mueller mentioned he was then kicked out of the venue and finally his bosses fired him for the allegations.

A spokesperson for Swift acknowledged: 'The radio station was given proof instantly after the incident. They made their unbiased determination.' 

Swift has since fired again on the former radio host's lawsuit and claimed Mueller - not his co-worker - was the one who groped her when taking a photograph.

She mentioned the accusations by the radio DJ that his co-worker was the one who touched her are lies. 

The singer says she is aware of Mueller's co-worker and she or he clearly remembers that he was not the one who assaulted her. 

Taking motion: The singer filed her swimsuit in opposition to Mueller for assault and battery and demanded compensatory and punitive damages

A transcript of her videotaped deposition noticed the star clarify: 'Proper because the second got here for us to pose for the picture, he took his hand and put it up my costume and grabbed onto my a** cheek and regardless of how a lot I scooted over it was nonetheless there. 

'It was utterly intentional, I've by no means been so certain of something in my life.

Swift additionally recounted how a lot the alleged incident upset her, she recalled: 'I bear in mind being frantic, distressed, feeling violated in a means I had by no means skilled earlier than.

'A meet-and-greet is meant to be a state of affairs the place you're thanking folks for coming, you're imagined to be welcoming folks into your house, which is the sector for that day, and for somebody to violate that hospitality in that means, I used to be utterly surprised.' 

Her safety guard additionally acknowledged: 'Effectively, earlier than the picture was taken is once I noticed him go to place his arm round her and him carry up her skirt. She reacted, pushed her skirt down, and jumped to the facet and went nearer to the woman that was with him.'

Intentional: A transcript of her videotaped deposition noticed the star clarify the transfer was utterly intentional as she went on to explain how a lot it upset her

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