Taylor Swift Has Officially Won Her Sexual Assault Trial

At long last, Taylor Swift's sexual assault trial against former DJ David Mueller has come to an end. After six days in court—in which Swift stood strong and firm in the face of victim-blaming cross-examination tactics—the jury has unanimously decided Mueller did indeed assault Swift, E! News reports.

A brief overview of how we got to here: Back in 2013 during a meet-and-greet with Swift, Mueller—then a radio DJ—reached under Swift's skirt and grabbed her butt while the two were taking a photo together. Mueller sued Swift two years later for $3 million after getting fired from his job, claiming her allegations were false and had led to his termination from Denver's KYGO-FM radio station. Swift countersued for just $1—to her, money was not the concern, rather she wanted to use her platform to make a point about sexual assault. (More on that here.)

Late last week, Judge William Martinez, who presided over the trial, threw out Mueller's case against Swift after determining he could not successfully prove that she caused him to lose his job. (Mueller's case against Swift's mother and radio rep, however, was allowed to continue—but in a limited scope—and Swift's suit against Mueller was not affected by the judge's decision.)

Comprised of eight members—six women and two men—the jury took four hours to deliberate the remaining case following an emotional sixth and final day of trial. According to multiple reports, Swift was reduced to tears earlier this afternoon when Mueller's legal team made its closing statements before the court.

Sitting alongside her mother, who said she wanted to "vomit and cry" when she first learned of the assault, Swift was seen shaking her head and audibly sighing as Mueller's attorney Gabe MacFarland offered his final defense. At one point, MacFarland held up the photo that Swift took with Mueller and asked the court if Swift's face appeared to be one of a woman who had just been sexually assaulted. As a result, Swift grabbed her mother's hand and began to cry. (It should be said that a woman's overt emotional response in such cases should have no bearing on the determination of whether or not a crime was committed against her.)

Swift released the following statement to E! News following the news of her legal victory.

"I want to thank Judge William J. Martinez and the jury for their careful consideration, my attorneys Doug Baldridge, Danielle Foley, Jay Schaudies and Katie Wright for fighting for me and anyone who feels silenced by a sexual assault, and especially anyone who offered their support throughout this four-year ordeal and two-year long trial process. 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 organizations that help sexual assault victims defend themselves."

For more backstory related to the trial, see our coverage here:
-Taylor Swift Testifies in Her Sexual Assault Trial: 'He Had a Handful of My Ass'
-Taylor Swift's 10 Most Powerful Statements From Her Sexual Assault Trial Cross-Examination
-Taylor Swift's Mom Says She Wanted to 'Vomit and Cry' After Hearing About Her Daughter's Alleged Sexual Assault
-Judge Throws Out Former DJ David Mueller's Case Against Taylor Swift
-Taylor Swift Ended the Sixth Day of Her Sexual Assault Trial in Tears