Hey, Oct. 19, you’ve never been hotter!
WEDNESDAY’S weather will go down in history.
The city beat its all-time high for Oct. 19 by 2 degrees — peaking at 85 in Central Park around 2:45 p.m., the National Weather Service said.
That beats the prior record of 83 degrees set in 1963, according to meteorologists.
Records were shattered all over the New York area, according to National Weather Service data.
Newark hit a record of 87, while JFK and LaGuardia airports were at 84 and 86 degrees, respectively, the weather service said.
The balmy weather had New Yorkers out in droves to sizzle in the sun.
People broke out sundresses, sandals, shorts and other summer gear for their commute.
On Tuesday, when temps reached 81 degrees — just 1 degree shy of the record set in 1928 — some hardy souls even braved the Coney Island waters. A CALIFORNIA JURY on Wednesday rejected a woman’s $21.5 million rape lawsuit against Knicks star Derrick Rose.
The Los Angeles Federal Court jury deliberated for just under four hours before finding the accuser hadn’t proven her claim that Rose, 28, and two friends gang-raped her while she was drunk or drugged in her L.A. apartment in 2013.
Rose showed no emotion as the verdict was read, and just shook his lawyer’s hand.
Judge Michael Fitzgerald wished the accuser well, and then turned to the hoops star.
“Mr. Rose, my best wishes to you and your career — except when the Knicks play the Lakers,” he quipped.
Rose waited for the jurors by a courthouse elevator afterwards, and thanked them each individually — later even posing for photos with some.
One of the jurors, who only gave her name as Jennifer, insisted there was nothing nefarious about the picture-taking — she just wanted a memento from what she called “a fascinating experience.”
The accuser filed her blockbuster lawsuit last year, claiming the men drank tequila with her and possibly drugged her at a Beverly Hills rental home on Aug. 26, 2013. They then let themselves into her apartment a few hours later to gang rape her while she was drifting in and out of consciousness, unable to consent, she claimed.
Rose and his co-defendants, Randall Hampton and Ryan Allen, acknowledged having had sex with the woman, but maintained it was consensual.
Rose, who missed part of the NBA preseason to attend the trial, declined comment afterward, except to say, I’m focused on the season.”
In a prepared statement, he said, “I am thankful that the jury understood and agreed with me ... I am ready to put this behind me and focus on my family and career.”
“We’re very happy the system worked,” said his lawyer, Mark Baute. “All three men were innocent from day one.”
The lawyer for the accuser said she was “devastated” by the verdict and they’re weighing an appeal.
“It’s a shame for this country that a celebrity can come to court and slut-shame a plaintiff,” said the attorney, Waukeen McCoy.
He had told jurors the trio were “sexual deviants” who preyed upon his client.
In his closing argument Tuesday, Baute said the woman welcomed the men into her bed with “open arms and open legs.”
Jurors were more diplomatic — they just said the accuser wasn’t able to prove her case.
“I don’t want to call her a liar. I don’t want to call her anything. I
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just didn’t feel like there was enough evidence,” said the jury forewoman, who gave her name as Janet. “There just wasn’t enough.”
A male juror said, “It felt like she was playing us.”
“At the beginning I was on her side, 100% and as it went on, I went to the other side,” he said.
There were clear problems with her case — she filed suit two years after the incident before ever going to police, and didn’t have any physical evidence.
The defense also highlighted racy text messages that contradicted her story, and a former friend of the woman’s testified she was just after Rose’s money.