The week a majority woman Denver jury handed down a verdict that hopefully will encourage assault victims to stand their ground. Swift hugged her crying mother after the six-woman, two-man jury said in U.S. District Court on Monday that former Denver DJ David Mueller had groped the pop star during a photo op four years ago. Per Swift's request, jurors awarded her $1 in damages — a sum her attorney, Douglas Baldridge, called \"a single symbolic dollar, the value of which is immeasurable to all women in this situation.\"

Swift released a statement thanking her attorneys \"for fighting for me and anyone who feels silenced by a sexual assault.\"

\"My hope is to help those whose voices should also be heard,\" she said, promising to make unspecified donations to groups that help victims of sexual assault.

Beth Klein a Boulder trial attorney, said the verdict is important because \"women need to know that they are believed in court and have opportunities to help transform the way people treat each other through law and the legal process.\"

Klein Frank, P.C. represents women and children who have been victimized by sexual assault in civil cases.