'It was a lonely, draining experience': Taylor Swift describes testifying against the Denver DJ who groped her and how she felt blamed for the sexual assault in Time Person of the Year interview

Taylor Swift discussed her taxing sexual assault trial against David Mueller
The pop star, 27, recounted the events in her profile for Time Magazine's Person of the Year
Swift was chosen as one of the 'Silence Breakers' this year who influenced the viral #MeToo campaign
Although she won the case, she said it was a 'lonely and draining experience'
Swift posed alongside other women on the cover - including actress and Harvey Weinstein accuser, Ashley Judd
Time Editor-in-Chief Edward Felsenthal called the movement 'the fastest moving social change we've seen in decades'

Published: 17:17 GMT, 6 December 2017 | Updated: 19:17 GMT, 6 December 2017

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Taylor Swift spoke about her taxing sexual assault trial in her profile for Time Magazine's Person of the Year

Taylor Swift recounted a taxing timetable of events from her sexual assault trial in her profile for Time Magazine's Person of the Year.

Although the pop singer won her counter-suit in August against David Mueller, the former DJ who initially sued Swift for libel over the 2013 groping incident that cost him his career, she described the case to be a 'lonely and draining experience.'

Swift, 27, was among an army of victims and allies who courageously took a stand against sexual misconduct this year - as she was named one of the magazine's 'Silence Breakers' who influenced the #MeToo outcry.

Just before the movement went viral, Swift testified in court for the counter-suit against her assaulter, Mueller.

'When I testified, I had already been in court all week and had to watch this man's attorney bully, badger and harass my team including my mother over inane details and ridiculous minutiae, accusing them, and me, of lying,' Swift said in the Time interview.

Swift (center) described testifying against Denver DJ David Mueller (shown right) who groped her during this photo-op in 2013

A sketch of Swift is shown as she appeared in court Friday, August 11. Taylor is pictured as Ryan Kliesch, a friend and former colleague of Mueller gave evidence

Jeff Kandyba, the courtroom artist during the trial, shows off his handiwork. Jeff is seen showing various drawings of Swift while she sits in court

Swift, her mother Andrea and attorney Jesse Schaudies react to the verdict being read in Denver Federal Court where the groping trial went on in Denver on August 14, 2017

She recalled moments when she felt utterly defeated, even before winning the case in which she requested the iconic $1 from Mueller in return.

'Even when you win, even when you have the financial ability to defend yourself ... there are still so many people who feel victimized, afraid and silenced by their abusers and circumstances.'

When speaking of the $1, Swift said, 'to this day he has not paid me that ... and I think that act of defiance is symbolic in itself.'

Swift's attorneys are shown leaving the court house after a verdict in her favor in Denver, CO

Swift's lawyers are pictured stopping to talk to the waiting media before heading to their hotel

Swift exits the parking garage of the downtown courthouse in a white van along with her lawyer team, PR team and family after winning the civil lawsuit

Moving forward from the trial, the 'Gorgeous' crooner revealed she has received overwhelming support from fans and others who have been in similar situations.

'People have been largely very supportive of my story since the trial began in August, but before that, I spent two years reading headlines referring to it as 'The Taylor Swift Butt Grab Case' with internet trolls making a joke about what happened to me,' she said of the lingering case.

'The details were all skewed, as they often are. Most people thought I was suing him. There was an audible gasp in the courtroom when I was named as the defendant.

Mueller, (pictured) is the former DJ who sued Swift for libel over the 2013 groping incident that cost him his career

'Once it hit the news that I was in Denver dealing with this, there was an outpouring of support on social media and I have never appreciated it more,' she added in her Time profile.

'I spoke to Kesha on the phone and it really helped to talk to someone who had been through the demoralizing court process.'

Swift posed alongside other women on the annual cover - which also included actress and Harvey Weinstein accuser, Ashley Judd.

'The galvanizing actions of the women on our cover … along with those of hundreds of others, and of many men as well, have unleashed one of the highest-velocity shifts in our culture since the 1960s,' Time's Editor-in-Chief, Edward Felsenthal said of the new and renowned cover.