Judge lets Trump's $10bn defamation suit against BBC move ahead
A Florida judge refused to throw out Donald Trump's $10bn defamation lawsuit against the BBC over a Panorama episode that spliced together parts of his 6 January 2021 speech. The judge killed a separate unfair trade practices claim, but let the core defamation case roll on. Trump called it a "huge victory"; the BBC says it's surprised.
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A federal judge in Florida is letting Donald Trump's defamation lawsuit against the BBC move forward. Judge Jeffrey Kuntz ruled the US president's allegations are strong enough for the case to continue, turning down the broadcaster's push to throw it out. He made no call on the merits of the $10bn (£7.5bn) claim. The BBC says it's surprised but will fight on through the courts.
The suit centres on a Panorama episode that stitched together two separate parts of a speech Trump gave before the 6 January 2021 riot at the US Capitol. Trump's filing accuses the BBC of
Kuntz did hand the BBC one win, tossing Trump's second claim under Florida's Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act. The judge ruled the documentary wasn't commercial speech, so the state's unfair trade practices law didn't apply. That leaves defamation as the only count standing.
In his Tuesday order, Kuntz was explicit that nothing is settled yet.
Trump celebrated on Truth Social, calling the ruling a
TopicsDonald Trump · BBC · Jeffrey Kuntz · Panorama · Truth Social · Florida
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