US judge lets Trump's defamation case against the BBC proceed
A federal judge in Florida has allowed Donald Trump's $10bn defamation lawsuit against the BBC to move forward, marking an early legal win for the US president in a case over a Panorama edit. The ruling means the defamation claim will continue, although the judge did not decide whether Trump will ultimately succeed. A separate claim under Florida's unfair trade practices law was dismissed.Judge Jeffrey Kuntz said Trump had plausibly alleged reputational harm from the documentary, which spliced together two parts of a speech he gave before the 6 January 2021 attack on the US Capitol. In his order, he... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 11 Nov 2026 01:59 LONDON
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