Judge allows Trump's $10 billion defamation case against the BBC to proceed but tosses one claim

Summary

Lawyers for the BBC asked a judge to force President Donald Trump to sit for a deposition in the defamation case Trump brought against the British broadcaster, saying Trump is trying to delay sitting for a deposition until January 2027, The Philadelphia Inquirer and the LA Times reported on Thursday 15 October. Trump, who has a history of avoiding depositions, filed the lawsuit against the BBC last December, seeking $10 billion in damages and accusing the broadcaster of defamation as well as deceptive and unfair trade practices related to a documentary, 'Trump: A Second Chance', the LA Times reported. A federal judge in Florida ruled on Tuesday 10 November that Trump's defamation claim could go forward, though the judge did not rule on the merits, the publicly funded British broadcaster having sought to dismiss the case, the LA Times reported, The Philadelphia Inquirer and PBS NewsHour headlining that the judge tossed one claim. Bloomberg wrote that the ruling gave a boost to Trump's campaign of litigation against the media, and The NY Times that Trump is seeking damages from the British broadcaster over a documentary it conceded was misleadingly edited.

Latest: A federal judge in Florida ruled that President Donald Trump's $10 billion lawsuit against the BBC can proceed, Bloomberg reported, CBS News writing that the judge denied a motion to dismiss the defamation case, and the LA Times that the judge ruled on Tuesday that Trump's defamation claim could go forward, though without ruling on the merits, while The Philadelphia Inquirer and PBS NewsHour headlined that the judge tosses 1 claim and wrote that the case remains on track for now.

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