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The BBC urged a Florida federal judge to throw out Trump’s $10 billion libel lawsuit over a 2024 documentary, arguing the court lacks U.S. jurisdiction because the program wasn’t distributed in the United States and the edits couldn’t have harmed his reputation; Trump’s team accused the BBC of distorting his remarks and said the case will proceed.
Donald Trump has filed a $15 billion lawsuit against The New York Times, accusing it of defamation and libel, and criticizing the newspaper as a Democratic Party mouthpiece. The lawsuit was filed in Florida and follows previous legal actions Trump has taken against media outlets, including settlements with ABC News and The Wall Street Journal.
President Donald Trump announced plans to file a $15 billion defamation and libel lawsuit against The New York Times in Florida, accusing the newspaper of making false statements about him, his family, and his businesses.
President Trump sued the Wall Street Journal for libel over a story claiming he sent a 'bawdy' birthday letter to Jeffrey Epstein, which he and his legal team deny as false and defamatory, seeking at least $20 billion in damages.
Donald Trump has filed a libel lawsuit in Miami federal court against Dow Jones, News Corp, Rupert Murdoch, and two Wall Street Journal reporters, following a report about Jeffrey Epstein, with more details to be provided soon.
Prince Harry has been ordered by a court to pay the publisher of the Daily Mail, Associated Newspapers, over $60,000 in legal fees after his failed challenge to strike down a legal defense by the publisher. The defense claimed that an article accusing Harry of misleading the public expressed an "honest opinion" and did not cause serious harm to his reputation. The court ruled in favor of Associated Newspapers, stating that Harry's argument against the article was narrow and did not effectively challenge the claims made. The case will go to trial next year.
The Supreme Court has declined to revisit the landmark First Amendment decision in New York Times v. Sullivan, which established a higher bar for public figures to claim libel in civil suits. The ruling requires public figures to show "actual malice" before succeeding in a libel dispute. Justice Clarence Thomas, however, expressed his desire to reconsider the Sullivan decision in an appropriate case. The case at hand involves Don Blankenship, a former coal baron who sued media outlets for erroneously reporting him as a convicted felon during his 2018 US Senate campaign. Blankenship's attorneys argued that the Sullivan decision poses a danger to democracy, while media organizations defended the standard as necessary for free debate.
Prince Harry is suing Mail on Sunday publisher Associated Newspapers Ltd. for libel over an article alleging he tried to hush up his separate legal challenge over the British government’s refusal to let him pay for police security. Harry's lawyers have asked the judge to strike out the publisher's defense or to deliver a summary judgment in the prince's favor without going to trial. The prince wants to pay personally for police security when he comes to Britain, but the government said that wasn’t possible. The judge said he would rule at a later date.