Trump’s £7.5billion defamation case against BBC can proceed, judge rules | 11 Nov 2026 | A judge has rejected an attempt to throw out a £7.5billion defamation case brought against the BBC by President Donald Trump. The president filed a lawsuit in December over a Panorama documentary that spliced together parts of a speech he gave at the Capitol to make it appear as if he urged violence. A Florida court has now refused to dismiss the defamation claim, saying Mr. Trump “plausibly alleged” he suffered reputational harm as a result of the edit. The U.S. president, writing on Truth Social, said: “A Huge Victory against Fake News BBC, a terrible abuser of the truth, just handed down by highly respected District Court Judge, Jeffrey Kuntz, of the Southern District of Florida.”