ER Editor: Here’s how it’s being framed on Twitter —
🚨 Federal Judge in Florida Denies BBC’s Motion for Stay, Schedules Trial of Trump’s Defamation Lawsuit Against Broadcaster for February 2027—TRUMP’S $10BN BBC LAWSUIT GETS GREEN LIGHT FOR TRIAL‼️ pic.twitter.com/7Qcz3ZCE4k
— Tony Seruga (@TonySeruga) February 12, 2026
A federal judge in the Southern District of Florida denied BBC’s request to delay pretrial proceedings in Trump’s defamation lawsuit on Feb 12, scheduling the trial for February 2027.
Frankly, BBC got no sympathy here. It violated basic journalistic ethics and standards. Now BBC… pic.twitter.com/1MkzbZ1stp
— Alexs🥇 (@Real_Alexs_) February 13, 2026
🚨 BREAKING – BBC’s motion to dismiss Donald Trump’s libel trial against them is DENIED and will go to trial 15th February 2027 pic.twitter.com/5Jzefp3wwM
— Maxim DeLargo (@banthebbc) February 12, 2026
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Donald Trump’s $10billion defamation lawsuit against BBC over doctored speech on Panorama is set for trial in Florida in February next year
MARK DUELL, DEPUTY CHIEF REPORTER for MAIL ONLINE (DIGITAL)
A judge in Florida has set a trial date in a year’s time for US President Donald Trump‘s $10billion defamation lawsuit against the BBC over a Panorama programme.
Court documents from the US District Court Southern District of Florida confirm judge Roy K Altman has ordered that the trial should begin on February 15 next year.
The two-week hearing is set to take place at the Wilkie D Ferguson Jr US Courthouse in Miami – despite the BBC having taken legal steps to try to dismiss the lawsuit.
Panorama faced criticism over a 2024 episode for appearing to give the impression Mr Trump had encouraged his supporters to storm the Capitol building in 2021.
A clip from his speech on January 6 was spliced to show him saying: ‘We’re going to walk down to the Capitol… and I’ll be there with you. And we fight. We fight like hell.’
The President is seeking up to $10billion (£7.5 billion) in damages in response to the editing of the speech, with his lawyers claiming it was ‘false and defamatory’.
Now, the court order made yesterday has confirmed: ‘This matter is set for trial during the Court’s two-week trial calendar beginning February 15, 2027. Counsel for all parties shall also appear at a calendar call at 1.45pm on February 9, 2027.
‘Unless instructed otherwise by subsequent order, the trial and all other proceedings in this case shall be conducted in Courtroom 12-4 at the Wilkie D. Ferguson, Jr. U.S. Courthouse, 400 N. Miami Avenue, Miami, Florida 33128.’
Court documents also list the plaintiff as President Donald J Trump, with the British Broadcasting Corporation et al as defendants.
The parties must select a mediator by March 3, 2026 and schedule a time, date and place for mediation.
The documents say: ‘If the parties cannot agree on a mediator, they shall notify the clerk in writing as soon as the impasse becomes clear, and the clerk shall designate a certified mediator on a blind rotation basis.’
The President’s lawyers have said ‘the BBC intentionally and maliciously sought to fully mislead its viewers around the world’.
The lawsuit is seeking damages on two counts: for an allegation of defamation, and for a violation of the Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act.
The complaint from Mr Trump’s legal team has alleged there is ‘substantial evidence’ that demonstrates the BBC and its leadership ‘bore President Trump ill will, wanted him to lose the 2024 presidential election, and were dishonest in their coverage of him’, before the publication of the Panorama documentary.
The BBC last month filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit, claiming the court lacks ‘personal jurisdiction’ over them, the venue is ‘improper’ and Mr Trump ‘failed to state a claim’.
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