BBC accuses Trump of dodging deposition in US$10bil defamation suit
The case revolves around a BBC documentary's editing of a Donald Trump speech before his supporters stormed the US Capitol on Jan 6, 2021.
The BBC has sought a judge's order compelling US President Donald Trump to set a specific date for providing sworn testimony in his US$10-billion defamation lawsuit against the network, according to court documents. Trump's legal team had previously agreed to the deposition on October 16 but later proposed shifting it to January.
The BBC's lawyers requested the Florida federal court to compel Trump to determine a deposition date and to address this matter at a scheduled hearing on October 22. The defamation case, which centers around the BBC's editing of a Trump speech before his supporters' Capitol riots on January 6, 2021, is slated for trial in February 2027.
With only two months of discovery left, the BBC has yet to depose the central figure in the case: the president himself.
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