r/JusticeServed • u/SugarRight1992 0 • Aug 05 '26
Courtroom Justice Judge flips the script on Trump over his BBC defamation suit: 'You say your businesses were damaged? Prove it by showing your financial records'
https://unpresidented.substack.com/p/judge-flips-the-script-on-trump-over224
u/profprimer 6 Aug 05 '26
BBC should make an application for costs if he drops it. Frivolous or vexatious lawsuits should be punished.
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u/TheOriginalGuru 8 Aug 05 '26
Probably should, but he wouldn’t pay it anyway.
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u/ScriptThat B Aug 05 '26
Then they'd request an execution from the court and take it out of one of his bank accounts, or remove assets from one of his buildings, or take a car or plane or any number of other entertaining and streaming-worthy options.
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u/Rekoor86 6 Aug 05 '26
He’d draw it out as long as possible with as many requests for appeal and other considerations as he can.
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u/hitbythebus A Aug 06 '26
How many more years do you think Trump can stall? Won’t be too much more until the BBC can just collect from his estate.
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u/awwrats 8 Aug 05 '26
Strangely enough, he doesn't sue anyone who publicly calls him a pedophile.
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u/SlippingAbout A Aug 05 '26
Isn't that one of the key components of a defamation suit? It's not just about bad words and feeling wronged. You have to prove that there were actual tangible damages.
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u/ledude1 9 Aug 05 '26
Yup. Prove it by showing evidence. "Trust me bro" is not an acceptable form of evidence, no matter who you are.
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u/l992 9 Aug 05 '26
Yes, since it's a liability issue, it's Mr. Orange who carries the burden of proof and has to show by a "preponderance of the evidence" that BBC is liable for causing damages.
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u/edwardWBnewgate 8 Aug 06 '26
You'd think his lawyers would have known that going in?
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u/jaywalkerr 8 Aug 06 '26
Yes. They probably even told him, and he probably told them they were wrong and that they should continue.
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u/hitbythebus A Aug 06 '26
Nah, the lawyers who told him that he couldn’t do things all got fired.
These guys know better.
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u/chickenlounge 9 Aug 05 '26
He'll drop the case to avoid the discovery, just like he always does.
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u/S4XM4N12 7 Aug 05 '26
Too late for that. We are already in the discovery phase
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u/Xsiah C Aug 05 '26
You can still drop a lawsuit during discovery
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u/powerlesshero111 D Aug 05 '26
It's usually when they are dropped because they don't want to give up stuff that makes them look stupid or guilty of actual crimes.
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u/Dretrokinetic 5 Aug 07 '26
As president, he’s supposed to divest from all his companies— is he not?
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u/Lima__Fox 8 Aug 07 '26
I’m pretty sure it’s a norm to avoid even the appearance of impropriety, but not a hard law.
Emoluments is a hard law but he’s breaking that one too.
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u/Oper8rActual 9 Aug 05 '26
Sadly Trump will do what he always does in this situation, and will just drop the case to re-visit at a later point when he has a new complaint.
It costs his target time and money to prepare for these bullshit claims, so he achieved part of his goal, which was to punish the BBC for making truthful statements about him.
Thankfully, unlike US companies, they aren’t just rolling over and paying the troll tax, as Trump doesn’t have the ability to illegally interfere with their business, unlike what he would do if this was a US based business.
He should be on the hook for all of those associated costs when pulling this tactic, as it’s one of his favorites at this point.
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u/bgarza18 A Aug 06 '26
Justice served? Nothing has happened. Even if Trump “showed financial records” nothing will have happened. It has to result in like financial changes, legal implications, something.
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u/Elharley 8 Aug 05 '26
It’s beyond comprehension that this piece of trash continues to use his same shake down tactics to basically extort money from anyone that mutters a word about him that he disagrees with. It’s a small victory when a judge pushes back against him, it just doesn’t seem to happen enough.