Former BBC Director-General Says Network Should Not Pay Trump Amid Jan. 6 Edit Lawsuit Threat
"I don’t think we should agree to any money being paid to Donald Trump. You’re talking about license fee payers’ money — you’re talking about public money. It would not be appropriate."
.Legal experts have said that Trump would face challenges taking the case to court in the U.K. or the U.S. They said that the BBC could show that Trump wasn’t harmed because he was ultimately elected president in 2024.
Deadlines to bring the case in English courts, where defamation damages rarely exceed 100,000 pounds ($132,000) expired more than a year ago. Because the documentary was not shown in the U.S., it would be hard to show that Americans thought less of him because of a program they could not watch.
While many legal experts have dismissed the president’s claims against the media as having little merit, he has won some lucrative settlements against U.S. media companies and he could try to leverage the BBC mistake for a payout, potentially to a charity of his choice.
