BuzzFeed Beats Defamation Lawsuit Over Trump Dossier Story
BuzzFeed Beats Defamation Lawsuit Over Trump Dossier Story
A day after ruling the outlet couldn’t evade a defamation claim by arguing the tech CEO who sued is a public figure, a Florida federal judge has tossed the suit on fair reporting grounds.
On the heels of what looked like a major setback, BuzzFeed has defeated a defamation lawsuit filed by a Cyprus-based tech CEO in connection with its story about Donald Trump‘s alleged Russian ties.
Aleksej Gubarev in February 2017 sued BuzzFeed for defamation because he was named in the now-infamous Trump dossier, which the outlet published along with its story.