Donald Trump is facing another effort by the BBC to dismiss his $10 billion lawsuit, according to a filing submitted August 24, 2026, in U.S. District Court in Florida. The dispute centers on whether a BBC documentary ever legally reached U.S. viewers after Trump’s lawyers alleged that people in America accessed it through VPNs. Trump filed the lawsuit in December over edits in Panorama ’s Trump: A Second Chance? , which combined separate portions of his January 6 speech to make it sound as though his remarks flowed together. Trump’s complaint called the documentary defamatory and accused the BBC of trying to influence the 2024 presidential election because the program aired shortly before voters went to the polls. Did The Documentary Actually Air In The U.S.? Trump’s amended complaint claims that “hundreds of individuals” streamed the documentary on BBC iPlayer from the United States despite the platform’s geographic restrictions. The filing specifically pointed to 34 alleged streams from Florida, where Trump brought the case. The BBC argues that possible VPN access does not establish jurisdiction, especially because the network says it never broadcast the documentary in the United States and did not hold U.S. rights for it. BBC attorneys also said the alleged Florida plays were unconfirmed and unauthorized, while pointing to technical safeguards designed to block viewers outside the United Kingdom. The controversy already triggered leadership fallout at the BBC: Director General Tim Davie and news executive Deborah Turness stepped down after the edited speech drew backlash. The BBC apologized for what it described as a serious editorial judgment error, but the network did not offer Trump financial compensation; the latest motion asks the Florida court to end the lawsuit before it moves forward.