The former US president's lawsuit over salacious claims linking him to Moscow prostitutes fails in London.

The former president had been seeking to use data protection laws to sue the company run by Christopher Steele but the High Court has thrown out the case.

Mr Steele compiled the dossier which contained unproven allegations about bribing officials and sex parties.

It was leaked to the media just before Mr Trump was sworn in as president.

In bringing the lawsuit against Orbis Business Intelligence Ltd, he said the dossier contained allegations that were inaccurate and breached his data protection rights.

In Thursday’s ruling in London, Mrs Justice Steyn DBE said she did not make any judgement on the allegations themselves but found Mr Trump’s claim had not been brought within the six-year limitation period.

  • ralphio@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    Rtskhiladze later admitted he had been told the tapes were fake

    What am I missing here?

    ETA: What I’m saying is if the tapes were fake how could they have been used as blackmail. For blackmail to be effective you need to prove it exists.