Amount
$10 Billion+
Practice Area
Defamation
Filed
2025
Counsel
Alejandro Brito, Ian Michael Corp
Brito PLLC attorneys Alejandro Brito and Ian Michael Corp filed a $10 billion suit against Dow Jones, The Wall Street Journal, and Rupert Murdoch personally, after the paper reported Trump had authored a bawdy letter in Jeffrey Epstein's 50th birthday book — a letter Trump denies writing or signing. A dismissal motion hearing was held before Judge Gayles in December 2025.
The suit names Rupert Murdoch personally alongside Dow Jones, presenting an unusually direct accountability claim against a major media proprietor. Brito PLLC's argument centers on the false attribution of authorship — a distinct and historically recognized form of defamation. The December 2025 motion hearing before Judge Gayles will determine whether the case proceeds to discovery, where documentary evidence regarding the letter's chain of custody would become central.
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Docket
1:25-cv-23232
Court
U.S. District Court, S.D. Florida
Status
ACTIVE