Trump sues ABC News for defamation over report citing rape case

The lawsuit, filed on Monday in US District Court in Southern Florida, accuses Stephanopoulos, a former White House adviser under Bill Clinton’s presidency, of making the statements with malice and a disregard for the truth. It said the statements were distributed widely to third parties and repeated.

ABC News said it had no comment on the lawsuit.

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The lawsuit cites a March 10 interview with US congresswoman Nancy Mace, a Republican who has spoken publicly about being raped as a teenager. Stephanopoulos said Trump was found liable for rape and asked her how she could endorse the candidate.

Since launching his first presidential campaign in 2015, Trump has often attacked media outlets whose coverage he dislikes. He has filed multiple similar unsuccessful defamation lawsuits, including a US$475 million case against CNN that was thrown out by a federal judge in July.