United Kingdom, April 13 -- Donald Trump has had his $10 billion lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal dismissed by a judge after the paper published a disputed birthday note linked to Jeffrey Epstein.

Trump, 79, brought the case following a July 2025 article that included a drawing of a naked woman's torso and a birthday message allegedly sent to Epstein, who died aged 66 in 2019 in jail.

The note, reportedly signed in 2003, suggested the pair "have certain things in common".

Trump denied sending the card and sought damages for reputational harm.

But the lawsuit was dismissed on Monday (13.04.26) by Judge Darrin Gayles, who ruled the legal threshold for proving "actual malice" had not been met.

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