10:31 AM EDT, 10/17/2025 (MT Newswires) -- President Donald Trump has refiled a shorter 40-page version of his $15 billion defamation lawsuit against The New York Times ( NYT ) , several reporters at the newspaper, and Penguin Random House.

Trump alleges in the suit that the defendants made "numerous defamatory statements" regarding the president in at least two articles in The New York Times ( NYT ) and a book published by Penguin Random House.

The statements "wrongly defame and disparage" Trump's reputation, according to the lawsuit.

Bloomberg reported on Sept. 19 that US District Judge Steven Merryday in Florida dismissed Trump's previous defamation lawsuit against The New York Times ( NYT ) days after it was filed.

Bloomberg reported at the time that Merryday found that lawyers breached court rules requiring simple, direct claims, citing "repetitive" and "florid" allegations in the previous suit.

The New York Times ( NYT ) didn't immediately respond to a request for comment by MT Newswires on Friday.

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