LONDON — A judge in London threw out a lawsuit by former US President Donald Trump that accused a former British spy of making “shocking and scandalous claims” against him.

The decision was made on Thursday.

According to a report from The Associated Press, Judge Karen Steyn said the case Trump filed against Orbis Business Intelligence should be dismissed as there were no “compelling reasons to allow the claim to proceed to trial.”

Orbis Business Intelligence was founded by Christopher Steele, who created a dossier in 2016 that reportedly contained rumours that caused a political turmoil for Trump just before his inauguration.

Trump labelled the allegations as fake news and sought damages from Orbis for reportedly violating British data protection laws.

According to AP News, Orbis said the lawsuit should be thrown out because the report was never meant to be made public and was published by BuzzFeed without the permission of Steele or Orbis. It also said the claim was filed too late.

The judge agreed, indicating that too many years had elapsed without any attempt by Trump to “vindicate his reputation in this jurisdiction – since he was first made aware of the dossier” in January 2017.”