Judge sets trial date for Samantha Markle's defamation lawsuit against sister Meghan Markle
ok.co.ukA date has been set by a Florida judge for a trial in Meghan Markle's half-sister Samantha's lawsuit against her. The Duchess of Sussex, 41, who will make a surprise visit to the UK next month with Prince Harry, is being sued by 57 year old half-sibling over a story in which she claims Meghan made defamatory comments about being "an only child" in the couple's explosive interview with Oprah Winfrey in 2021.
Meghan strongly denies the claims, and her lawyers had attempted to dismiss the "baseless" case, but this has been refused by Judge Charlene Edwards Honeywell.
The judge has also demanded the case be settled in a "speedy" manner, setting a trial date for 2 October 2023 if it cannot be settled before then.
Samantha alleges Meghan was fabricating a "rags to riches" story in the Oprah interview, and has also found issue with similar comments made in Finding Freedom, a biography of the Duchess of Sussex written by Omid Scobie.
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