Meghan Markle Wins Defamation Battle With Half-Sister; Suit Against ‘Suits’ Star Stemmed From 2021 Oprah Interview With Prince Harry, Netflix Docuseries
deadline.comPrince Harry may still be quarrelling with his family and the British courts, but Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, has put a dispute with one of her relatives behind her.
After almost two years of litigation and several amended complaints, a federal judge today threw out the defamation case from the former Suits star’s half-sister.
In fact, it’s no exaggeration to say Judge Charlene Edwards Honeywell tossed out the efforts by Samantha Markle hard. “The Court grants the motion to dismiss, in full,” the Florida-based judge wrote in her 58-page order Tuesday. (Read the ruling here). “Plaintiff’s claims will be dismissed with prejudice, as she has failed to identify any statements that could support a claim for defamation or defamation-by-implication by this point, her third try at amending her complaint, in either the book Finding Freedom, the Netflix series Harry & Meghan, or Defendant and her husband’s hour-long televised CBS Interview,” Judge Honeywell added.
Claiming that the Duchess of Sussex made “false and malicious comments” about her, the elder offspring of Thomas Markle Sr also took umbrage that the estranged Royal claimed to be “an only child” in various interviews.
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