Meghan Markle Wins Defamation Lawsuit Filed by Half-Sister Samantha Markle, Case Tossed by Court
usmagazine.comA royal victory. Meghan Markle has won the defamation lawsuit filed against her by half-sister Samantha Markle.According to multiple outlets, the $75,000 case was dismissed in Florida on Thursday, March 30.
U.S. District Judge Charlene Edwards Honeywell ruled in favor of the Suits alum, 41, noting that the statements she made during her 2021 CBS interview with Prince Harry were clearly opinions and therefore could not possibly be considered defamatory.The judge also dismissed Samantha’s qualms with the 2020 book Finding Freedom: Harry and Meghan and the Making of a Modern Royal Family, for which she alleged Meghan “contributed false information.” Honeywell ruled that the claims be tossed because the Duchess of Sussex did not write the book herself. (Omid Scobie and Carolyn Durand were the authors of Finding Freedom.)Samantha, 58, sued her half-sibling in March 2022 and claimed that Meghan was not honest about her upbringing during her CBS sit-down one year prior.
In the wide-ranging interview, Meghan opened up about her childhood and falling out with dad Thomas Markle.“I grew up as an only child, which everyone who grew up around me knows, and I wished I had siblings,” the “Archetypes” podcast host said at the time, addressing the public comments Samantha and Thomas, 78, have made since she married Harry, 38, in May 2018.
She also alleged that “the last time I saw [Samantha] must have been at least 18, 19 years ago.”In order to view the video, please allow Manage CookiesThe California native attempted to have the “meritless” lawsuit dismissed in June 2022.
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