Meghan Markle wins defamation lawsuit against half sister Samantha Markle
dailyrecord.co.ukMeghan Markle has successfully had her half-sister's lawsuit dismissed after a judge ruled in her favour. The Duchess of Sussex had been accused of spreading "malicious lies" about her sister Samantha Markle during her 2021 Oprah Winfrey interview, and again in 2020 with statements to journalists.
Meghan has now had the lawsuit dismissed as a Florida judge saying that Markle’s statements were pure opinion and “not capable of being proved false”.Judge Charlene Honeywell did offer Samantha the opportunity to refile her claim, adding Samantha could “replead” for damages on injurious falsehood over a CBS TV interview Meghan gave.
Samantha sued her half sister after alleging Meghan defamed and embarrassed her by telling Oprah Winfrey she was raised as an “only child”.The Mirror reports that the 58-year-old also sued over comments made about her in Finding Freedom, a book Meghan and Harry advised and informed but did not write.
According to Samantha, the comments subjected her to “humiliation, shame and hatred on a worldwide scale” and tried to secure more than £60,000 in damages.The judge ruled Meghan could not be held responsible for the book Finding Freedom as she did not publish it.
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