Samantha Markle 'faces ruin if she has to pay Meghan's legal fees if case dismissed' in lawsuit battle

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Samantha Markle has been warned by a former US prosecutor that she could face ruin if Meghan Markle successfully dismisses her defamation lawsuit.The 58-year-old half sister of the Duchess has sued her for defamation in which she alleges Meghan "published and disseminated false and malicious lies designed to destroy [her] reputation" and exposed her to "humiliation, shame and hatred on a worldwide scale" to paint a false narrative of her childhood.Meghan immediately filed a motion to dismiss the case - a motion filed when someone believes that the complaint is invalid - which has now been pending for a whole year.

A legal expert has warned that if Meghan is successful in dismissing the lawsuit, Samantha could face financial ruin if she is required to pay the royal's legal bills.

Former US federal prosecutor Mitchel Epner, who now practices at the Rottenberg Lipman Rich P.C in New York City, said: "If Meghan Markle is successful in dismissing, then under what’s called the anti-SLAPP, she would be in a position to get her legal fees paid for by the plaintiff.“The threat to Samantha Markle that she might end up having to pay Meghan Markle’s legal fees, which given how long this case has gone on, we’re clearly in excess of $100,000,“ he told the Express.The longer the case goes unresolved for, the more expensive the legal bills will be.

He adds that if the lawsuit moves past the motion to dismiss stage, then Meghan will no longer be able to enforce her half sibling to pay her legal fees.