Meghan Markle Wins in Court Battle Against Half-Sister Samantha

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Meghan Markle has won the fight to have her half-sister's defamation case rejected by a court.

Samantha Markle's case against Meghan Markle was rejected
Meghan Markle's half-sister sued the Duchess of Sussex for humiliation and defamation
The judge allowed Samantha Markle to refile her claim

Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, has won a defamation case that Samantha Markle, her half-sister, had brought against her.

According to her sister, the actress, and estranged royal was charged with spreading "malicious falsehoods" in an explosive interview with Oprah Winfrey in 2021 and alleged remarks to the media in 2020.

Meghan Markle Wins Defamation Lawsuit

However, a Florida court rejected the case on Thursday, stating that Meghan Markle's claims were purely subjective and "not susceptible of being proved incorrect."

That is only the most current example of the consequences of Markle and her husband Prince Harry's acrimonious split with the British royal family, whom they blame for failing to defend them against invasive and discriminatory treatment by the nation's media.

In March 2022, Samantha Markle filed a lawsuit, claiming that Ms. Markle had defamed her by disclosing details for the unofficial book Finding Freedom and by discussing their relationship with Winfrey on live television.

Seeking Freedom said that Samantha Markle had "never been close" to her growing up, that she had hardly known her half-sister growing up, and that she had been "handsomely paid" for a negative tabloid news item, according to Judge Honeywell's order, which The Daily Beast published initially.

It was announced in January that Meghan Markle and Prince Harry might be sued in a Florida court over the situation. Samantha's accusations have now been rejected by a court that sided with the Duchess.

According to Meghan's sister, the Duchess allegedly "falsely and intentionally" said that Meghan Markle was "an only child" in the shocking 2021 interview with Oprah Winfrey. She said Meghan Markle spoke to "approximately 50 million individuals in 17 countries" and made "demonstrably inaccurate and harmful claims."

Moreover, it was claimed that the Duchess "disseminated false and malicious falsehoods" and "organized the effort to malign and ruin the name of her sister and her father," as per The Sun. This was purportedly done to "promote the false 'rags-to-royalty' narrative' of the contentious marriage" and "humiliate, shame, and detest on a worldwide scale" against Samantha.

Moreover, Samantha said that "false assertions" about her appeared in the book Finding Freedom: Harry and Meghan and the Creation of a Modern Royal Family. Unfortunately, Samantha, a multiple sclerosis patient and wheelchair user, did not receive a favorable decision from the judge.

According to United States District Judge Charlene Edwards Honeywell, the allegations about Discovering Freedom were rejected, since Samantha could not show that Meghan had any input into the book's content. Samantha had "one final opportunity" to revise her complaint, according to Ms. Honeywell, who also rejected the allegations surrounding Meghan's Oprah interview.

According to Samantha, the allegations subjected her to "humiliation, shame, and hatred on a worldwide scale," She is seeking more than $74,300 in damages. The judge ruled Meghan could not be held responsible for the book Finding Freedom as she did not publish it, according to Mirror.

Meghan previously filed a motion to stop depositions in the case from taking place, but Florida judge Charlene Edwards Honeywell dismissed this.

"Defendant Markle does not show that unusual circumstances justify the requested stay or that prejudice or an undue burden will result if the court does not impose a stay," the documents stated.

In their joint interview with US talk show host Oprah Winfrey in March 2021, Harry and Meghan spoke about their families and made a series of allegations about the Royal Family.

Reporter: Meghan Markle has Strange Relationship

Meanwhile, Vanessa Grigoriadis of Vanity Fair said Meghan Markle has "a peculiar relationship to objective fact." The reporter said it is too convenient for Markle and Prince Harry to depict the media as an "enormous monster" they must fight.

During Andrew Gold's podcast 'On the Edge,' Grigoriadis-who featured Markle in 2018 focusing on her parents, Doria Ragland and Thomas Markle-shared her insights about the Duchess from her media insider viewpoint. In doing it, Markle had difficulties with "authenticity."

According to several acquaintances Grigoriadis talked to while researching her story on Markle, the former 'Suits' star appears nice and outgoing. Still, it isn't "someone you can be friends with."

Per Ny Post, Grigoriadis also mentioned a writer colleague who spent a day with Markle and claimed that this colleague's impression of Markle was, "This person just not on the level." Grigoriadis did not give the writer's identity in this instance. Markle is not a psychopath, according to Grigoriadis, but there is something "wrong about all of them," referring to Markle and her family.

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