Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex has won a major legal victory in the defamation lawsuit brought against her by her half-sister.
The R1.4 million suit against the former actress was brought by Samantha Markle, 59, in March 2022, with the court claim stating Meghan, 42, had made “false and malicious statements” during her TV interview with Oprah Winfrey that aired on CBS in 2021.
Samantha had also accused Meghan of lying about being “an only child” and about the time frame of when they last saw each other .
She claimed Meghan publicly bashed her estranged dad Thomas Markle, 79, in an attempt to sell a “rags-to-royalty” narrative of her life.
Dismissed
Florida District Court Judge, Charlene Edwards Honeywell, dismissed the lawsuit on Tuesday – meaning Samantha cannot level her…