Meghan Markle is denied motion to stop deposition in half-sister Samantha’s defamation suit

Meghan Markle has lost her bid to avoid being deposed in a defamation suit filed by her estranged half-sister, Samantha Markle.

Samantha Markle is suing for “defamation and injurious falsehood” harking back to Harry and Meghan’s 2021 interview with Oprah Winfrey, in which the Duchess of Sussex said she had virtually been an only child, among other statements about her relationships with her half-siblings.

Samantha Markle filed suit in March 2022 seeking $75,000 or more in damages for the allegedly “demonstrably false and malicious statements” Meghan made “to a worldwide audience.”