Meghan 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”.
