Meghan Markle Wins Defamation of Character Lawsuit Filed by Her Sister

Last year actress Meghan Markle's half sister Samantha filed a defamation of character lawsuit against the duchess claiming she caused her emotional distress and damaged her book sales with comments about their family made in her interview with Oprah Winfrey [click here if you missed that]. 

The case has been dismissed...

From The Independent 

Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, has emerged victorious from a defamation lawsuit filed against her by her half-sister Samantha Markle.

The actor and estranged royal had been accused by her relative of spreading “malicious lies” during an explosive 2021 interview with Oprah Winfrey and alleged statements to journalists in 2020.

But on Thursday a Florida judge dismissed the lawsuit, saying that Ms Markle’s statements were pure opinion and “not capable of being proved false”.

"As a reasonable listener would understand it, Defendant merely expresses an opinion about her childhood and her relationship with her half-siblings," wrote US District Judge Charlene Edwards Honeywell her order.

"Thus, the Court finds that Defendant’s statement is not objectively verifiable or subject to empirical proof.... Plaintiff cannot plausibly disprove Defendant’s opinion of her own childhood."