Meghan Markle, also known as Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, got her half-sister’s federal defamation lawsuit against her dismissed with prejudice.
In a third amended complaint, Samantha M. Markle brought claims of defamation and defamation by implication based on Meghan’s 2021 CBS television interview with Oprah Winfrey and based on statements from a 2022 Netflix documentary series, Harry & Meghan.
The 18 statements on which the two claims rely “present a plethora of issues,” but Samantha “fails to plausibly state a claim” for either of her allegations, Judge Charlene Edward Honeywell said Tuesday for the US District Court for the ...
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