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Meghan Markle Has Had Half-Sisters' Lawsuit Dismissed -Partially
Meghan Markle Has Successfully Had Her Half-Sister’s Humiliation Lawsuit Dismissed -Partially
Meghan Markle has had her half-sister Samantha Markle's lawsuit dismissed, after the latter sued the Duchess of Sussex for humiliation and defamation
BBC 1 APR 2023
Meghan Markle has successfully had her half-sister’s lawsuit dismissed.
However, the judge gave her sibling, Samantha Markle, the opportunity to partially refile her claim.
The Duchess of Sussex, 41, was accused by Samantha of spreading "demonstrably false and malicious lies" to a "worldwide audience" in the royal's tell-all interview with Oprah Winfrey in 2021.
A Florida judge has now thrown out the lawsuit, saying the former Suits actress was expressing "an opinion about her childhood and her relationship with her half-sibling" and a statement of pure opinion was "not capable of being proved false".
In court papers, US District Judge Charlene Honeywell wrote: "As a reasonable listener would understand it, defendant merely expresses an opinion about her childhood and her relationship with her half-siblings.
"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."
Judge Honeywell yesterday wrote “the court grants the motion to dismiss” in favour of the Duchess of Sussex.
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