Meghan Markle Calls BS on Sister Samantha’s Defamation Swimsuit, Asks Choose to Dismiss

Meghan Markle‘s authorized staff went to court docket Wednesday, gunning to persuade a decide to toss a defamation lawsuit filed by her sister Samantha, and the arguments left the decide scratching her head however leaning in Meghan’s favor.

Samantha Markle claimed Meghan was peddling lies about her in each the Oprah interview and a 2020 bio, “Discovering Freedom.” Particularly, Samantha claims her half-sis lied when she allegedly mentioned she was an solely little one, inflicting her humiliation and disgrace. Meghan’s attorneys fired again … their shopper by no means mentioned she was an solely little one. She informed Oprah she grew up as an solely little one.

Samantha claimed Meghan lied about her upbringing, and when she acquired caught in lies, she turned Samantha right into a sacrificial lamb and attacked her to cowl up her personal alleged misdeeds.

As for the alleged lies … Samantha factors to what she says is Meghan’s rags-to-riches narrative, rising up in poverty when she had as center class background. She says their dad, Thomas, paid for all kinds of issues for Meghan, together with elite non-public faculties, tuition at Northwesters in addition to dance and performing courses.

MM’s attorneys requested the decide as well the case, calling the claims “offensive” and “inappropriate.” Her attorneys say Meghan merely acknowledged her impressions about her life rising up.

Choose Charlene Edwards Honeywell mentioned she was “struggling” to see how the Meghan’s statements had been defamatory. The decide took the case underneath advisement.