{"id":90012,"date":"2023-03-31T17:49:25","date_gmt":"2023-03-31T17:49:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/31\/meghan-markle-wins-in-sisters-defamation-case-hollywood-life\/"},"modified":"2023-03-31T17:49:25","modified_gmt":"2023-03-31T17:49:25","slug":"meghan-markle-wins-in-sisters-defamation-case-hollywood-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/31\/meghan-markle-wins-in-sisters-defamation-case-hollywood-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Meghan Markle Wins In Sister\u2019s Defamation Case \u2013 Hollywood Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"entry-media edge-to-edge entry-media--lead-gallery\" aria-describedby=\"lead-image-credit\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a id=\"lead-gallery-link-featured\" class=\"entry-media__image entry-media__image-0\" href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/pics\/meghan-markle-family-photos\/\" data-analytics-trigger=\"lead-gallery-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-wrapper image-wrapper--widescreen\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"384\" height=\"216\" src=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/meghan-markle-wins-defamation-case-ss-ftr.jpg?w=384&amp;h=216&amp;crop=1\" class=\"attachment-hl-384x216-tc size-hl-384x216-tc\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/meghan-markle-wins-defamation-case-ss-ftr.jpg?w=384&amp;h=216&amp;crop=1 384w, https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/meghan-markle-wins-defamation-case-ss-ftr.jpg?resize=768%2C432 768w, https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/meghan-markle-wins-defamation-case-ss-ftr.jpg?resize=1536%2C864 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 670px\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"entry-media__cta\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"entry-media__cta-icon\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"none\" focusable=\"false\" aria-hidden=\"true\" viewbox=\"0 0 21 18\">\n\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M4.807.867h15.401v12.101h-2.2v2.2h-2.2v2.2H.406v-12.1h2.2V3.066h2.2v-2.2Zm14.301 11.001V1.967H5.907v9.901h13.201Zm-2.2 2.2v-1.1H4.807v-8.8h-1.1v9.9h13.2ZM7.007 3.067h11.001v7.7H7.007v-7.7Zm7.7 13.201v-1.1h-12.1v-8.8h-1.1v9.9h13.2Z\"\/>\n<\/svg><br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tView gallery\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a id=\"lead-gallery-link-thumb-1\" class=\"entry-media__image entry-media__image-1\" href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/pics\/meghan-markle-family-photos\/#!1\/prince-harry-and-meghan-duchess-of-sussex-new-baby-photocall-windsor-castle-uk-08-may-2019-21\" data-analytics-trigger=\"lead-gallery-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-wrapper image-wrapper--square image-wrapper--has-gallery-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"293\" height=\"440\" src=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/meghan-markle-with-her-kids-ss-4.jpg?w=293\" class=\"attachment-440x440 size-440x440\" alt=\"Editorial use only.&#13;Mandatory Credit: Photo by Domic Lipinski\/PA\/EPA-EFE\/Shutterstock (10231477c)&#13;Prince Harry (R) and Meghan Duchess of Sussex pose together with their newborn son Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor in Windsor&#13;Prince Harry and Meghan Duchess of Sussex new baby photocall, Windsor Castle, UK - 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A Florida choose dominated in Meghan\u2019s favor and threw out the case on Thursday, March 31. The Duchess of Sussex was accused of spreading malicious lies about Samantha in an unauthorized biography and through Meghan and <a href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/2023\/03\/28\/prince-harry-royal-family-phone-hacking-witness-statement\/\" data-analytics-trigger=\"article-body-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Prince Harry\u2019s<\/strong><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/2021\/03\/17\/prince-harry-meghan-markle-postpone-interview-prince-philip-died\/\" data-analytics-trigger=\"article-body-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bombshell <strong>Oprah Winfrey<\/strong> interview<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5065901\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5065901\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5065901 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/meghan-markle-wins-defamation-case-ss-embed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"930\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5065901\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Meghan Markle received the defamation go well with her estranged sister Samantha Markle filed in opposition to her in 2021. (Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-3\">Meghan\u2019s estranged half-sister from father\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/feature\/who-is-thomas-markle-meghan-dad-3143633\/\" data-analytics-trigger=\"article-body-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Thomas Markle\u2019<\/strong>s first marriage<\/a> claimed Meghan defamed her within the 2020 e book <em>Finding Freedom: Harry and Meghan and the Making of a Modern Royal Family<\/em>, written by <strong>Omid Scobie <\/strong>and <strong>Carolyn Durand<\/strong>, by \u201ccontributing false information to the book through her agent and press secretary,\u201d in keeping with courtroom paperwork, per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insider.com\/judge-dismissed-samantha-markle-defamation-lawsuit-against-meghan-2023-3\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-trigger=\"article-body-link\"><em>Insider<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<aside aria-labelledby=\"articles-trending-now\" class=\"entry-navigation inline-trending-stories\">\n\t\t<span id=\"articles-trending-now\" class=\"screen-reader-only\">Articles Trending Now<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"entry-navigation__heading\">\n\t\t\tTrending Now\t\t\t<span class=\"entry-navigation__heading__icon\"><svg fill=\"none\" viewbox=\"0 0 16 17\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t<path fill=\"#D718A7\" d=\"M8 16.376a8 8 0 1 0 0-16 8 8 0 0 0 0 16Z\"\/>\n\t<path stroke=\"#fff\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" d=\"m9.51 5.626 2.11-.75.76 2.09\"\/>\n\t<path stroke=\"#fff\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" d=\"m3.42 10.696 2.21-3.05 2.03 3.83 3.95-6.5\"\/>\n<\/svg><br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h2>\n<\/aside>\n<p><!-- .entry-navigation --><\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-4\">Samantha additionally mentioned within the $75k lawsuit that Meghan lied about being an \u201conly child\u201d in her interview with Oprah. Meghan had instructed Oprah on the time that she didn\u2019t know Samantha, having solely met her a handful of occasions. \u201cI grew up as an only child,\u201d Meghan mentioned. \u201cWhich everyone who grew up around me knows. I wished I had siblings. I would\u2019ve loved to have had siblings.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-5\">Samantha\u2019s authorized rep, <strong>Jamie Sasson<\/strong>, broke down how the Oprah feedback have been allegedly defaming in an August 2022 interview. \u201cWhen she went on Oprah and said \u2018I grew up as an only child\u2019 there\u2019s only one way to look at that, that she was an only child,\u201d he instructed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/samantha-markle-lawyer-proof-meghan-lawsuit-1730774\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-trigger=\"article-body-link\"><em>Newsweek<\/em><\/a>. \u201cWhich then as a result, made the general perception of the public believe that my client was a liar and was making up a story claiming that she was Meghan Markle\u2019s sister when, indeed, she truly was and this is what this comes down to.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-6\">In a deferred judgement, <strong>Judge Charlene Edwards Honeywell<\/strong> granted Meghan her movement to dismiss the lawsuit, arguing Meghan was not answerable for the contents of <em>Finding Freedom<\/em> and that she gave her \u201copinion\u201d in the course of the Oprah interview. \u201cAs a reasonable listener would understand it, defendant merely expresses an opinion about her childhood and her relationship with her half-siblings,\u201d the choose wrote, per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-us-canada-65136708\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-trigger=\"article-body-link\">BBC<\/a>. \u201cThus, the court finds that defendant\u2019s statement is not objectively verifiable or subject to empirical proof\u2026. plaintiff cannot plausibly disprove defendant\u2019s opinion of her own childhood.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside aria-labelledby=\"related-articles\" class=\"inline-related-articles\">\n<h2 id=\"related-articles\" class=\"inline-related-articles__heading\"><span class=\"inline-related-articles__heading__eyebrow\">More About<\/span>Meghan Markle<\/h2>\n<\/aside>\n<aside aria-labelledby=\"related-link\" class=\"inline-related-link\">\n\t\t<span id=\"related-link\" class=\"screen-reader-only\">Related Link<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"inline-related-link__text\">\n\t\t\t<strong>Related:<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/feature\/meghan-and-harry-kids-4740006\/?utm_source=related-link&amp;utm_pageType=article-with-linked-gallery\" data-analytics-trigger=\"inline-related-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\tMeghan Markle &amp; Prince Harry\u2019s Kids: Everything To Know About Archie &amp; Lili, Their Royal Titles &amp; More\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/newsletter-signup\/\" class=\"article__subscribe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"click\">Click to Subscribe to Get Our Free HollywoodLife Daily Newsletter<\/span> to get the most well liked celeb information.<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] View gallery Image Credit: Shutterstock Meghan Markle\u00a0received the defamation lawsuit her estranged sister Samantha Markle filed in opposition to her in 2021. A Florida choose dominated in Meghan\u2019s favor and threw out the case on Thursday, March 31. 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