Samantha Markle sued the Duchess of Sussex over comments she made to Oprah Winfrey and on her Netflix show, Harry & Meghan.
But today/yesterday (Tues), a judge ruled in favour of the former actress after she applied to dismiss the case.
In a brutal judgment, a Florida judge also ordered the case can never be brought back to court.
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In a 58-page decision, Judge Charlene Honeywell said Samantha had “failed to identify any statements that could support a claim for defamation or defamation-by-implication”.
She added the half-sister’s “third try at amending her complaint, in either the book Finding Freedom, the Netflix series Harry & Meghan, or Defendant and her husband’s hour-long televised CBS Interview” is to be dismissed, with prejudice, meaning she cannot raise the claim again.
Judge Honeywell wrote: “Defendant’s (Meghan Markle) Motion to Dismiss for Failure to State a Claim is GRANTED.
“Plaintiff’s (Samantha Markle) Defamation Claims (Count One) are DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE.
In a 58-page decision, Judge Charlene Honeywell said Samantha had “failed to identify any statements that could support a claim for defamation or defamation-by-implication”.
“Plaintiff’s (Samantha Markle) Defamation Claims (Count One) are DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE.
“Plaintiff’s Defamation-By-Implication Claims (Count Two) are also DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE.
Meghan, 42, was accused by her half-sister of spreading “demonstrably false and malicious lies” to a “worldwide audience” in the royal’s 2021 tell-all interview with Oprah Winfrey.
Samantha Markle first brought the defamation case against her younger half-sister in March 2022, alleging the duchess defamed her by giving information to an unauthorised biography called Finding Freedom and discussing their relationship with Winfrey on live TV.
The 59-year-old, who shares a father with the exiled royal, claimed Meghan “orchestrated the campaign to defame and destroy her and her father’s reputation and credibility in order to preserve and promote the false ‘rags-to-royalty’ narrative [Meghan] had fabricated about her life to the Royal Family and the worldwide media.”
“Plaintiff’s Defamation-By-Implication Claims (Count Two) are also DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE.
“The Clerk is directed to enter judgment in favour of Defendant, Meghan Markle (also known as Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex), terminate any pending motions, and CLOSE this case.
Meghan, 42, was accused by her half-sister of spreading “demonstrably false and malicious lies” to a “worldwide audience” in the royal’s 2021 tell-all interview with Oprah Winfrey.
Samantha Markle first brought the defamation case against her younger half-sister in March 2022, alleging the duchess defamed her by giving information to an unauthorised biography called Finding Freedom and discussing their relationship with Winfrey on live TV.
The 59-year-old, who shares a father with the exiled royal, claimed Meghan “orchestrated the campaign to defame and destroy her and her father’s reputation and credibility in order to preserve and promote the false ‘rags-to-royalty’ narrative [Meghan] had fabricated about her life to the Royal Family and the worldwide media.”
