Judge Rules Meghan Markle Has the Right to Identify As an Only Child
A Florida judge threw out Samantha Markle’s defamation suit, in which she accused Meghan of “falsely and maliciously” claiming to be an only child.
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If your main form of sustenance is high-profile legal battles, you’ve been eating well this week! Donald Trump indicted! Gwyneth Paltrow found #Gwynnocent! Now get ready for some dessert. On Thursday, Meghan Markle won a bid to throw out a defamation suit against her filed in 2021 by her estranged half-sister, Samantha Markle.
Samantha is Meghan’s half-sister on her father Thomas Markle’s side, and is about 17 years older than the Duchess of Sussex. Following Meghan and Harry’s delicious sit-down and tell-all with the mother of all interrogators, Oprah, Samantha felt that Meghan “falsely and maliciously” claimed to essentially be an only child. Samantha’s original lawsuit stated that Meghan made a defamatory statement when she told Oprah that she and Samantha only met “a handful of times” and were “virtual strangers.” Meghan also suggested to Oprah that Samantha, who at that point was around 50 years old, changed her last name only after Meghan began dating Harry.