The half-sister of Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle has been dragged to court by her half-sister Samantha Markle, who is accusing her of defamation during an interview with Oprah Winfrey.
Samantha, 57, claimed in court documents cited by some America news outlets that Meghan, 40, made “false and malicious statements” during the interview with Oprah Winfrey.
She accused Meghan of falsely claiming to be “an only child” and also lying about the timeframe of when they last saw each other.
It read; “The defamatory implication is that Plaintiff had no relationship whatsoever with her sister Meghan, they were virtual strangers and that Plaintiff has created a lucrative career selling false stories to tabloids and television programs when she knows nothing about Defendant’s childhood”.
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“Meghan falsely claimed that: (a) she essentially raised herself from virtual poverty; (b) she was forced from the age of 13 to work in a series of low-paying jobs to ‘make ends meet’.
“Mr. Markle suffered two heart attacks in the weeks before Defendant’s wedding in May 2018 due to stress associated with the Royal wedding, the constant hounding and harassment by paparazzi and other media, and upsetting text messages he received from Defendant and Prince Harry, and Mr. Markle’s cardiologist told him he was too
sick to travel to England for the wedding; Mr. Markle did not refuse to attend the wedding, but was instructed by his doctor not to attend the wedding.
“Meghan published and disseminated false and malicious statements about the Plaintiff in New York Times best-selling book, ‘Finding Freedom,’” which she calls, “nothing more than a book of lies (hereinafter referred to as Defendant’s ‘fairy tale life’ story),” the court document added.
