The half-sister of actress-turned-royal Meghan Markle has renewed her defamation lawsuit against her celebrity sibling over comments she made during a televised interview with Oprah Winfrey.
Samantha Markle sued Meghan Markle in 2022, accusing her of spreading “false and malicious” information in an unauthorized biography, “Finding Freedom,” and in a widely watched television interview. She alleged that comments reportedly made by her younger half-sister caused financial harm and “subjected her to incomprehensible amounts of public scrutiny causing her mental health and well-being to deteriorate.”
In late March, U.S. District Judge Charlene Edwards Honeywell partially granted Meghan Markle’s motion to drop the case, dismissing the “Finding Freedom” count with prejudice — meaning that Samantha Markle could not refile those claims. The judge determined that Meghan Markle was not responsible for publishing the book, a key element of a defamation claim.
Honeywell did, however, tell Samantha Markle that she could have another chance to file a lawsuit based on comments made during the Winfrey interview if she filed an amended complaint within 14 days.
On Thursday, Samantha Markle did just that.
“Utilizing her power as the Duchess of Sussex, Meghan made, published, and disseminated false statements about her own half-sister Samantha, with the intent to spread the statements across the globe,” the third amended complaint says. “As a consequence, of the false and defamatory...
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