Meghan Markle scores legal victory in defamation lawsuit brought by half-sister Samantha Markle

Meghan Markle scored a legal victory Tuesday as her years-long legal battle with half-sister Samantha Markle came to a close.

Samantha’s defamation lawsuit, originally brought against Meghan in 2022, was dismissed with prejudice by Judge Charlene Edwards Honeywell. The dismissal with prejudice means Samantha cannot file the claims again.

“[Samantha’s] claims will be dismissed with prejudice, as she has failed to identify any statements that could support a claim for defamation or defamation-by-implication by this point, her third try at amending her complaint, in either the book ‘Finding Freedom,’ the Netflix series ‘Harry & Meghan,’ or [Meghan] and her husband’s hour-long televised CBS Interview,” Honeywell wrote in court documents obtained by Fox News Digital. “As such, the Third Amended Complaint will be dismissed, with prejudice.”

A representative for Meghan did not respond to Fox News Digital’s immediate request for comment.

Meghan Markle won her legal battle with half-sister Samantha Markle Tuesday. Samir Hussein

Samantha had claimed she was defamed by Meghan during the Duchess of Sussex’s 2021 interview with Oprah Winfrey along with the Netflix series “Harry & Meghan.”

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“Meghan made these false claims, which are now believed to be true by the public, making it appear that Samantha is a fame-seeking stranger to Meghan,” Samantha’s lawyer, Jamie Alan Sasson, previously told Fox News Digital.

Samantha’s original lawsuit was dismissed as the judge ruled the comments made during the Oprah interview by Meghan were her opinion about the actress’s own childhood.

Oprah Winfrey interviewed Prince Harry and Meghan Markle for a special in 2021 in which they revealed their struggles with royal life. Harpo Productions/Joe Pugliese via Getty Images

“As a reasonable listener would understand it, Defendant merely expresses an opinion about her childhood and her relationship with her half-siblings,” the judge wrote at the time.

“Thus, the Court finds that Defendant’s statement is not objectively verifiable or subject to empirical proof. Plaintiff cannot plausibly disprove Defendant’s opinion of her own childhood.”

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