By ANI
WASHINGTON: The Duchess of Sussex Meghan Markle’s half-sister has sued her for allegedly making “false” statements within the 2021 Oprah Winfrey interview that she and Prince Harry gave.
According to Fox News, the lawsuit filed by Samantha Markle, who shares father Thomas Markle with the duchess, has accused Meghan of defamation.
It has been “based on demonstrably false and malicious statements” made by Meghan within the sit-down interview seen by hundreds of thousands around the globe on March 7, 2021.
Samantha has claimed that Meghan had lied concerning the final time she noticed her and about being an “only child”. The lawsuit additional alleged that Meghan had falsely stated that Samantha modified her final title to Markle solely after she had began relationship Prince Harry.
The courtroom paperwork counsel that Samantha has claimed Meghan’s “lies” had been “designed to destroy [her] reputation” and have subjected her to “humiliation, shame and hatred on a worldwide scale.”
Meghan’s half-sister went on to allege that the duchess had instructed her communications secretary Jason Knauf to “disseminate” false statements for the biography ‘Finding Freedom: Harry and Meghan and the Making of a Modern Royal Family’ by Omid Scobie.
Highlighting their father’s previous work in Hollywood as a “successful television lighting director for 45 years,” Samantha additionally accused Meghan of damaging their father’s popularity “in order to preserve and promote the false ‘rags-to-royalty’ narrative.”
Samantha concluded by stating that the truths of Meghan’s life story “directly contradict the false narrative and ‘fairy tale life story’ [Meghan] fabricated.” She is looking for damages in extra of USD 75,000.
This lawsuit has been termed as “baseless” by Meghan’s legal professional Michael Kump, reported Fox News.
“This baseless and absurd lawsuit is just a continuation of a pattern of disturbing behaviour. We will give it the minimum attention necessary, which is all it deserves,” Kump stated.