The duchess is set to battle it out in court with her half-sister once again. Meghan Markle ’s half-sister has revived her legal battle against the Duchess of Sussex, appealing a US court’s decision to dismiss her defamation case in March . Samantha Markle, 59 , tried to sue Meghan over comments she made in the Sussexes’ bombshell interview with Oprah Winfrey in 2021 , as well as in the Netflix docuseries Harry & Meghan , released at the end of 2022.
But in March, two years after the first lawsuit was filed, Judge Charlene Edwards Honeywell ruled that Samantha “was unable to provide evidence to prove defamation” and dismissed it in court, according to The Sun . Samantha regards the remarks as being defamatory to her character and reputation, claiming in court that Meghan’s comments portrayed her as a “lying, racist, fame-seeker” and had left her unable to work or enjoy day-to-day activities, reported the paper..