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08-02-2023, 08:01 AM | #1 | |||
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The Duke and Duchess of Sussex will be questioned as part of a US defamation case brought by Meghan's half-sister.
Samantha Markle is suing Meghan for "defamation and injurious falsehoods" following the couple's interview with Oprah Winfrey in 2021. She alleges she was defamed when Meghan "falsely and maliciously" said she was "an only child". A motion brought by Meghan to stop depositions in the civil case from taking place was dismissed by a judge. A deposition is a formal statement of evidence in the US, required to be taken of a witness or party to litigation by a court. In the much-anticipated interview with Winfrey, the couple discussed their families, royal life and mental health. The duchess' half-sister claimed, in a filing submitted in March, that Meghan made "demonstrably false and malicious statements" to a worldwide audience. Documents obtained by PA News agency show the original motion. They show Samantha Markle, who has MS and uses a wheelchair, brought the action, saying around 50m people in 17 countries had watched the Winfrey interview. The motion says that it "disseminated false and malicious lies" and had subjected Samantha Markle to "humiliation, shame and hatred on a worldwide scale". It adds that Meghan had used "the powerful resources of the Royal Family's public relations operation" to spread "lies worldwide" about Samantha Markle and their father Thomas Markle and describes it as a "premediated campaign to destroy their reputation and credibility". It was done, the motion says, "to preserve and promote the false 'rags to royalty' narrative". A motion brought by Meghan to stop depositions in the case from taking place was dismissed on Tuesday by Florida judge Charlene Edwards Honeywell. The Times reports that she had argued that the jurors were being asked to decide what constitutes a "close" relationship between the half-sisters. The defamation case comes after the publication of Prince Harry's memoir Spare in January and the couple's Netflix series last year. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-64564219 ----------------------------------------- Oops |
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08-02-2023, 08:38 AM | #2 | |||
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Well ya know you reap what you sow...they are very quick to bring legal action so it can’t have come as much of a shock
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08-02-2023, 01:15 PM | #3 | |||
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08-02-2023, 01:36 PM | #4 | |||
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Who went on GMBHD itv Alot and SkyNewsHD and Ch5HD AM Live Example Broadcast on 30/05/22 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNEB6uhTHfA |
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08-02-2023, 01:38 PM | #5 | |||
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Not sure saying you're an only child is defaming your half siblings? She is an only child to her mother
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08-02-2023, 01:44 PM | #6 | |||
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I say Matthew is an only one (as he is my only one) and he would say he is too but his Dad has other kids so he does have half siblings.
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08-02-2023, 01:58 PM | #7 | |||
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Also, how is it defamation anyway, if Meghan said "I'm an only child" surely she's lying about herself rather than Samantha.
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08-02-2023, 02:02 PM | #8 | |||
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I think the difference is that they grew up together, didn't she live with her Dad at some point or something
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08-02-2023, 03:17 PM | #9 | |||
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Someone says to their parent; "That's it, I've had enough, I never want to see you again. You're dead to me!" The parent: "Lies and slander I am not dead at all that is defamation." |
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08-02-2023, 03:22 PM | #10 | |||
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ETA : "Even though my parents co-parented well, you think about how that informs what you grew up to be and what you want," Meghan said about being raised by divorced parents. "I was with my mom during the week and then with my dad on the weekends. And my dad lived alone. He had two adult children who had moved out of his house. https://www.newsweek.com/meghan-mark...0lived%20alone.
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08-02-2023, 03:28 PM | #11 | |||
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08-02-2023, 03:57 PM | #12 | |||
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I'm pretty sure it's even what she said... she didn't say "I'm an only child" or disown her sister, she said that in her earliest memories her sister was already an adult so she grew up as an only child. |
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08-02-2023, 04:28 PM | #13 | |||
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People don’t really care about the facts or context, they hear something negative about Meghan and cream themselves at the mere suggestion, if it wasn’t so sad it would be funny
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08-02-2023, 05:44 PM | #14 | |||
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well it seems like they are both trash and will sue at the drop of a hat
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08-02-2023, 06:25 PM | #15 | |||
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Its Samantha and her poor Dad i feel sorry for
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08-02-2023, 06:30 PM | #16 | |||
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oh please .... They're all as bad as eachother.
Thomas, Samantha & Meghan & Harry are all clout chasers . |
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08-02-2023, 06:45 PM | #17 | |||
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Clout has a totally different meaning where I'm from.
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08-02-2023, 08:03 PM | #18 | ||
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There is a lot which appeared in the book Finding Freedom which Samantha is claiming are lies.
Example: Of Samantha, Meghan said: “She had lost custody of all three of her three children from different fathers.” Miss Markle said the use of Finding Freedom to “take pot shots” was “hurtful and revealing”. She told The Telegraph: “To see Jason Knauf’s evidence was shocking. I never lost custody of my kids... no court record on the planet would confirm that. “To take personal matters and then spin them in an ugly way to discredit me is pretty tacky. The Telegraph. Samantha is claiming in the lawsuit that Meghan told over 30 lies regarding her and the Markle family. |
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08-02-2023, 08:07 PM | #19 | ||
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Samantha and her father selling stories to the press is just as tacky. Seems a bit hypocritical if you ask me. |
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08-02-2023, 08:09 PM | #20 | |||
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08-02-2023, 08:10 PM | #21 | |||
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like what that hag opera did
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08-02-2023, 08:38 PM | #22 | |||
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She will grass herself up.
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08-02-2023, 08:48 PM | #23 | |||
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Anyone would be ashamed to call the desperate loser Samantha their sibling. Even her own child wants nothing to do with her.
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08-02-2023, 08:54 PM | #24 | |||
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Nobody is coming out of this looking good .
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08-02-2023, 09:01 PM | #25 | |||
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