Samantha Markle is suing the duchess for 'defamation and injurious falsehood' following the couple's high-profile tell-all interview with Oprah Winfrey in 2021
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will be made to give testimony under oath as part of a US defamation case brought by the duchess's half-sister - after a motion to block the testimonies was denied by a judge.high-profile tell-all interview with Oprah WinfreyIn a filing submitted in March last year, Samantha Markle claimed that"demonstrably false and malicious statements" were made by Meghan to a"worldwide audience".
The duchess previously filed a motion to stop depositions, where a person is made to give testimony under oath, from taking place in the case."Defendant Markle does not show that unusual circumstances justify the requested stay, or that prejudice or an undue burden will result if the court does not impose a stay," the documents state.
"Defendant Markle does not satisfy the high standard required to stay discovery pending the resolution of a dispositive motion."In their joint interview with US talk show host Winfrey in March 2021, Harry and Meghan spoke about both their families and made a series of allegations about theSamantha Markle's original complaint stated the comments made by the Sussexes during the interview had reached"roughly 50 million people in 17 countries".
"Meghan - who was featured with Prince Harry on the cover of Time Magazine's annual feature on 'The World's Most Influential People' published and disseminated false and malicious lies designed to destroy Plaintiff's reputation and which have subjected Plaintiff to humiliation, shame and hatred on a worldwide scale."
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