prince harry And meghan markleDuke and Duchess of Sussex to testify under oath in defamation trial Samantha MarkleThe duchess’s half-sister, a judge has pronounced the verdict.
The couple filed a motion to block her testimony in the case, with Samantha seeking damages for what she claimed were “malicious lies” about her during the 2020 broadcast of Harry and Meghan. oprah winfrey interview and 2020 biography finding freedom,
Presiding District Court Judge Charlene Edwards Honeywell rejected the motion on Tuesday, ruling that Meghan “does not show that the unusual circumstances justify the requested stayor that prejudice or undue burden would result if the court does not grant a stay,” Britain’s PA Media news agency reported, as cited by CNN.
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“Defendant Markle does not meet the high standard required for discovery, pending the motion for an adversarial resolution.”
Deposition is the formal testimony of a witness or someone involved in a case, given outside of court but under oath.
Samantha, 58, has sued Meghan for US$75,000, claiming defamation. Interview When her younger half-sister said that she grew up as an “only child”.
FILE – Meghan Markle’s half-sister Samantha Markle was interviewed on UK show ‘The Right Stuff’.
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“False and malicious lies,” the filing says, under Samantha. humiliation, shame and hatred on a worldwide scale,” and spread a “worldwide lie” about his father, Thomas Markle.
Samantha also accused Meghan of misrepresenting their sibling relationship, alleging that Meghan gave the impression that they were growing up “virtual strangers” and that Samantha had “no relationship with her sister Meghan”. was not.”
The claim argues that Meghan “frequent and regular contact childhood with her sister Samantha,” the BBC reports, and Meghan created a “false rags to royalty narrative” that was damaging to both Thomas and Samantha.
She also refutes Meghan’s claim that Samantha changed her last name to Markle after news first broke in 2018 that Meghan and Prince Harry were dating.
Samantha’s lawyer Peter Ticktin told The Independent in a statement on Tuesday that “a decision has yet to be made on whether we will require a statement from Harry.”
“Obviously, if the Duchess wants to summon her, we will have to take her statement,” he said. “Otherwise, we would probably still like to inquire about some of the issues.”
The outlet reports that a Arbitrator has also been appointed in the matter With the hope of resolving the lawsuit without trial.
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The planned deposition comes after the Sussexes’ Netflix series, Harry and Meghanand the publication of Harry’s revealing memoir Excessive last month.
In documentary seriesthe former Suit The actor claimed that he had not seen Samantha “for over a decade” and had little or no connection with her.
“I don’t know your middle name. I don’t know your birthday,” Meghan told the cameras. “You’re telling these people you raised me, and you called me ‘Princess Pushya’?” The rift didn’t happen. We didn’t have the closeness to be able to do that. And I wanted a sister!
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