<p><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/meghan-markle" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Meghan Markle</a> has won a defamation suit brought by her estranged half-sister Samantha Markle after a judge ruled that comments made by the Duchess of Sussex were nothing but opinion.</p>
<p>On Thursday, U.S. District Attorney Judge Charlene Edwards Honeywell dismissed the defamation suit with prejudice on the grounds that comments made by the former &#8220;Suits&#8221; actress about her half-sister, which Samantha claimed were defamatory, were opinions, <a href="https://people.com/royals/meghan-markle-wins-bid-dismiss-defemation-lawsuit-samantha-markle/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">People magazine</a> reported.</p>
<p>In 2022, Samantha filed the suit against the member of the royal family for claims made about her in the unauthorized biography from Omid Scobie and Carolyn Durand &#8220;Finding Freedom: Harry and Meghan and the Making of a Modern Royal Family.&#8221; She was upset about a chapter titled, &#8220;A Problem Like Samantha,” which focused on the couple’s romance from the beginning to the royal pair stepping down as senior members of the royal family.</p>
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<p>Honeywell said that Markle &#8220;cannot be held liable for statements in a book that she did not publish.&#8221;</p>
<p>In a second part of the suit, the duchess&#8217; estranged half-sister claimed comments the royal made during her sit-down tell-all interview on CBS in 2021 with Oprah Winfrey where defamatory. During the <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/meghan-markle-sister-defamation-lawsuit-tossed-federal-judge" target="_blank" rel="noopener">interview</a>, Markle said she &#8220;grew up as an only child,&#8221; and she also said her half-sister &#8220;changed her last name back to Markle … only when I started dating Harry. And so I think that says enough.&#8221;</p>
<p>The judge said Meghan Markle’s comment was not falsifiable and protected opinion as she dismissed the claim.</p>
<p>&#8220;Here, a reasonable listener would not think that [Meghan] was suggesting that she has no half-siblings, that [Samantha] does not actually exist, or that [Samantha] is not related to her,&#8221; Honeywell wrote. &#8220;As a reasonable listener would understand it, Defendant merely expresses an opinion about her childhood and her relationship with her half-siblings. Thus, the Court finds that Defendant&#8217;s statement is not objectively verifiable or subject to empirical proof.&#8221;</p>
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<p>&#8220;For the foregoing reasons, the Court grants the motion to dismiss,&#8221; the judge added. “Plaintiff&#8217;s claims based on &#8216;Finding Freedom&#8217; will be dismissed with prejudice, as Plaintiff cannot plausibly allege that Defendant published the book, and amendment of these claims would be futile.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Plaintiff will be allowed one final opportunity to replead her claims related to Defendant&#8217;s CBS interview and her claim for injurious falsehood,&#8221; Honeywell concluded.</p>
<p>At the time Samantha filed the suit last March, she was seeking $75,000 in damages, the <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65136708" target="_blank" rel="noopener">BBC</a> reported.</p>

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