Meghan Markle's half-sister is suing her after alleging she lied about her upbringing in her now legendary chat with Oprah Winfrey.
Samantha Markle has made a declare to court docket that Meghan defamed her, and instructed untruths about her and the household in her interview final March.
Meghan's lawyer says the lawsuit is “baseless and absurd” and added it could obtain “the minimal consideration crucial”.
Appearing on behalf of the Duchess of Sussex, Michael Kump mentioned: "This baseless and absurd lawsuit is only a continuation of a sample of disturbing behaviour. We'll give it the minimal consideration crucial, which is all it deserves."
Samantha, whose father can also be Meghan's dad, claims her “rags to royalty” story is “false”.
She asserts that Meghan “fabricated” her background story and instructed these untruths to the Royal Household, and the media via interviews.
Samantha, 57, says that Meghan had a “premeditated marketing campaign to destroy” the reputations of her and her father.
She additionally claimed Meghan tried to smash their credibility so “they may not intervene with or contradict the false narrative and fairy story life story concocted by the defendant”
Within the papers she additionally alleges that Meghan instructed lies when she mentioned to Oprah that she “primarily raised herself from digital poverty” and was compelled to have low-paying jobs to “make ends meet” when she was 13.
Meghan has additionally claimed she had no siblings, little contact along with her half brother and sister and that her household may solely afford the £3.75 salad within the lawsuit, which Samantha additionally states are incorrect.
She additionally denies Meghan’s allegation that they solely met “a handful of occasions” and that she “by no means had a relationship with” her or their dad.
Meghan instructed Oprah she had not seen her half-sister in "at the least 18, 19 years."
The lawsuit, which was filed in Tampa, Florida, asserts: “That is false. Samantha hung out with defendant frequently all through her childhood and even lived in the identical condominium home with defendant for a time period.
“Samantha picked up Meghan from college; took Meghan for ice cream and to the mall often, and spent many household holidays with the defendant.
“Meghan's father was Meghan's main caregiver and Meghan and Samantha noticed one another often.”
It continues: “That is an try by Meghan to create the misunderstanding that Meghan was primarily an solely youngster with no contact with different members of the family, or as Meghan acknowledged on Oprah, that she had 'no siblings'.
“Meghan apparently wished to persuade the general public that her members of the family knew nothing about her life and, thus, weren't certified to contradict the false narrative Meghan had fabricated about her life.”
Samantha is searching for $75,000 (£56,500) from the Duchess and has requested for a trial by jury.
The Sussexes have beforehand introduced an motion towards the Mail on Sunday over a letter Meghan wrote to her father, Thomas Markle.
Harry, 37, additionally has a case towards the Dwelling Workplace over UK police safety for himself and his household.
And he's additionally suing the Mail on Sunday over one other article.
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