'False and malicious lies': Harry and Meghan facing legal action over Oprah interview
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have been called upon to give evidence in Samantha Markle's defamation action against Meghan over "malicious lies" shared during the couple's 2021 interview with Oprah Winfrey and the book Finding Freedom.
Samantha Markle, 58, is suing her half-sister, 41, over the 2021 interview with TV mogul Oprah Winfrey.
She is seeking £57,000 ($99,221) in damages.
Samantha Markle is taking legal action over the couple's Oprah interview and the book Finding Freedom. AP
Samantha has requested Harry give a video deposition under oath later this month and has also issued a list of admissions and questions she would like the duchess to address, totalling 38 separate items, according to the Telegraph UK.
Amongst Samantha's requests for verification are the facts she regularly drove her half-sister to school and took her shopping, as well as an admission they lived under the same roof and Meghan is "not an only child."
Samantha seems intent on confirming the duchess wasn't as estranged from her biological siblings as she has claimed.
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Samantha seems intent on confirming Meghan wasn't as estranged from her biological siblings as she has claimed ITV
Samantha is also taking the opportunity to clear the names of the late Queen Elizabeth and King Charles over racism claims made during the Oprah interview.
She would like both Harry and Meghan to declare the pair were not the 'racist' they were referring to who had raised "conversations and concerns" about Archie's skin colour ahead of his birth.
Meghan with son Archie, now three. Netflix
She is also requesting Meghan make clear her relationship with Samantha's daughter Ashleigh Hale, the pair's attendance at Meghan's first wedding, and the circumstances under which Hale was disinvited from the royal wedding.
The duchess opened up for the first time about her bond with Hale in the Netflix docuseries Harry & Meghan.
Samantha claims the couple's "false and malicious lies" have led her to be subjected to "humiliation, shame and hatred on a worldwide scale" including being stalked by one of Meghan's fans.
Meghan's legal team has applied to have the case dismissed. Getty
Meghan's California-based legal team has declined to go into detail about the lawsuit, however The Telegraph reports her team labelling Samantha's requests and claims "irrelevant," "vague" and "speculative."
Her lawyer, Michael Kump, has applied to have the case dismissed.
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