Meghan Markle‘s authorized group went to court docket Wednesday, gunning to persuade a decide to toss a defamation lawsuit filed by her sister Samantha, and the arguments left the decide scratching her head however leaning in Meghan’s favor.

Samantha Markle claimed Meghan was peddling lies about her in each the Oprah interview and a 2020 bio, “Discovering Freedom.” Particularly, Samantha claims her half-sis lied when she allegedly stated she was an solely youngster, inflicting her humiliation and disgrace. Meghan’s attorneys fired again … their consumer by no means stated she was an solely youngster. She informed Oprah she grew up as an solely youngster.

Samantha claimed Meghan lied about her upbringing, and when she obtained caught in lies, she turned Samantha right into a sacrificial lamb and attacked her to cowl up her personal alleged misdeeds.

As for the alleged lies … Samantha factors to what she says is Meghan’s rags-to-riches narrative, rising up in poverty when she had a middle-class background. She says their dad, Thomas, paid for all kinds of issues for Meghan, together with elite personal colleges, tuition at Northwestern in addition to dance and performing courses.

MM’s attorneys requested the decide besides the case, calling the claims “offensive” and “inappropriate.” Her attorneys say Meghan merely acknowledged her impressions about her life rising up.

Decide Charlene Edwards Honeywell stated she was “struggling” to see how Meghan’s statements have been defamatory. The decide took the case beneath advisement.