Meghan Markle's half-sister wants Prince Harry to testify in defamation lawsuit over Oprah Winfrey tell-all

The Duchess of Sussex's estranged half-sister, Samantha Markle, wants the royal couple to be deposed in separate interviews

By Stephanie Nolasco | Fox News

Meghan Markle’s estranged half-sister, Samantha Markle, wants Prince Harry to testify in her defamation case against the Duchess of Sussex.

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梅根·马克尔同父异母的姐姐萨曼莎·马克尔希望哈里王子在她指控苏塞克斯公爵夫人诽谤一案中作证。

estranged /ɪˈstreɪndʒd/ adj. 分居的；疏远的，不和的；（与某事物）脱离的，决裂的v.使疏远，使离间；使隔离（estrange 的过去式和过去分词）

defamation /ˌdefəˈmeɪʃn/ n. 诬蔑；诽谤；中伤• The company sued for defamation. 这个公司因受到诽谤而提起诉讼。

According to court documents obtained by Fox News Digital on Monday, Samantha has demanded the Sussexes to take the stand after allegedly making "false" statements in their 2021 interview with Oprah Winfrey. The televised tell-all was viewed by nearly 50 million people globally.

根据福克斯新闻数字频道周一获得的法庭文件，萨曼莎要求苏塞克斯夫妇为在2021年接受奥普拉·温弗瑞的采访时做出“虚假”陈述出庭作证。全球近5000万人观看了这场电视访谈。

take the stand 站在证人席上，作证，到证人席作证，翻译

In the paperwork filed on Friday, Samantha noted that she wants the couple to be deposed in separate interviews. The documents said that "to date, the Duchess has not agreed to schedule one single deposition."

在周五提交的文件中，萨曼莎指出，她希望这对夫妇在单独的采访中做证。文件称，“到目前为止，公爵夫人还没有同意安排一次作证。”

Depose：这里应该是作证词，尤指书面形式的作证宣誓

In addition to the Sussexes, the 58-year-old has requested the depositions of her father Thomas Markle, former royal aide Jason Knauf, her daughter Ashleigh Hale and online security expert Christopher Bouzy.

除了苏塞克斯夫妇，58岁的梅根姐姐还要求她的父亲托马斯·马克尔、前王室助手杰森·可纳夫、女儿阿什丽·黑尔和网络安全专家克里斯托弗·布齐作证。

In 2022, Samantha sued her famous sibling for allegedly making "false" statements in her interview with Winfrey, 69. She accused the former American actress of defamation "based on demonstrably false and malicious statements" made in the sit-down on March 7, 2021. Samantha alleged that the duchess’ "lies" were "designed to destroy [her] reputation" and have subjected her to "humiliation, shame and hatred on a worldwide scale."

2022年，萨曼莎起诉了她著名的妹妹，称她在和69岁的奥普拉的采访中做出了“虚假”陈述。她指责这位前美国女演员在2021年3月7日的面对面谈话中“基于明显虚假和恶意的言论”进行诽谤。萨曼莎声称，公爵夫人的“谎言”是“旨在摧毁她的声誉”，并使她“在世界范围内遭受羞辱、丢脸和仇恨”。

malicious /məˈlɪʃəs/ adj. 怀有恶意的；恶毒的• malicious gossip/lies/rumours 恶毒的流言飞语╱谎言╱谣言

Samantha wants the former "Suits" star to admit she lied about their relationship and upbringing to sell a "rags-to-royalty" narrative. She alleged that Markle lied about being an "only child," as well as the last time they saw each other. Samantha claimed that Markle falsely stated the elder sibling changed her last name to Markle after she began dating Harry, 38. The women share the same father, 78.

萨曼莎希望这位前《金装律师》明星承认，她在推销一种“从平民到皇室”的叙事上对她与自己家庭成员的关系和成长经历上撒了谎。她表示马克尔谎称自己是“独生子女”，以及编造姐妹最后一次见面的时间。萨曼莎声称，马克尔谎称其开始和38岁的哈里约会后，她在把姓改成了马克尔。她俩同父异母，父亲78岁。

Markle became the Duchess of Sussex when she married the British prince in 2018.

2018年，马克尔嫁给了哈里王子，成为了苏塞克斯公爵夫人。

"Defendant was not forced at the age of 13 to work in low-paying jobs to make ends meet; Defendant attended elite and expensive private schools and dance and acting classes in Los Angeles paid for by her Father; Mr. Markle also paid for all of Defendant's college education at Northwestern including tuition, rent and living expenses and even took out loans to cover the considerable cost," Samantha previously alleged.

“被告在13岁时没有被迫从事低薪工作以维持生计；被告在洛杉矶就读于精英和昂贵的私立学校，并由她父亲支付舞蹈和表演课程；马克尔先生还支付了被告在西北大学的所有大学教育费用，包括学费、房租和生活费，甚至还贷款来支付这笔可观的费用，”萨曼莎此前声称。

She is seeking damages in excess of $75,000.

她要求赔偿超过7.5万美元。

Markle’s attorney Michael Kump didn’t immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment. In 2022, he told Fox News Digital the lawsuit was "baseless."

马克尔的律师迈克尔·坎普没有立即回应福克斯新闻数字频道的置评请求。2022年，他告诉福克斯新闻数字频道，这起诉讼是“毫无根据的”。

"This baseless and absurd lawsuit is just a continuation of a pattern of disturbing behavior. We will give it the minimum attention necessary, which is all it deserves," Kump said at the time.

“这场毫无根据和荒谬的诉讼只是一种令人不安的行为模式的延续。我们将给予它最少的必要关注，这是它应得的”坎普当时说。

Much of the drama surrounding the Markle family dates back to 2018. Samantha and her brother, Thomas Markle Jr. revealed they were "baffled" when the royal couple allegedly snubbed them from the wedding guest list. In the days leading up to the wedding and following the nuptials, Samantha was vocal about her frustration with the duchess and her actions toward the family.

围绕马克尔家族的许多戏剧性事件都可以追溯到2018年。萨曼莎和她的弟弟小托马斯·马克尔透露，当这对王室夫妇将他们从婚礼宾客名单中冷落时（未邀请他们），他们感到“困惑”。不论公爵夫妻婚前婚后，萨曼莎都直言不讳地表达了她对公爵夫人及她对家庭的所作所为的失望。

Snub v.冷落；斥责；抵制；（使）（马、船等）停住；掐灭（香烟等）。n.冷落；止住，adj.（鼻子）短平而上翘的

nuptial adj. /ˈnʌpʃl/ 婚姻的；婚礼的• nuptial bliss 婚姻美满

During her sit-down with Winfrey, Markle addressed the tension within her family. At the time, it was reported that Samantha was writing a memoir titled "The Diary of Princess Pushy’s Sister."

梅根在与温弗瑞的访谈中谈到了家庭内部的紧张关系。当时，有报道称萨曼莎正在写一本名为《野心王妃的亲姐日记》的回忆录。

"I think it’d be very hard to ‘tell all’ when you don’t know me," Markle claimed to the media mogul. "This is a very different situation than my dad – when you talk about betrayal, betrayal comes from someone that you have a relationship with, right? I don’t feel comfortable talking about people that I really don’t know."

梅根对这位媒体大亨说：“我认为当你不了解我的时候，很难向你倾诉所有。这和我父亲的情况完全不同——当你谈到背叛时，背叛是来自与你有关系的人，对吧？谈论我真的不认识的人（指她同父异母的姐姐）让我感到不舒服。”

"The last time I saw [Samantha] was 19 years ago, and before that, 10 years," Markle shared. "She changed her last name back to Markle I think… only when I started dating Harry. So I think that says enough."

梅根说：“我最后一次见到萨曼莎是19年前，在那之前是10年了。我想是在我开始和哈里约会的时候，她才把姓改回了马克尔。所以我认为这就足够了。”

Markle, who was pregnant at the time with her daughter Lilibet, said that she "grew up as an only child" and wished she "had siblings."

马克尔当时怀着女儿莉莉贝特(Lilibet)，她说自己“是独生子女”，希望自己“有兄弟姐妹”。

"That’s why I’m so excited to be pregnant — so that [my son] Archie has someone," she noted.

她说：“这就是为什么我对怀孕感到如此兴奋——这样我的儿子阿奇就有了陪伴。”

In early 2020, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex announced that they were quitting royal duties and moving to North America, citing what they said were the unbearable intrusions and racist attitudes of the British media. They now reside in Montecito, California, with their two young children.

2020年初，苏塞克斯公爵和公爵夫人宣布，他们将辞去王室职务，搬到北美，理由是他们所说的英国媒体令人无法忍受的入侵和种族歧视。他们现在和两个年幼的孩子住在加州的蒙特西托。

Fox News Digital's Melissa Roberto and Madeline Coggins contributed to this report.

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