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.

梅根·馬克爾同父異母的姐姐薩曼莎·馬克爾希望哈里王子在她指控蘇塞克斯公爵夫人誹謗一案中作證。

estranged /??stre?nd?d/ adj. 分居的；疏遠(yuǎn)的，不和的；（與某事物）脫離的，決裂的v.使疏遠(yuǎn)，使離間；使隔離（estrange 的過去式和過去分詞）

defamation /?def??me??n/ n. 誣蔑；誹謗；中傷? The company sued for defamation. 這個公司因受到誹謗而提起訴訟。

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.

根據(jù)?？怂剐侣剶?shù)字頻道周一獲得的法庭文件，薩曼莎要求蘇塞克斯夫婦為在2021年接受奧普拉·溫弗瑞的采訪時做出“虛假”陳述出庭作證。全球近5000萬人觀看了這場電視訪談。

take the stand 站在證人席上，作證，到證人席作證，翻譯

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，薩曼莎指出，她希望這對夫婦在單獨的采訪中做證。文件稱，“到目前為止，公爵夫人還沒有同意安排一次作證?！?/span>

Depose：這里應(yīng)該是作證詞，尤指書面形式的作證宣誓

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.

除了蘇塞克斯夫婦，58歲的梅根姐姐還要求她的父親托馬斯·馬克爾、前王室助手杰森·可納夫、女兒阿什麗·黑爾和網(wǎng)絡(luò)安全專家克里斯托弗·布齊作證。

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，薩曼莎起訴了她著名的妹妹，稱她在和69歲的奧普拉的采訪中做出了“虛假”陳述。她指責(zé)這位前美國女演員在2021年3月7日的面對面談話中“基于明顯虛假和惡意的言論”進(jìn)行誹謗。薩曼莎聲稱，公爵夫人的“謊言”是“旨在摧毀她的聲譽(yù)”，并使她“在世界范圍內(nèi)遭受羞辱、丟臉和仇恨”。

malicious /m??l???s/ adj. 懷有惡意的；惡毒的? malicious gossip/lies/rumours 惡毒的流言飛語╱謊言╱謠言

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.

薩曼莎希望這位前《金裝律師》明星承認(rèn)，她在推銷一種“從平民到皇室”的敘事上對她與自己家庭成員的關(guān)系和成長經(jīng)歷上撒了謊。她表示馬克爾謊稱自己是“獨生子女”，以及編造姐妹最后一次見面的時間。薩曼莎聲稱，馬克爾謊稱其開始和38歲的哈里約會后，她在把姓改成了馬克爾。她倆同父異母，父親78歲。

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

2018年，馬克爾嫁給了哈里王子，成為了蘇塞克斯公爵夫人。

"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歲時沒有被迫從事低薪工作以維持生計；被告在洛杉磯就讀于精英和昂貴的私立學(xué)校，并由她父親支付舞蹈和表演課程；馬克爾先生還支付了被告在西北大學(xué)的所有大學(xué)教育費用，包括學(xué)費、房租和生活費，甚至還貸款來支付這筆可觀的費用，”薩曼莎此前聲稱。

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

她要求賠償超過7.5萬美元。

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."

馬克爾的律師邁克爾·坎普沒有立即回應(yīng)?？怂剐侣剶?shù)字頻道的置評請求。2022年，他告訴?？怂剐侣剶?shù)字頻道，這起訴訟是“毫無根據(jù)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.

“這場毫無根據(jù)和荒謬的訴訟只是一種令人不安的行為模式的延續(xù)。我們將給予它最少的必要關(guān)注，這是它應(yīng)得的”坎普當(dāng)時說。

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.

圍繞馬克爾家族的許多戲劇性事件都可以追溯到2018年。薩曼莎和她的弟弟小托馬斯·馬克爾透露，當(dāng)這對王室夫婦將他們從婚禮賓客名單中冷落時（未邀請他們），他們感到“困惑”。不論公爵夫妻婚前婚后，薩曼莎都直言不諱地表達(dá)了她對公爵夫人及她對家庭的所作所為的失望。

Snub v.冷落；斥責(zé)；抵制；（使）（馬、船等）停?。黄纾ㄏ銦煹龋?。n.冷落；止住，adj.（鼻子）短平而上翹的

nuptial adj. /?n?p?l/ 婚姻的；婚禮的? nuptial bliss 婚姻美滿

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."

梅根在與溫弗瑞的訪談中談到了家庭內(nèi)部的緊張關(guān)系。當(dāng)時，有報道稱薩曼莎正在寫一本名為《野心王妃的親姐日記》的回憶錄。

"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."

梅根對這位媒體大亨說：“我認(rèn)為當(dāng)你不了解我的時候，很難向你傾訴所有。這和我父親的情況完全不同——當(dāng)你談到背叛時，背叛是來自與你有關(guān)系的人，對吧？談?wù)撐艺娴牟徽J(rèn)識的人（指她同父異母的姐姐）讓我感到不舒服。”

"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."

梅根說：“我最后一次見到薩曼莎是19年前，在那之前是10年了。我想是在我開始和哈里約會的時候，她才把姓改回了馬克爾。所以我認(rèn)為這就足夠了?！?/span>

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."

馬克爾當(dāng)時懷著女兒莉莉貝特(Lilibet)，她說自己“是獨生子女”，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.

她說：“這就是為什么我對懷孕感到如此興奮——這樣我的兒子阿奇就有了陪伴?！?/span>

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，蘇塞克斯公爵和公爵夫人宣布，他們將辭去王室職務(wù)，搬到北美，理由是他們所說的英國媒體令人無法忍受的入侵和種族歧視。他們現(xiàn)在和兩個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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