Meghan's lawsuit against British tabloid has court hearing
A British newspaper publisher fought back against the Duchess of Sussex at a court hearing Friday, rejecting allegations that it deliberately stoked a dispute between Meghan and her father and asking for the claim to be struck from her lawsuit against the company.
The preliminary hearing at Britain's High Court was the first stage of Meghan's legal action against the Mail on Sunday and its parent company, Associated Newspapers, for publishing what she describes as a private and confidential letter to her father in August 2018.
Excerpts from the letter she wrote appeared in the newspaper and online six months later. Meghan's civil lawsuit accuses Associated Newspapers of copyright infringement, misuse of private information and violating the U.K.'s data protection law.
The company denies legal wrong-doing, and its lawyers argued that the specific claims of dishonesty and malicious intent should not be part of the case.
Meghan and her husband, Prince Harry, were expected to listen in to