The duchess asked the judge to prohibit publishing details of female friends who spoke anonymously to People magazine to condemn the alleged bullying she had received from the media. She argued that the friends were not parties to the case and had a "basic right to privacy." The judge said that in pretrial wrangling, each side had "overstated its case" and made "hyperbolic assertions" about the other. "Neither side has, so far, been willing to confine the presentation of its case to the courtroom," Warby said. But Meghan's attorney, Justin Rusbrooke, argued that the duchess was unaware her friends were speaking to the magazine.

Source: CBC News August 05, 2020 12:00 UTC