Princess Märtha Louise and Durek Verrett file 71 million euro lawsuit

Princess Märtha Louise and her husband, Durek Verrett, have filed a 242-page lawsuit in the Superior Court of California in Los Angeles. The couple is seeking approximately 71 million euros in damages from 14 individuals and various online accounts, alleging they have been victims of a targeted defamation campaign.

Court documents reveal details regarding a past relationship of Verrett’s, noting that his former partner had previously requested the settlement of approximately 12,000 US dollars in student debt as a condition for signing a non-disclosure agreement in 2019.

Recent reports indicate a potential error in the legal filing concerning evidence used to prove the early spread of defamatory information. The lawsuit cited posts from the Norwegian forum Kvinneguiden as evidence that certain parties had access to information before specific media reports were published. However, investigations suggest these timestamps were misinterpreted due to a confusion of time zones between the US and Norway, meaning the forum posts actually appeared after the media reports they were meant to predate.