Meghan of Sussex wins battle: her lawsuit leads a Paparazzi agency to bankruptcy | nnda nnni | PEOPLE

A paparazzi photo agency went bankrupt this week after losing a legal battle against Meghan of Sussex. What happened? Financial situation of Splash News & Picture Agency makes it impossible for him to pay the million dollars the duchess claimed, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

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The COVID-19 pandemic forced all the stars to stay home and cut the paparazzi income, but, in addition, it has financially drained the legal battle against actors, actresses, musicians and celebrities in general, which has been remarkable over the years.

Splash News & Picture Agency you are about to lose a lawsuit imposed by Meghan of Sussex for the publication of private photos with him, so their owners decided to file for bankruptcy. The agency’s situation makes it impossible for him to pay what Meghan claims.

“Splash’s financial problems come from three sources”says its president, Emma Curzon, in a statement filed as part of the bankruptcy. “First as a consequence of the global pandemic […] This situation has been aggravated by two ongoing litigations and the costs of defending these cases “.

One of the two cases is Splash’s fight with Meghan for a few photos during a “Private family outing” at a park in Canada. Photographed in January 2020, the photos showed the Duchess of Sussex on Vancouver Island walking her two dogs with her young son, Archie.

The other case in which the Splash agency is in court and has financial problems, involves his own former account manager, Esmeralda Servin, who claims that he was repeatedly victim of sexist comments while working in the company.