Meghan Markles pal, who previously blasted the royal family, slams social media harassment campaign against duchess

Meghan Markle’s pal has spoken out against the persistent negative narrative surrounding the Duchess of Sussex, saying she has endured “ridiculous lies” about her for years.Christopher Bouzy, a longtime ally of the Sussexes, said the “Suits” alum, 43, constantly faces “destructive” trolling on social media.Bouzy, head of the social media analysis firm Bot Sentinel, revealed that his company’s investigation into the hate-fueled comments targeting the former working royal uncovered a concentrated group of social media accounts responsible for the attacks.“It would be easy to laugh at such absurdity if it weren’t so destructive,” the tech entrepreneur told Newsweek.“Over the years, these ridiculous lies have cascaded into a full-blown harassment campaign against Meghan and her family.”Bouzy appeared on the couple’s 2022 Netflix series, “Harry & Meghan,” where he discussed his findings about the harassment campaign against the As Ever founder.“We cannot ignore the real-world impact that this kind of sustained conspiracy harassment has,” he added.The duchess was widely mocked last week after she shared a rare video of her and Prince Harry dancing in the hospital while awaiting the birth of their daughter Lilibet in 2021.The video, which Markle uploaded on June 4 in honor of Lilibet’s fourth birthday, showed the former actress “drop it low” while dancing to Starrkeisha’s then-viral song, “The Baby Momma Dance,” while cradling her baby bump.“Imagine, for a moment, what it would feel like to have some of the happiest and most vulnerable moments of your life turned into ammunition for hate,” Bouzy went on.“Every maternity dress and every baby video becomes ‘evidence’ for strangers obsessively trying to prove your pregnancies were a sham.

It is sickening and cruel.”The social media analyst mentioned the “suicidal thoughts” Markle had faced at “the height of the abuse,” saying “one doesn’t have to str...