However, one person featured in the fifth episode was taken aback when friends started telling her about her appearance in the series - YouTuber Shallon Lester. Lester was shocked that she was included in the series without being contacted for comment or approached by the production team.
To her horror, the segment insinuated that she was part of an orchestrated online smear campaign against Megan.
Lester's YouTube channel is an opinion channel where she expresses her thoughts on various topics, including the Sussexes. While she may be critical of them, it is well within her rights to voice her own opinions. However, the "Harry and Megan" series did not stop at merely highlighting her opinions. It went on to level more serious accusations that were false, defamatory, and have severely impacted her content creation business.
In response to this grave misrepresentation, Lester took to her YouTube channel to address her loyal subscribers and call out the documentary for defamation, slander, and misinformation. She vowed to take legal action and proclaimed, "I'll nail their asses to the wall." The severity of the situation could not be understated - her reputation and livelihood were at stake.
The heart of the matter lies in an interview featured in the documentary with Bot Sentinel CEO Christopher Bouzy. He claimed that they traced 70% of the online hate against Meghan Markle to just 83 Twitter accounts attributed to middle-aged Caucasian women.
While the documentary did not identify these women by name, it flashed images of three different individuals, and Lester happened to be one of them. This is guilt by association at its worst. Lester was unfairly implicated without any basis, leaving her to suffer the consequences of being falsely linked to harmful narratives.
The parallels drawn by Lester between watching the "Harry and Megan" series and seeing her face flash across the screen to someone witnessing their image in a Jeffrey Epstein documentary are chillingly accurate.
The impact of such baseless accusations on Lester's life cannot be underestimated. It tarnishes her reputation, threatens her career, and causes untold emotional stress. It's a clear example of the power media has to harm individuals without due consideration for the consequences.
