Revealed: Meghan Markle's Israeli Lover Breaks His Silence

Before the palaces, the paparazzi, the Netflix series and the chaos of crowns and cameras... there was New York, and there was love. In the heart of Manhattan, long before Meghan Markle became a duchess, a global icon, and the center of a royal firestorm, she was simply a young woman chasing a dream. By her side? A smoldering Israeli model named Eliyahu “Elliott” Okkon, who would later become one of the most formidable defense attorneys on the planet.

Now, for the first time, Okkon breaks his silence in this explosive JFeed exclusive — revealing an untold story of intimacy, loyalty, and the dark lengths the British tabloid machine went to try to twist it.

"I met her before the world knew her," Okkon says. "And I respected her then, as I do now."

Today, Eliyahu Okkon is a legal juggernaut, licensed across the U.S., Israel, Hungary, and Russia. His client list reads like a thriller — from Simon Leviev, the infamous “Tinder Swindler,” to arms dealer Viktor Bout. He’s the man called when the stakes are sky-high.

But in 2004, he was a rising fashion star signed to DNA Models, and Meghan Markle was a talented, hungry actress still fighting for her place in Hollywood.

Their relationship? Brief. Beautiful. Real.

Their bond? Born of vulnerability, not vanity.

"She told me she always felt like the black sheep of her family," Okkon reveals.

"And I shared something I’d hidden for years, that I was sexually abused by other kids in school."

Amidst the buzz of Manhattan life, they carved out a simple ritual that now feels almost mythical:

"We loved cats. We fed every stray cat we saw. And we always said — if we weren’t human, we’d probably come into the world as cats."

It wasn’t glitz. It wasn’t gossip.

It was two young souls seeing each other without filters.

"She wasn’t temperamental. She was kind," Okkon says. "She always asked how my mom was doing. That’s the Meghan I knew."

Years later, the past came calling — in the form of the notorious British tabloid The Sun. They wanted dirt. A scandal. An angle.

But Okkon slammed the door.

"Nobody knew who she was back then. I didn’t understand why it mattered," he says.

"The reporter clearly wanted to turn it into something ugly — and I refused to be part of it."

With a career built on defending the truth, he wouldn’t let tabloids rewrite his reality.

"To her, I wasn’t a model or a legal rising star," he says. "I was just Eli Okun. She told me she loved who I really was — not the image, not the noise."

Their romance lasted 4 months, but its imprint remains. And while the world clamors for gossip, Okkon draws a hard line:

"I’m not talking about the intimate parts. Some things should stay private."

Now, as Meghan faces relentless attacks from the media, Okkon speaks up — not out of nostalgia, but out of principle.

"She truly is an impressive person. And I honestly don’t understand why the media is launching such a vicious smear campaign against her."

In a world obsessed with scandal and spectacle, Eliyahu Okkon’s voice is a rare one calm, grounded, and fiercely dignified.

This isn’t a kiss-and-tell. It’s not clickbait. It’s truth.

Tender, messy, human truth.

And maybe just maybe it’s the most honest love story you’ll read this year.