Claim Johnny Depp is organizing a tour with Kyle Rittenhouse to “spread awareness” about the “dangers” of defamation. Fact CheckIn early June 2022, a jury in Fairfax County, Virginia, sided (mostly) with actor Johnny Depp in his defamation lawsuit against ex-wife and fellow actor Amber Heard. Shortly after the verdict was announced, a mischievous social media user produced a fake CNN headline that read, “Johnny Depp rumored to be organizing national tour with Kyle Rittenhouse to spread awareness on the dangers of defamation.”CNN never published any such headline, nor did any other news outlet, as the story isn’t true. After Depp’s victory, Rittenhouse did say Depp’s legal victory inspired him to sue those who called him a murderer. The Rittenhouse shooting took place during protests and riots over the police shooting and wounding of Jacob Blake, a Black Kenosha resident, amid a summer of Black Lives Matter protests.

Source: New York Times June 03, 2022 23:37 UTC