I tried to avoid the defamation trial between Johnny Depp and his ex-wife Amber Heard. It hardly seemed to matter that in 2020 a British judge found Depp physically abused Heard on at least 12 occasions. More than four million people signed a petition to boot her from “Aquaman 2.”In so many ways, the trial’s conclusion has felt like a court-sanctioned rebuke of MeToo. The jury, and the world, did not believe Heard despite Depp’s text messages, despite photographs of cuts and bruises, despite audio recordings, despite witnesses and despite her own testimony. And, since MeToo began in Sweden, more than a dozen women have been convicted of defamation for telling their stories.

Source: The Star June 04, 2022 03:58 UTC