Johnny Depp Avoiding First Amendment Core Of $50M Trial Against Amber Heard Could Prove Key To Victory: Analysis

While Heard all but admitted during the trial that she was referring to Depp in theop-ed, Depp’s threshold for proving defamation, like all cases involving public figures, is high — even higher than for the UK case. Requiring a unanimous verdict, Depp has to show that not only was what Heard wrote false, but that it was written in an act of actual malice.

Fronted by Brown Ruddick’s Benjamin Chew and Camille Vasquez, Depp’s legal team, too, presented audio of Heard seemingly taunting Depp and his career, and at another point her admitting, “I did not punch you. I was hitting you.” In an incident that was referred to and analyzed multiple times during the trial, Depp claimed that, in an argument in March 2015, Heard threw a large vodka bottle at him, with the strike and exploding glass severing the tip of his finger.

Depp’s claim is that he was defamed by Heard, that his once blockbuster career suffered because of theop-ed. Heard’s team presented testimony from Depp’s then-UTA agent that the actor’s tardiness on sets and substance abuse were already becoming a major problem in 2015, well before the op-ed and even the couple’s 2016 temporary restraining order-tainted divorce.

The answer might be that Depp didn’t want to risk battling the deep-pocketed Bezos and instead decided to take what is essentially another divorce proceeding dressed up as a defamation case, the latter of which carried with it all of the risks that his and Heard’s dirty laundry would be aired in public, as it has been over the past three years in the docket and especially over the last two months in Judge Penney Azcarate’s courtroom.

Only ones that can violate the First Amendment is a government entity either federal or state. You should have had your legal department review your article on this ridiculous subject prior to publishing

DeadlineDominic tedstew The boxing analogy is a good one. If the jury follows the law, neither side wins. The only legal avenue for Depp to win is over the online head, although the fact it was even written and then not challenged by Heard or her lawyers is the most bewildering part of this trial.

DeadlineDominic tedstew maybe having two men do this story isn't a good look

In a country that protects literal nazi discourse as a 1st amend. right, declaring you were abused (with evidence and testimonies) might be declared as defamation in the courts. 'but she hit him too' - even that wouldn't make her statements of an abusive relationship false.

I seem to recall that the 1st Amendment doesn't protect from the *consequences* for something you say. It merely prevents the government from keeping you from saying it. 'prior restraint'

She didn’t “all but admitted it”, she out right admitted it!

WHY is this the news consuming people right now?

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This should hopefully send a message to all females that make stuff up. Let a man have his day in court. Johnny depp is Back

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