• Ashrakal@lemmy.ml
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    7 days ago

    I’ve not followed this drama at all, but I remember a similar case with Johnny Depp - the world turned away from him in favour of Amber Heard, only for him to later win the case.

    He was still pretty much eliminated from Pirates of the Caribbean, or his other role as Grindelwald thanks to the drama.

    So I’m not surprised people don’t jump one another as quickly now just because of “claims”. Anyone can claim anything - and they’ll still have to go through the courts regardless.

    I’m not defending anyone here, just saying that: let the courts take care of the evidence and the ruling. I’ve seen too often that netizens jump on a mildly bad person just like that, while the Epstein class still walks undisturbed.

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      7 days ago

      Manson has been accused by more than 10 different people of sexual assault, which is quite incomparable to the (still messy) Depp situation.

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      I’ve not followed this drama at all, but I remember a similar case with Johnny Depp - the world turned away from him in favour of Amber Heard, only for him to later win the case.

      And the Sun won the right to call Depp a wife abuser in court, so whatever.

      Johnny Depp loses libel case over Sun ‘wife beater’ claim

      Mr Depp, 57, sued the paper after it claimed he assaulted his ex-wife Amber Heard, which he denies. The Sun said the article was accurate.

      Judge Mr Justice Nicol said the Sun had proved what was in the article to be “substantially true”.

      He found 12 of the 14 alleged incidents of domestic violence had occurred.