It's a new low
It's the trial no one can take their eyes off, no matter how much one might wish to.– for £39m, in response to a 2018 Washington Post op-ed she wrote about experiencing domestic abuse – has been broadcast on the news and live-streamed since it began last month.
That’s not the only one. Ever since the public gained access to this complex, uncomfortable case, TikTok users have been treating it like a hot new crime show they can’t get enough of. They mine trial footage for content to repackage into clips, push certain narratives, all the while removing context, reducing the case to one big meme.
A previous lawsuit has already concluded that Depp likely did assault Heard. In 2020, he sued News Group Newspapers and The Sun executive editor Dan Wootton for libel after the paper labelled him a ‘wife-beater’. Depp lost the case when judge Andrew Nicol ruled the tabloid claims were ‘substantially true’. During that trial, both Depp and Heard accused each other of pursuing sophisticated PR campaigns, with Heard alleging that Depp used social media accounts and bots to slander her.
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