Tag: Libel and Slander
Why Alex Jones’s Trial Won’t Stop the Spread of Lies
If it hadn’t been so excruciatingly sad, Alex Jones’s defamation trial might have been cathartic.Mr. Jones, the supplement-slinging…
Alex Jones Puts Company Behind Infowars Empire Into Bankruptcy
AUSTIN, Texas — Facing a potential $150 million judgment and two more damages trials for defaming the families…
‘Wagatha Christie’ Trial: Judge Finds No Libel
LONDON — It began as an Instagram-related quarrel between the spouses of two British soccer stars and grew…
What Depp Trial Means for Media Companies’ Airing #MeToo Accusations
Mr. Depp’s argument was that the case had nothing to do with the First Amendment’s broad protections for…
Johnny Depp-Amber Heard Verdict: The Actual Malice of the Trial
The Johnny Depp-Amber Heard defamation trial was, from gavel to gavel, a singularly baffling, unedifying and sad spectacle.…
TikTok’s Amber Heard Hate Machine
Viewers assess both Depp and Heard’s court appearances as studied performances, but it is as if they have…
Kate Moss Testifies That Johnny Depp Did Not Push Her Down Stairs
Earlier in the trial, Ellen Barkin, with whom Mr. Depp was also romantically involved in the 1990s, called…
Amber Heard, Johnny Depp and Why We Love to See Women Humiliated
There’s something almost pornographic about the voyeurism involved, with a kink for every predilection: fame, beauty, drugs, extreme…
Amber Heard and the Death of #MeToo
This doesn’t mean that the case is entirely straightforward. Heard has admitted hitting Depp, and has been recorded…
Amber Heard Accuses ‘Belligerent’ Johnny Depp of Sexual Assault
The incident in Australia has emerged as a key point of contention in a trial that has focused…
Johnny Depp and Amber Heard’s Fight Left Home Damaged, Witness Says
The property manager at an Australian home where Johnny Depp and Amber Heard stayed in 2015 during their…
Johnny Depp v. Amber Heard: What We Know
The defamation trial in Virginia between the actors Johnny Depp and Amber Heard has become a fierce battleground…