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  • Sticking with the script!

    I don't know what you wish for me to infer from the UK case; that a newspaper got away with printing rumours that were widely believed to be true? I don't find that particularly surprising. Metoo requires that we #believallwomen - and Amber Heard was repeating those allegations in her role of metoo's champion of domestic violence. The Sun didn't libel Depp - Heard libelled Depp, and the Sun reported it. It doesn't mean the rumours are true; just that the Sun had adequate reason to believe they were.karl stone

    Such ignorance of something you pretend to be interested in.

    "The judge, Mr Justice Nicol, said the Sun had proved its article to be “substantially true” and found that 12 of 14 alleged incidents of domestic violence against Heard had occurred.

    https://www.theguardian.com/law/2022/jun/02/johnny-depp-amber-heard-libel-outcomes-differ-us-uk

    . But if I thought Depp was beating Heard I'd say so. If that's what the evidence suggested, that would have been my conclusion - and my sympathies would be with her.karl stone

    That Depp was beating Heard was found to be proven in the UK case. Glad your sympathies are now with Heard and you've given up this anti-PC crusade.

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