social media, there were tiktok games mocking her allegations of abuse and rape, saturday night live mocked her too. and that to me says there s huge anxiety about the #metoo movement and that this is a form of backlash. find #metoo movement and that this is a form of backlash. form of backlash. and with that case, as form of backlash. and with that case. as we ve form of backlash. and with that case, as we ve been form of backlash. and with that case, as we ve been reporting, | form of backlash. and with that. case, as we ve been reporting, the jury case, as we ve been reporting, the jury has ruled in favour ofjohnny depp, saying that he was defamed by his ex wife, amber heard. but coming to the aspect of #metoo, your article is #metoo is over if we don t listen to the imperfect victims like amber heard. and you see this is kind of a backlash to the #metoo movement, so perhaps even further ramifications that what happens then what has happened in that particular court case?
there s been two trials. there s the one where you havejournalists going in and reporting on the evidence, as we do, keeping it balanced, and then you have those on social media because this was a trial has been televised taking curated content and skewing it very much in favour ofjohnny depp, in which it has been massively, like i say, in his favour. sojohnny depp can look at it as that. he s not only won in the courtroom, but he has won in the court of public opinion. nomia iqbal reporting on that story for us. in other headlines for you today, a war of words has erupted between moscow and washington over america s decision to supply advanced rocket artillery to ukraine. russia has accused the united states of adding fuel to the fire by providing ukraine with advanced rocket systems. the weapons, which have been described as game changers, have a longer range than russia s. russia has called the move a provocation. russian forces are now said to be in control of around 70%
court trial after an opinion piece amber heard wrote for the washington post, about what it was like to be a victim of domestic abuse. she never named him in the article, but he claimed it ruined his career, that it led to reputational damage. so he sued herfor $15 million. but here s the bit where it gets a bit confusing and that she brought a counterclaim against him she claimed that he defamed her when he and his ex lawyer called her allegations of abuse a hoax. so basically both of them were accusing each other of defaming one another, so thejury had each other of defaming one another, so the jury had to decide on both cases today, delivering two verdicts. in the case ofjohnny depp, they found that amber heard did defamed him and that is quite something because here in america, you have to leave a really high bar. but this has been a trial that s captured the minds of people in this
because of the free speech laws. but both of them basicallyjohnny depp is saying he never was violent in the relationship and amber heard a saying she suffered ancel that s essentially what and where they both stand. it is a libel case and it s important to stress that whatever verdict comes back it depends if they both lose the case, that want to be a judgement on their account on relationship it would be a judgement on the defamation case. we have to see what the verdict will be. it is going to be one of the last times we hear from both of them. let us sayjohnny depp the jury them. let us sayjohnny depp the jury comes back and decides that they are not going to rule in favour ofjohnny depp that he could appeal the case. but that would require him to bring forward new witnesses and new testimony and new evidence and
when. is lawyers gave a brief statement outside the court a few moments ago. 50 statement outside the court a few moments ago- moments ago. so it is $15 million ruled in favour moments ago. so it is $15 million ruled in favour of moments ago. so it is $15 million ruled in favour of johnny - moments ago. so it is $15 million ruled in favour ofjohnny depp, . moments ago. so it is $15 million i ruled in favour ofjohnny depp, then there was $2 million, if i have that correct, on the counter suing in that some aspectsjohnny depp defamed amber heard, but not to the number she was asking? number she was asking? that s right, and the jury number she was asking? that s right, and the jury decided number she was asking? that s right, and the jury decided those number she was asking? that s right, and the jury decided those damages, | and the jury decided those damages, which is why we have a slight delay before we got to the verdict. for amber heard it doesn t really mean anything be