On Tuesday, Johnny Depp’s libel trial against the publisher of The Sun newspaper starts in London. Here are seven things you need to know:
1. The Main Players
Judge Andrew Nicol will preside in the graystone Victorian gothic Royal Courts of Justice in London over the case brought by John Christopher Depp II against Rupert Murdoch’s News Group Newspapers, and journalist Dan Wootton.
2. The Claim
Depp is suing the defendants for libel concerning an article that ran originally on the website of The Sun newspaper on April 27, 2018, under the headline “Gone Potty: How can J.K. Rowling be ‘genuinely happy’ casting wife beater Johnny Depp in the new ‘Fantastic Beasts’ film?” The same article, with an amended headline, ran in print the following day. Depp denies that he was violent toward actor Amber Heard, whom he was married to between 2015 to 2017.
3. Star Witness
Last week, Depp’s lawyers tried to...
1. The Main Players
Judge Andrew Nicol will preside in the graystone Victorian gothic Royal Courts of Justice in London over the case brought by John Christopher Depp II against Rupert Murdoch’s News Group Newspapers, and journalist Dan Wootton.
2. The Claim
Depp is suing the defendants for libel concerning an article that ran originally on the website of The Sun newspaper on April 27, 2018, under the headline “Gone Potty: How can J.K. Rowling be ‘genuinely happy’ casting wife beater Johnny Depp in the new ‘Fantastic Beasts’ film?” The same article, with an amended headline, ran in print the following day. Depp denies that he was violent toward actor Amber Heard, whom he was married to between 2015 to 2017.
3. Star Witness
Last week, Depp’s lawyers tried to...
- 7/6/2020
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
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