The Depp-Heard Verdict And Its Social Impact
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🗓️ 2 June 2022
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
A jury found that both Johnny Depp and Amber Heard were liable for defamation in their lawsuits against each other. But the jury awarded significantly more in damages to Depp, and his team is treating it as a legal win.
One contentious race in California’s primary election next Tuesday is for L.A. County Sheriff, in which incumbent Sheriff Alex Villanueva faces eight challengers. Although he ran as a progressive reformer in 2018, his time in office has been a huge disappointment and he has clashed with many officials, journalists and residents. Cerise Castle, host of the podcast, “A Tradition of Violence,” joins us to discuss Villanueva’s track record and the candidates looking to unseat him.
And in headlines: the gunman accused of killing 10 Black residents in Buffalo was indicted on 25 counts, Biden's Education Department said it would clear $5.8 billion in debt held by people who attended Corinthian Colleges, and Sheryl Sandberg is stepping down as COO of Meta.
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| 0:00.0 | It is Thursday June 2nd. I'm Gideon Rhetnik. |
| 0:07.8 | And I'm Priyanka Arabandi and this is what a day we're giving and I are honoring Pride |
| 0:12.7 | Month by admitting that our tastes in music, art and movies is generally not as good as |
| 0:18.0 | LGBTQ plus peoples. |
| 0:19.8 | Yeah, I would describe myself as having no tastes in anything, so any sort of advice on taste |
| 0:27.4 | would be well appreciated. |
| 0:31.2 | On today's show, the Gunman and Buffalo's mass shooting has been charged, including |
| 0:35.3 | for domestic terrorism, plus we're going to look at a local primary race with big implications |
| 0:40.7 | who will be LA's next sheriff. |
| 0:43.2 | But first, a verdict in the Johnny Depp Amber herd defamation case. |
| 0:48.0 | After a weeks-long trial, a jury in Virginia found that both Depp and herd were liable |
| 0:53.1 | for defamation in their lawsuits against each other. |
| 0:56.2 | But the jury awarded significantly more endamages to Depp and his team is treating it like |
| 1:00.7 | a legal win. |
| 1:01.7 | Yeah, and so this trial has become one of the most high profile cases of the MeToo era. |
| 1:06.3 | Millions of people have been streaming it obsessively following it via social media. |
| 1:11.7 | We haven't really talked about it yet on WOD. |
| 1:13.3 | So can you get us up to speed on what actually happened here? |
| 1:16.3 | Yeah, I'm going to do my best. |
| 1:18.5 | So for some context here, Depp and herd were married in 2015 for just over a year. |
| 1:24.6 | When she filed for divorce, she alleged that he was verbally and physically abusive towards |
| 1:29.0 | her. |
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