What Depp v. Heard Means for #MeToo

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🗓️ 6 June 2022

⏱️ 36 minutes

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This episode contains strong language and details of a sexual assault accusation. Since a jury ruled in favor of Johnny Depp in his defamation case against his ex-wife Amber Heard, there has been impassioned debate about what exactly the outcome means for the #MeToo movement. It raises the question: If people being accused of sexual assault can potentially win defamation cases in court, what does that mean for the accused — and the accusers — moving forward? Guest: Julia Jacobs, a culture reporter for The New York Times.

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0:31.4	From New York Times, I'm Michael Obaro.
0:34.0	This is Daily.
0:35.2	Last week, when a jury cited with Johnny Depp over Amber Heard, it validated a legal strategy
0:51.5	in which the accused turned the tables on their accusers.
0:58.4	Today, my colleague, Julia Jacobs, on how that strategy could fundamentally change the dynamics
1:07.1	of the Me Too era.
1:15.3	This Monday, June 6th, Julia, since the verdict in the trial of Johnny Depp and Amber Heard
1:26.8	came down last week, there has been an impassioned debate about what exactly it means.
1:32.1	And we called several of our colleagues in the newsroom after the verdict came out and
1:36.5	asked them, what does it mean?
1:39.5	And you had a very clear eye to answer.
1:42.4	And so that's what we want to discuss with you.
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