Johnny Depp & Amber Heard have constantly been in news circulation for the past two months now because of their trial. The trial that’s going to be remembered for decades to come has revealed a lot of realities about the nature of Johnny Depp’s marriage with his ex-wife Amber.
And even though an infinite number of fans are supporting Depp, a legal expert spoke to PEOPLE Magazine by appearing on their PEOPLE Every Day Podcast and explained how all of Depp’s fans on social media pouring support for him still won’t have much say in what happens in the trial.
Daniel Gutenplan is a defamation expert and is also a partner at Enenstein Pham & Glass. He spoke on PEOPLE’s podcast and explained how Depp has suffered massive losses due to this entire ordeal and it’ll be hard for him to recover his image in the end. While talking about Depp’s social media support, Daniel said that it’s “been very pro” but sadly “frankly means nothing for the case.” He also said:
“But it gives you an idea of how the public is signing on this,”
Daniel further spoke on how it’ll have an impact on Depp’s image:
“Anyone in this world would love to have $50 million, but I think the case is bigger than that. I think it’s a case and a war on public opinion,”
“As much as he’d like to go get money in that pot of gold at the end of the lawsuit, I think he also has been taking this case all the way because he’s trying to regain his image in the court of public opinion.”
“What you’re seeing day to day in the trial in terms of the dirty laundry that’s being aired … I think it doesn’t necessarily bear on the defamation case so much, but it bears on the public’s opinion of [Depp],”
Daniel continued to explain:
“Defamation is very hard to prove,”
“First and foremost, truth is an absolute defense to any defamatory statement. So regardless of the alleged defamatory statement, if a defendant can establish that it is true, the defense is going to win.”
Even though social media is definitely on Johnny Depp’s side throughout the course of this infamous trial, along with an extremely viral Change.org petition to get Amber Heard removed from Aquaman 2, it’s still hard to say what’s going to happen and how things are going to proceed as the trial resumes next Monday.
You can listen to the full episode of this PEOPLE Every Day Podcast on Apple here.
What are your thoughts on this legal expert’s insights? Do you think Johnny Depp is going to win this trial or not? Share your thoughts in the comments below.
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