Alright so over the last couple of weeks with the Depp vs Heard trial going in i've seen a lot of people reference the 2020 uk verdict on the Sun newspaper labelling Johnny Depp a wife beater.
i just need people to know that the sun newspaper cannot be fucking trusted as far as an ant could throw it. it is an absolute dogshit masquerading as journalism
the sun called the aids epidemic a 'us gay blood plague' & offered to pay for all gay 'poofs' to leave the country. they lied about the hillsborough disaster for 25 years & backed the lying police. they backed margaret thatcher through her whole prime ministership. they were hugely involved in the phone hacking scandal.
the sun newspaper is also incredibly powerful in the uk. it's very difficult to go up against them. that's partly why Elton John's win against them is so famous
also the laws were changed in 2013 & made it easier for newspapers to win libel cases
the Depp case in the uk was against the sun newspaper on the use of the word wife beater. all they had to do was show that any of the information they had received as journalistic sources for the story was 'substantially sufficient' for a civil case to win. they did not need to prove abuse allegations to any criminal degree to win. please read exactly what the judge concluded was 'substantially sufficient' to understand exactly what newspapers are allowed to do in the uk.
so whatever you want to say about the current case, please know that the sun newspaper is a vile piece of shit organisation & no court case will ever change that
