The BBC has been hit with complaints over its protection of the Johnny Depp and Amber Heard trial.
The Pirates of the Caribbean actor received his defamation case towards his ex-wife after a prolonged court docket battle.
The BBC has now revealed that some viewers took concern with its protection, saying: ‘We’ve acquired complaints from viewers members who really feel our reporting on the decision of the Johnny Depp defamation trial has been biased towards him, or we haven’t supplied enough context for the end result.’
The broadcaster responded to the complaints publicly, including in an announcement: ‘Now we have supplied detailed protection of the trial, together with the proof introduced ahead and witness testimonies, all through its period.
‘When the decision was introduced, we once more supplied a radical evaluation of the story, and we included a variety of reactions to the decision in our reporting. A few of these voices included followers who have been exterior the courtroom, spokespeople from home violence charities, and the statements supplied by Mr Depp and Amber Heard themselves.
‘Additional to this, we now have additionally defined the broader context of the earlier court docket case within the UK, and the implications this trial may have for each Mr Depp and Ms Heard.
‘We respect that this has been a extremely emotive concern, and there was a major viewers curiosity within the end result of this trial. Nonetheless we don’t contemplate we now have taken a view on this story at any level, we now have merely reported on the info and the reactions to it.’
Depp was awarded a complete of $15million (£12m) in compensatory and punitive damages after a jury discovered Heard did defame him in a 2018 article she wrote about her home abuse expertise.
The actor, 58, initially filed the lawsuit suing his ex-wife for $50m (£40m), however Heard then counter-sued for $100m (£80m).
Heard was additionally awarded $2m (£1.6m) in compensatory damages, due to this fact decreasing Depp’s complete to $8.35m (£6.7m).
After the explosive six-week trial wrapped up, Heard’s lawyer Elaine Bredehoft revealed that the Aquaman actress couldn’t afford to pay the damages, and is now planning on submitting an attraction. It was claimed throughout the trial that Heard had misplaced work in Hollywood in mild of the authorized dispute between her and Depp.
Following the decision, Heard mentioned she was ‘heartbroken’ and described it as a ‘setback’ for girls. She is ready to sit down down for her first TV interview for the reason that verdict this week.
Depp thanked the jury in his assertion and mentioned he was humbled. He most lately joined Jeff Beck on his UK tour.
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