Court TV will carry the televised feed of the Johnny Depp-Amber Heard defamation trial, which is scheduled to begin next week in Fairfax County, Va.
The network will be the pool feed provider for the trial, and plans to provide coverage of the proceedings.
Ethan Nelson, Acting Head of Court TV, said in a statement, “Court cases that are as high-profile as this one often create a lot of noise, and it can be difficult for viewers to break through these distractions to have a clear picture of the facts, but that’s where we come in.”
Depp filed a 50 million defamation suit against Heard after she wrote a Washington Post essay in 2018, headlined “I spoke up against sexual violence — and faced our culture’s wrath. That has to change.” Although the essay didn’t mention Depp by name, he claims that it damaged his reputation and cost...
The network will be the pool feed provider for the trial, and plans to provide coverage of the proceedings.
Ethan Nelson, Acting Head of Court TV, said in a statement, “Court cases that are as high-profile as this one often create a lot of noise, and it can be difficult for viewers to break through these distractions to have a clear picture of the facts, but that’s where we come in.”
Depp filed a 50 million defamation suit against Heard after she wrote a Washington Post essay in 2018, headlined “I spoke up against sexual violence — and faced our culture’s wrath. That has to change.” Although the essay didn’t mention Depp by name, he claims that it damaged his reputation and cost...
- 4/5/2022
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Kim Potter, the former Minnesota police officer who was convicted of manslaughter in the fatal shooting death of Daunte Wright, was sentenced Friday to just two years in prison for the incident.
Sentencing guidelines suggested that Potter received a maximum of nine years in prison after being found guilty of first- and second-degree manslaughter in connection to Wright’s April 2021 death, with Minnesota attorney general Keith Ellison recommending an 86-month sentence in a memorandum to the court. Wright’s family sought the maximum sentence.
Instead, Hennepin County Judge Regina Chu handed down a two-year sentence,...
Sentencing guidelines suggested that Potter received a maximum of nine years in prison after being found guilty of first- and second-degree manslaughter in connection to Wright’s April 2021 death, with Minnesota attorney general Keith Ellison recommending an 86-month sentence in a memorandum to the court. Wright’s family sought the maximum sentence.
Instead, Hennepin County Judge Regina Chu handed down a two-year sentence,...
- 2/18/2022
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
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