Forgive me but I thought the WAPO only had servers in Virginia not where its published.. and with the anti slapp laws differing in that state versus say calif where they reside it was more favourable a place to trial this case, also hearsay laws seem to be different there, as I mentioned in an earlier post JD's pa at the time of the kicking on the plane incident has txts apologising for his behaviour saying he didn't remember doing that and was sorry, multiple others back and forth but it was a clear admission of abuse these were shown in UK trial but not allowed in VA citing hearsay.. regarding the op ed , I'm glad you mentioned it, she didn’t write the headline the WAPO did...the ACLU wrote the article with AH lots of lawyers looked over it before it went to press, the consensus being from unbiased lawyers that the case would have been thrown out in most states but not VA, the slamming of kitchen cabinets can be very intimidating believe me I know, and when you're told to get as much evidence as possible when building a case , I applaud her for videoing him, wish I had the wits and nerves of steel to do the same on occasion, as for when the ipad goes in the bin its pure conjecture to say she was sniggering I didn't see that I saw a nervous grimace...we also don't know he walked away as video stops,
I absolutely don't believe he is an abuser because he is a man what a ridiculous idea...
I believe he is an abuser because that is what he has shown...
Yes, the Washington Post’s servers are in Virginia, hence that’s why it’s published there. We live in a digital age.
Anti-SLAPP laws are about halting vexatious suits in their tracks. This wasn’t a vexatious suit so there’s no reason to suppose it would have been slung out in California, although that would have been an added burden to clamber over.
Yes…JD texted apologising for something he didn’t remember doing. People in toxic, tumultuous relationships spend a lot of their time apologising, whether they did anything wrong or not. It’s about trying to keep the peace.
The hearsay rules are pretty solid & consistent state to state. There are exceptions and the judge will use his/her discretion based on the circumstances. That text message is hearsay in that it’s a statement made out of court and therefore inadmissable (evidence in a trial must be given under oath on the witness stand) and the judge obviously concluded that it didn’t meet any necessary exception. In any event, the text proves nothing…just that Heard had told someone else that JD kicked her (that person did not witness the event). It’s a bit rich for you to be second-guessing an exceptionally experienced judge in a foreign country, to be honest.
Yes, slamming kitchen cabinets can be very intimidating. Heard was not intimidated…that is the point that you seem to be missing. A genuine victim of domestic violence at the hands of Johnny Depp would be terrified of that behaviour - the fact that she obviously wasn’t is important. She could only be sniggering about it if she knew she wasn’t the next target of his violence. Yes, she was sniggering (nervous grimace!) and you can hear him walk away as his voice fades.
You are seeing what you want to see and whether you find it ridiculous or not it is painfully clear that you are biased against JD because he’s a man. No evidence was offered at trial to show that he ever abused AH…not once.
Abuse of WHO? No one was in the room when he started doing that, so WHO was he abusing? Heard walked in halfway through to film him…do you realise that?
Try and answer this….if he didn’t know Heard was there when he started slamming about in the kitchen, WHO WAS HE ABUSING? A ghost?
Oh right so say anything to placate her....means" tell her I kicked her and I'm sorry, I know this isn't the 1st time it's happened but this is a part of the man you fell in love with " really ???? Even you must see that doesn't sound plausible???
The text doesn’t say that
It says, “When I told him he kicked you he cried”.
Fact….Deuters didn’t see JD kick AH, she told him that happened. How do you prove she wasn’t lying? In court you need to be able to prove that something is true.
In any event, Heard could have called Deuters to the stand and didn’t. That is significant. In fact, they didn’t call anyone who was on that flight. I wonder why not?