Johnny Depp VS Amber Heard's Trial Broadcast UNNECESSARY, Actor Zachary Levine Says
Zachary Levine spoke up about Johnny Depp and Amber Heard trial and explained why it should have never been telecasted.
In the past weeks after Heard lost to Johnny Depp, the actress faced condemnation and scrutiny for her attempts to overturn the ruling. But although the trial had already ended, Levine recently opened up about the "inhumane" part of the trial.
The world saw Depp and Heard's legal battle through Court TV and heard statements and testimonies about the case.
Speaking during his appearance in the "Joe Rogan Experience" podcast, the "On the Line" actor said it was not necessary for everybody to see the legal battle between Heard and Depp.
"But I think things like that, ultimately, it is making us less empathetic," he said. "They are having a marital dispute. We're all getting brought in on their sh-t, their traumas... all that stuff. And everyone just gets to sit around eating popcorn and judging the entire fiasco because it is entertainment."
In the end, Levine suggested that the legal battle should have been recorded but not telecasted worldwide.
The actor and Rogan eventually compared the similarities this trial could have had with other cases like OJ Simpson's.
Livestreaming the Defamation Trial Helped Johnny Depp
Before Levine shared his opinion, it was already known that live streaming the trial would help the "Pirates of the Caribbean" actor win the case.
Paula Todd, a journalism professor at York University, told CBC News that Depp gives a "lesson in acting" whenever he takes the stand. She also noted that the public does not get access to the trial for entertainment purposes.
"It's being broadcast because we have the right to a public court system," she explained. "I do think it's helping [Depp]. I do think it's engendering public sympathy for him because people like him as a performer."
Meanwhile, the Vice president of public engagement at the Canadian Women's Foundation, Andrea Gunraj said it could have a discouraging effect on any abuse survivor.
Levine's comment came after Judge Penney Azcarate denied Heard's attempt to overturn the trial and make the court announce a mistrial. The actress's team alleged that one of the jurors did not match the list jury panel list's information that was sent before the trial began.
The filing claimed that Juror 15 was born in 1970. However, the summons was actually for someone of the same last name born in 1945. They alleged that Juror 15 and the supposed juror live in the same address - one a 77-year-old and another a 52-year-old.
But in the end, Heard got rejected again.
