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Originally Posted by Shazam
This is a civil case? These things just basiscally boil down to who can persuade the judge/jury the best. "Beyond a reasonable doubt" doesn't apply, and these cases aren't really the greatest as precedent in future cases.
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"To prove prima facie defamation, a plaintiff must show four things: 1) a false statement purporting to be fact; 2) publication or communication of that statement to a third person; 3) fault amounting to at least negligence; and 4) damages, or some harm caused to the person or entity who is the subject of the statement."
https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/defamation
Celebrities and people in public office have a 5th requirement, as they also have to prove the defamatory statements were made with
actual malice.
For the record, the jury found in favour for all 5 of those requirements (including malice) in each of the three counts of defamation brought against Heard by Depp.