Millions of people have been watching Court TV as terrible testimony has been discovered over the last six weeks in Johnny Depp and Amber Heard’s blockbuster case.
However, many believe that televising the judicial procedures will have a chilling impact on survivors of domestic and sexual assault.
According to Variety, Stanford Law School professor Michele Dauber stated, “Allowing this trial to be aired is the single worst judgement I can think of in recent history in the context of intimate partner abuse and sexual assault.”
“It has ramifications way beyond this case,” Dauber added.
Moreover, an attorney who previously represented such victims expressed her fear that the survivors would hesitate to appear on a livestream.
Michelle Simpson Tuegel said, “They see someone who is not only being televised but is being taken apart in such a hateful way.”
“Livestreaming is really just a way to magnify what survivors are going through. I’m saddened and disgusted by how it is going to create a discourse of scaring people from seeking justice and speaking out about what they’ve been through,” she added.
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