baggers44 If you read the whole judgment you can see why he lost -
The judgement is a joke. The judge takes Heard at 100% face value as being “credible” and accepts everything she said as true, except for when it’s inconvenient. See this part for instance:
"175. In my view no great weight is to be put on these alleged admissions by Ms Heard to
aggressive violent behaviour"
I don’t know how the word “alleged” could get added there when she had simply admitted it.
Also this part in the section you cite is just bizarre:
"While I accept that the views I have reached are in conflict with the evidence of
Officer Saenz and Officer Hadden, I maintain them nonetheless".
Without wishing to rehash ground which was extensively covered at the time, there aren’t many people who could have seen Heard in the US court case and deemed her “credible” (plus then considered the police not credible).
baggers44 The judgment was not successfully appealed.
They weren’t allowed to appeal.
baggers44 they need to have the evidence to back up what they publish if they are sued
Answer me how all the newspapers were able to report on Antony having been accused of sexual assault? Or how they were able to report that Greenwood’s missus suggested he’d assaulted her? Those were before any kind of police investigation.