Wagatha Christie and Depp v Heard: what these cases have in common
by Kate Demolder
19th Jun 2022
19th Jun 2022
Wagatha Christie (Rooney v Vardy) and Depp v Heard; two trials, both alike in dignity. Yet despite being separated by the Atlantic Ocean, one similarity peers through the most recent, highly-publicised cases of our time: that women’s lives are the butt of the joke.
Back in 1998, when Monica Lewinsky, then 24, testified to a grand jury about her affair with then-US president Bill Clinton two years earlier, it was she who was considered the predator. Late-night talk show hosts routinely made misogynistic jokes, with Jay Leno among the cruellest: “Monica Lewinsky has gained back all the weight she lost last year. [She’s] considering having her jaw wired shut but then, nah, she didn’t want to give up her...
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