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I honestly don’t recall having another trial from the US who was watched by the rest of the world. I live in Hungary and all my friends were watching the trial. They don’t even watch trials from our own country.
You are right, on one side, everyone should be given the “Presumption of innocence”. We have this in my country as well. They should be given the chance to prove they are “not guilty”. Society doesn’t have the patience to wait for an outcome because a trial can last for years and if there is some controversy around someone, they would rather get rid of that someone than to wait until the trial is over. There was a lot of controversy and media attention to this trial and I believe that companies cared more about maintaining a good image and marketing, rather than wait and see the truth.
I honestly felt sad that Johnny Depp lost his role in the Harry Potter franchise. I saw the last movie and Grindelwald did no longer have that “something special” that only Johnny could give to the character. He is a very good actor and I hope that now, after proving his innocence, he will still want to play in movies.
