Chapter 311： out of court

According to incomplete surveys, more than 60 percent of the population of New York City was aware of the defamation incident, and at least more than half of the population of the United States had heard of the incident. One of the reasons is that the news programs of the three major commercial television stations have carried out reports, and the speeches of two politicians, the mayors of New York City and the mayors of Los Angeles, also played a promoting role. Obviously, this has become a social discussion issue.

Everyone's attention to the "Evan-Bell incident" has left the event itself, and is more concerned with the meaning behind the event. As William-Wood said, if it was just Craig-Cook alone, he would never have had such great energy to make this incident such a riot.

The real behind-the-scenes mastermind should also include the news media. The issue of professional ethics in the journalism industry has once again become the focus of attention.

At the same time, the blind conformity of netizens has also become a new topic since the beginning of the 21st century, and the network effect has a major impact on public opinion. This topic has also become a topic of constant discussion in the next ten years. However, Evan Bell did not expect that he would become one of the fuses of this topic.

After the truth was revealed, many sociologists joined the discussion, believing that this incident reflects the Internet information age, the news media's desire for breaking news, and the audience's increased demand for news, as well as online fake news. vertical and horizontal, and the concerns of netizens' lack of discernment. There are also psychologists, legal scholars, education scholars and other professional fields have joined the discussion, which has become a social issue.

Evan Bell's name, unintentionally, became the first major case of network effects having a major impact on public opinion, and even later appeared in textbooks, making everyone laugh and laugh.

After the truth was revealed, Evan-Bell just said one sentence at the press conference, but it caused confusion in the entire American public opinion circle. All the media were even more worried. The lawsuit filed by Eleventh Studio against the seventy-six media made them a little overwhelmed, because they had absolutely no idea what Eleventh Studio was planning.

You know, defamation is a tricky crime in the United States.

In the United States, which advocates freedom of speech, every citizen can freely express his political views and criticize the government's inappropriate policies, even if your criticism lacks factual basis, or even completely If it is not true, the government will not sue you for defamation.

Purely in theory, if you use false language to publicly attack others. Cause financial or reputational damage to the other party, it constitutes a crime of libel, but the actual situation is far more complicated than this.

There are two types of people in the United States that are hard to sue for defamation if they are publicly scolded. One is a government official and the other is a celebrity. As a government civil servant, you must endure the pain of being scolded, even if the scolding is completely untrue. You can't sue each other for defamation. As a celebrity, the same is true, because as a public figure, other people's abuse can only be tolerated by the parties involved. If you sue others because of being scolded, you generally won't win.

Here is a question: what kind of person can make a **** and be called a celebrity or a public figure? What is its standard? There doesn't seem to be a clear rule in the law, and it is said that some cases in the United States show that some judges believe that your name has been publicly reported on the Internet or in the media three or two times, and it is considered a celebrity. Evan Bell, obviously a celebrity.

In order to protect the freedom of speech to the greatest extent, it is difficult for celebrities to win the lawsuit through legal means when they are attacked by speech or even slandered. The biggest reason for such difficulty is that the reports on celebrities are often chasing shadows. This is to satisfy the public's right to know and the basic right to freedom of speech.

Among the conditions for a defamation conviction, it must be able to prove "economic or reputational damage."

Naturally, economic or reputational damage cannot be justified. For example, if someone rumours that the person concerned has an infectious disease or a bad habit, so that the person concerned loses a job with an annual income of $100,000, then the person concerned has real evidence to sue him for defamation. In order to prove that you have suffered financial losses, you may have to disclose the personal income of the person involved; in order to prove your mental loss, you may have to disclose the medical expenses of the person involved, and so on. If you don't want to make it public, or you can't come up with real evidence, it's best not to sue people for slander easily, otherwise it will be wasted energy, time, and attorney fees.

Celebrities, who happen to be unable to show real evidence in this regard. Because as a public figure, it is a profession under the spotlight, and most of the "slander" imposed on him is only one of the entertainment effects, and the damage caused cannot be evidenced at all. For example, if a public figure presents evidence that he lost an interview opportunity because of defamation, a virtual thing such as an "interview opportunity" cannot be submitted as evidence. Therefore, it is obviously not a wise behavior for public figures to use slander against the media.

If it is a super large company, after showing the company's determination to pursue responsibility, it will generally relax its attitude towards the handling of slander incidents. After all, dealing with the media in exchange for benefits is a wise approach for the helm of a large company. But Eleven Studio, to be precise, Evan Bell, the media really don't know what this young man will do. Even if he knows that the media's slander charges cannot be proved, maybe he will still be with Seventy-six It is absolutely possible that the domestic media will be dying and the Internet will be broken, and they will continue to make trouble in the courtroom.

So, when Evan Bell sued Heidi-Méng Gomery and Craig Cook in court, the square in front of the court was occupied by more than 100 media. Naturally, all six media outlets indicted arrived at the scene.

Everyone knows that after the cases of Heidi Gomery and Craig Cook are over, it will be the media's turn. Therefore, everyone is very concerned about the outcome of this case and the position of Eleven Studio.

Unexpectedly, Heidi-méng Gomalley, Craig Cook and Evan-Bell all appeared in court. Originally, the media also speculated that Heidi-méng, who is now infamous and shouted by everyone, appeared in court. Gomery and Craig Cook will entrust lawyers to attend, but they don't want to appear directly.

The reporters would be shy about Evan Bell, but not Heidi-Méng Gomery and Craig-Cook. The flash was poured over them like a bucket of silver water, and in an instant, they were all over the place. Let the day lose its luster, and the strong light grabs everyone's sight. The two walked through the group of reporters with their heads lowered, and when they reached the steps at the door, the two stopped and turned around, as if they were about to say something, but the reporters rushed up, and countless microphones stretched out.

"Méng Gomery, what do you think of your deceiving everyone?"

"Cook, you planned... this incident, and Universal Music announced that it will ban you forever, is it true?"

The sound of the dagger engulfed the two in an instant, and Craig-Cook only hesitated for a moment, then turned around and walked up the steps. Heidi seemed to be a little unwilling, but seeing the fierce posture in front of her, she couldn't help but flinch, and turned around and quickly followed Craig Cook's pace.

When Evan-Bell appeared, all the noise on the scene disappeared, and the reporters fell into silence at the same time. There was nothing but the sound of the shutter. It's very funny, the media seems to be a little guilty, a little scared, and a little bit awe-inspiring towards Evan Bell. Perhaps, at this moment, the media did realize that their pursuit of interests hurt Evan-Bell. But this kind of emotion won't last long. What the media is best at is to take the salt out of the wound, relive the past, and choose to forget it. After all, they will contain Evan-Bell again, and once again for the benefit of the news. Chase Evan Bell.

No matter what happened later, at this moment, the quietness of the scene revealed a strangeness. At least Evan Bell's powerful aura shocked the audience.

Although the defamation crimes of Heidi Hao Gomery and Craig Cook belong to the category of celebrities, there is no difficulty in obtaining evidence. The two criminal suspects joined hands to create a bad incident, not only involving defamation, but also many crimes such as fabricating facts, making perjury, and obstructing government personnel from handling the case. Abusive posts in the media and on the Internet can be used to testify against the two suspects as evidence of Evan-Bell's loss and injury.

Therefore, under the supervision of more than 100 live audiences and the jury, the judge found Heidi méng Gomery and Craig Cook guilty of defamation on the spot, and Heidi méng Gomery compensated Evan Bell for one hundred and fifty $100,000, and ten months in prison: Craig-Cook pays Evan-Bell $5 million and twenty-four months in prison.

After leaving the courtroom, at the door, Heidi, Gomalley, Craig Cook and Evan Bell were surrounded by more than 100 media on the steps, with nowhere to run.

As soon as Heidi méng Gomalli subconsciously lowered her head and hid behind It seems that the media will not capture her picture, but from time to time she will peek at the media and the media with the corner of her eye. The people next to her still hold a glimmer of hope that she can get everyone's sympathy to escape the crime. Unfortunately, all fantasies are now in vain.

Craig Cook sullen, trying to find a way to make a **** to break out, but to no avail. The emaciated eye sockets stared at Evan-Bell fiercely. He and Evan-Bell are now immortal, and there is no room for relief.

At this time, Teddy Bell and Eden Hudson who accompanied him were intercepting the reporters who were rushing forward. These reporters were anxious to know the position of the 11th work banquet and whether they would sue for defamation. these media.

Evan Bell stood behind, looking at the countless microphones in front of him, and before he could think of how to speak, he saw Craig Cook who came out one step ahead of him. The anger that had been suppressed in his heart during this time was finally found. The vent, a stride forward, and the big right fist slammed down Craig Cook's pale cheek viciously.

One punch, another punch, another punch. Craig-Cook, who had no power to backhand, fell in response.

All the sound at the scene suddenly disappeared, and there was silence. ! .