‘The View’: Sunny Hostin Says Depp-Heard Verdict Is Not ‘The Death of The #MeToo Movement’
thewrap.coma jury awarded Depp $15 million in his defamation case against his ex-wife, while Heard was only awarded $2 million. In her statement following the trial, Heard wrote that the decision “sets back the clock to a time when a woman who spoke up and spoke out could be publicly shamed and humiliated.
It sets back the idea that violence against women is to be taken seriously.”The hashtag #MeToo started trending almost immediately, with expressing similar concerns as Heard, and worrying that Depp’s win effectively destroyed any progress made by the movement.
But, for Sunny Hostin, it was important to remember one key aspect of #MeToo.“I don’t think it’s the death of the #MeToo movement,” Hostin argued. “Because if you really look at the stats, one in three women certainly are physically abused, one in four men are physically abused.
So, the notion that the #MeToo movement only applies to women is really a misnomer.”Meanwhile, host Sara Haines pointed out that Tarana Burke, the founder of the MeToo movement, has argued that this particular case doesn’t even really fall into the realm of what MeToo was created for.
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