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Sean “Diddy” Combs, Kevin Spacey and Johnny Depp’s legal victories have established that the #MeToo movement was a “wrecking ball” on the legal system as prosecutors failed to collect convictions in those high-profile cases.
Celebrity status became an advantage for these public figures when entering the courtroom and facing a jury of their peers, experts told Fox News Digital.
After seven weeks of trial, Diddy was found not guilty of sex trafficking – one of the most serious accusations the rapper had been facing. Spacey was acquitted in his high-profile London trial stemming from allegations that he had assaulted four men, while Depp won $10 million in his defamation case against ex-wife Amber Heard.
The #MeToo Movement has proven to be a “reckoning” in the court of public opinion but a “wrecking ball for the American legal system,” branding expert Doug Eldridge told Fox News