Judge rules Roger Waters defamed ‘The Dark Side Of Roger Waters’ documentary director

nme.com:

Roger Waters has defamed the director of The Dark Side Of Roger Waters after claiming he is a “lying, conniving Zionist mouthpiece”.Investigative journalist John Ware sued both the Pink Floyd co-founder and the Al Jazeera media company for defamation after Waters called Ware a “lying, conniving Zionist mouthpiece” and accused him of “cheerleading the genocide of Palestinians” during an interview on Al Jazeera.Produced and presented by Ware, The Dark Side Of Roger Waters collates various incidents of alleged anti-Semitism levelled against the musician.

Waters previously dismissed the project as “a flimsy, unapologetic piece of propaganda”.Today (February 25), Justice Jennifer Eady ruled that Waters was making a statement of fact rather than an honest opinion.

The ruling will advance the lawsuit towards trial (per The Hollywood Reporter). The court rejected the musician’s argument that his statements were his opinions on the conduct of Israeli forces in Gaza and other things.“The statements are defamatory of the claimant at common law.