Why can big celebrities openly admit to taking illegal drugs, and have little to no action taken against them?

Question

Johnny Depp’s recent trial comes to mind – he openly admitted to doing cocaine but as far as I’m aware no action was taken

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Answer 1

People can say anything (within reason) but to “take action”, there must actually be evidence. Someone saying “I did this” is not evidence. People have no obligation to be truthful in day to day speech.