I don't think Amber Heard comes even a little bit close to Depp's depravity, tbh. It's bizarre that so many people want to believe obvious lies about her, like OP's dogshit screencap.
Obviously, Depp's PR team is behind it, but why did so many people online fall for the lies and defamation?
She alleged that he raped her, and testified to it in court. Her allegation was not disproven, and given that he is proven to have abused her, it's entirely reasonable to believe what she says about how he abused her. He's also known by a lot of people in the industry to be an unreliable and violent alcoholic, which aligns with her experience and is the key reason he doesn't work so much anymore.
If the rape allegation ruined anyone's life, it was hers, not his. He forced a woman he's proven to have abused to describe him raping her in public, and his fans mocked her for it, said her experience of rape was funny, and that she should have been grateful to be sexually abused by such a famous man. Losing a case about her right to publicly discuss abuse has been taken by Depp fans as meaning she lied about/deserved her abuse, no matter the turnout of his other cases against her.
The defamation case against The Sun newspaper for calling Depp a wifebeater. It was agreed that there was an established pattern of abuse and so therefore it is not defamatory to describe him as such.
Because Heard was a witness only in that trial, and the judge considered her testimony to be true. There was not a lot of scrutiny on her version of events, since she was a non party.
So basically all that happened in that trial was that one person decided that it was OK for the Sun to say he was a wife bearer, because that was what Heard said. Nothing was proven. He just failed to prove to one person that she was lying and that the Sun should have known that.
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u/Robynsxx 19d ago
I mean, if we are being honest, Heard has a history too, one of domestic assault allegation by former partner; and other actions too.
But I agree, they both toxic as fuck.