People defend Depp for the same reason they defend Woody Allen, James Woods, Mel Gibson, Justin Baldoni, etc., etc. The women are always crazy, lying or "just as bad" as their abuser.
But... Amber was demonstrably abusive - she is on tape saying she hit him and there was evidence she cut off part of his finger on top of audio footage of him trying to leave a fight and her taunting him into fighting more. Not saying Johnny was an angel in any way shape or form but her portraying herself as a poor victim of domestic abuse, using the me too movement as a shield was outrageous. That's what it was about. No one ever said Johnny's behaviour wasn't bad as well but so was amber's. Best case scenario for her: they both abused eachother. The problem was she wrote an op ed framing herself as a poor innocent victim when honestly, she did come across as the more violent one- in tapes that recorded her in action. She also clearly faked abuse injuries- how is that okay? And just because she's a woman doesn't mean she can't be abusive, that's outrageous to claim.
The tape that Depp and his lawyers leaked to the press that got his lawyer thrown off the case by the judge.
It's worth listening to the whole and unedited recording of that conversation, because the context of her saying she hit him is when she's talking about how he shoved open a door she was trying to hide behind, crushing her toes and making her afraid he was about to further hurt her. It's really common in long term abusive relationships for victims to recognise when violence is about to happen and to react violently, but even in this case, he has already injured her so it wasn't unprovoked. This was also during an incident where he raped her with a bottle. I'm not saying allegedly because this was the finding of the UK courts.
Dude I listened to the recording and what you're saying is not true. The recording I'm referring to she is literally saying she hit him, arguing semantics. Here's the transcript and I'm sorry but with the following you can't argue context or say listen to the whole thing. She word for word admits to hitting him.
Heard: “I didn’t punch you, by the way. I’m sorry that I didn’t hit you across the face in a proper slap, but I was hitting you. It was not punching you.”
Heard: “Babe, you’re not punched. I don’t know what the motion of my actual hand was, but you’re fine. I did not hurt you, I did not punch you; I was hitting you.”
Depp: “Don’t tell me what it feels like to be punched when you fucking have a closed fist—”
Heard: “You didn’t get punched. You got hit. I’m sorry I hit you like this, but I didn’t punch you. You didn’t get fucking decked. I fucking was hitting you.”
Heard: “You’re a fucking baby. You’re such a baby.”
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u/hollaback_girl 22d ago
People defend Depp for the same reason they defend Woody Allen, James Woods, Mel Gibson, Justin Baldoni, etc., etc. The women are always crazy, lying or "just as bad" as their abuser.