Honestly. What we all saw happen with Amber Heard is that she was abused all over again, through the court systems. She never even wanted the trial public but Depp did, and him and his PR team lambasted her through the power of social media. And it’s the fact the courts acknowledged the abuse against her took place and she didn’t lie— hell, the op-ed she wrote that was apparently grounds for the lawsuit never even named him— but it was still considered defamation is what gets me. My heart’s heavy, man.
And then ppl not even realizing that him winning the defamation doesn’t mean she lied or that she “actually abused him”; the courts acknowledged the evidence of the abuse Depp put her through, they’re just punishing her for speaking out about it. But these same ppl wanna worship white men so badly so what does it matter the ramifications it has for any survivor going forward?
