Here’s the hilarious thing about pro-Amber people: this case isn’t about who abused who, because Amber never cared to press charges because that would have been disproven in court just like its being disproven now, what with Amber’s legal team insulting the intelligence and threatening the careers of the vast majority of witnesses who were around Amber during and after the alleged abuses. Abuse that her legal team is no longer trying to prove occurred and begged the judge to dismiss the trial because even if they can’t prove Johnny ever laid a hand on her any time she claimed he did, he did verbally abuse her, and isn’t that enough? So what if she may possiblyhave boardline personality disorder. She’s stressed out being a girlboss, so she’s not to be blamed for elaborately orchestrated allegations she makes.
This case is about defamation of character and if Amber’s interview damaged Johnny’s career. Proving he did abuse her is supplemental TO that, but the issue remains: was Johnny cancelled for it?
Amber’s lawyers are happy to say he was cancelled, but blame anything else but her interview, but using the headlines of articles – not the articles themselves, mind you – from undetermined times of publication to say that a man who has been in 3-4 movies a year almost every year since Edward Scissorhands in 1990 and has been an addict that ENTIRE time, has somehow, suddenly lost Hollywood’s patience with his addictions and it just so happened to coincidentally have aligned with Amber’s tell all.
So, the dilemma for pro-Amber people is that this is a LEGAL situation and not just an opinioned moralistic diatribe. Are YOU willing to look someone in the eye and use the actual LEGAL point of this whole trial: “It remains to be seen if Johnny Depp did or did not batter Amber Heard, however, it cannot be overstated that Amber exposing Johnny for the alleged abuser he is did NOT cause his sudden expulsion from major Hollywood productions, such as Fantastic Beasts and Pirates 6. Especially since Amber did not technically name Johnny as the abuser in her interview so it remains to be seen if Amber was even referring to Johnny or if public speculation has led to naming Johnny as the abuser, which, in that case, also makes it not Amber’s fault that Johnny lost his deals.”
I want to sit down every single person who supports amber heard or claims its “mutual abuse”, and force them to listen to the 6 hours or so of audio recordings on youtube that clearly show Heard harassing, insulting, mocking, talking over, and gaslighting Depp, essentially psychologically torturing him, as well as admitting to hitting Depp, throwing things at him, chasing him through the house, and severing his finger which almost killed him.
Johnny Depp’s team clearly couldn’t be arsed to actually research DV and thinks he can win by just saying “see she hit me too.” That’s obvious because he’s claimed he’s never laid a hand on Amber Heard, that they engaged in mutual abuse and ALSO claimed that he engaged in reactive violence after she provoked him and repeatedly attacked when he ran away.
Those are mutually exclusive claims. Mutual abuse isn’t even a real thing in DV research, one party uses coercion and violence to control the other. Reactive violence is engaging is lashing out with abusive behavior after tiring of extended abuse. And you can’t react with abuse but ALSO not engage in abusive behavior at the same time. He wants to say things like “she gives as good as she gets” to use her trying to stand up for herself and defend herself against her, but also maintain the impression of himself that he’s this southern gentleman, this chivalrous guy that would never hit a woman, never verbally abuse or disrespect her.
People are really letting him get away with telling a whole universe of mutually contradictory tales. On one hand they got into these mutual fights, on the other hand he never touched her. On one hand he just ran from her when she would start yelling at him, on the other hand he said cruel things to her because she provoked him or he was just joking in texts where he said he dreamed of killing her and raping her corpse. He says that she was the primary aggressor and started all the fights, then says well there weren’t really fights, she would hit me and I would run away. That’s not starting a fight lol. Two people participate in a fight, if one person hits, and the other person just runs from them then you don’t have a fight at all, you would describe that as them just hitting you and you escaping.
He’s also literally told a half dozen different stories about his finger. Said that he cut it off himself, said that he hurt it in car door, said she sliced it off with a piece of broken glass, said that it got sliced when she threw a bottle at him and the bottle hit it, says it got sliced off when she threw a broken bottle at him and the bottle cut his finger off, and says that he hurt it in an incident with an accordion. What version do I believe? The one where he cut it off himself. Why? Well because it’s easier to believe a man on drugs did that himself than someone else doing it to him while he isn’t blacked out insane when what he does afterward is write on the mirrors and walls in his own blood and then finger-paint with his bloody finger, writing threats against her and accusations she cheated. He also texted his doctor admitting he did it, wrote her an apology for scaring her when he got high and did it, texted a friend saying he did it, and admitted in a recording of a conversation only the two of them were present for that he did it.
He’s a liar and folks need to stop entertaining his DARVO. This Deny, Accuse, Reverse Victim and Offender bullshit is exhausting and not convincing at all unless all you’ve seen of this trial is tiktoks promoted by bots and his PR team.
i was gonna write and post a long wall of text about the situation but honestly I dont have that kind of energy to deal w it anymore and it’s just tiring. I’ll just say that the shit with Depp V Heard is fucked and i’m glad that we’re able to get more clarity on the situation since these things matter, but I explicitly support people with PDs such as ASPD, BP, NPD, and HPD and it disappoints me that once again completely unrelated innocent people are going to continue to get thrown under the bus because neurotypicals cannot comprehend why or how someone would hurt and abuse someone else unless it had to do with a “scary” mental illness.
i’m gonna make a single brief post thats not specifically pertaining to it, but is a little bit relevant to it- but if you are sick of hearing about the trial with Johnny Depp vs Amber Heard or it makes you uncomfortable or distressed for any reason, please blacklist #depp v heard, #depp v heard trial and similar tags.
the way in ten years when this situation has been britneyified people who are in my replies right now saying “umm did she not literally cut his finger off????” will be on twitter lecturing me about how “we were ALL complicit in the abuse of amber heard ✊” and people making youtube videos with “expert” analysis of ambers body language and facial expressions to prove that she’s a liar are gonna be making videos like “how johnny depp tricked us all ”… insanity. girl when that time comes speak for your fucking self because we were not ALL gullible misogynists
I can’t believe this circus has gotten to the point that I feel the need to say something, but I’m gonna say it: I believe Amber Heard.
I believe the case that proved 12 out of 14 cases of Johnny’s abuse of Amber to the civil standard. I believe the ex-girlfriend who has adamantly denied accusations of Amber abusing her. I believe the makeup artist who covered her bruises. I believe the hotel staff that had to clean up the messes of his violent rampages. I believe Ellen Barkin, a former partner of Johnny, who has also testified about his volatility. I believe Amber’s sister, who witnessed some of the violence. I believe her good friend, who was brought to tears while describing the fear she had for Amber’s wellbeing. And I believe Amber herself, when she says she feared for her life at times in their relationship.
I so wanted to dismiss this case as celebrity drama and move on, but the cesspit of social media has not allowed me to do so. Everywhere I go, I see reaction videos and memes. It’s being consumed like a fandom war—to the point that people genuinely thought it was acceptable to use a description of sexual assault as a tiktok sound. I don’t care if they thought it was a lie; the content was horrifying and triggering and not amusing at all. And it was rape culture at its finest (“Amber honey, that sounds like fun. Why are you complaining?”).
YouTube recommends videos of this case like it’s the next influencer cancel-war, and the comments are full of the most vile, misogynistic sentiments I’ve ever seen. “Hystrionic Personality Disorder” is being treated like a legitimate diagnosis (but only for women, of course), rather than the 21st century version of hysteria—aka a diagnosis specifically designed to discount the authentic distress of women. (Ever read Yellow Wallpaper?)
I do believe that men can be, and are, victims of domestic abuse. They deserve unequivocal support. But beyond the ravings of fangirls, the proof is simply not on Johnny’s side. To be fair, I actually believe Johnny about many things—I believe the multiple times he told witnesses (and was recorded admitting) that he cut his own finger. I believe his texts admitting that he wanted to drown then burn Amber and then rape her corpse. I believe that Amber hurled horrible insults at him and struck him, as abuse victims often do when provoked by their abusers. I believe the many, many vile things he’s said about/called women.
And yeah, it’s a real disappointment. I understand the nostalgia surrounding Johnny Depp. In many ways, he defined the media of my generation. But when I say I don’t give a shit, I really mean it. I believe he abused his wife. And I stand with Amber.
Well, my suspicions were correct. It’s not just AH’s Dad who has mistreated animals. AH herself did in her youth.
(tw: descriptions of animal abuse/animal death)
According to a former school friend of both AH and Whitney, she once poured habanero hot sauce in her dog’s mouth and poured all the water out of the dog bowl so she could watch him dehydrate and howl in pain. This friend also recounted an incident where AH beat Whitney’s beloved pet hamster to death on the sidewalk.
Those most likely to abuse their partners start this pattern of behaviour with animals.
It’s quite clear to me that she never cared for Johnny’s dogs at all. They were just a pawn in her sick game. Why else would she have sent them to live with her father, a man convicted of animal abuse?
I hope she gets the punishment she deserves for being an absolute abhorrent human being.
Hold on, wait a damn minute. She did what?
I swear, the more I learn, the more I wish I hadn’t.
The AH stans seem so keen to bring Johnny’s children into their arguments when he’s explicitly stated he wants them left out of any coverage or discourse about the trial. Baffling. If I have only one thing to say about AH’s child it is something that actually encourages the protectionof both AH and her child. Because even though I may disagree with AH supporters, I will never go low. No child should be at risk.
Text message from Heard to her publicist; “ I’m really bruised and might have a black eye or two tmrw – same with my nose. Nurse on the way to make sure I don’t have concussion.” There are also texts to her psychotherapist saying it’s an ‘emergency’ and a text to a friend in which she says “J beat me up pretty good”. (page 87)
Heard did not defecate in Depp’s bed and the previous judge ruled it unlikely. The judge in the previous case ruled it likely it were the dogs, as there was evidence it“had an incomplete mastery of her bowels.”
Depp was the one to originally ask Amber to settle outside of court, and the couple issued a statement that, “Neither party has made false accusations for financial gain.”
Depp is suing Heard for $50 million, over 7x the amount they originally settled together. Heard originally attempted to get the suit moved to California and dismissed, and only filed a counterclaim when it was refused.
The suit is not to determine whether Heard was violent, or whether their relationship was mutually toxic, but as to whether Heard lied in her op-ed, and there is plenty of evidence of Depp physically harming Heard multiple times; regardless of Heard’s retaliation, he has been proven to be a domestic abuser.
[DISCLAIMER: This post is purely in relevance to the Heard vs. Depp case, to fact-check claims made by Depp, his team, as well as opinions on social media. They are not meant to be a remission on Heard’s part of any potential wrongdoing.]
at the end of the day that man’s defenders have gone full qanon like it doesn’t matter what she says or how many photos of her bruises or the insane amount of property damage she has. it doesn’t matter that there are audio recordings of him screaming at her “you don’t exist” and telling her nobody will believe her or or admitting to head butting her or threatening to hurt himself while she begs him to stop. everyone jumped at the first chance to take their foot off this man’s neck so they wouldn’t have to face the reality that he’s a piece of shit and now they won’t see anything else. even the dumbass “mutual abuse” crowd refuses to acknowledge the way only one of them is being smeared and mocked relentlessly across the internet (and now on snl, apparently.) it doesn’t matter to them that her allegations against him were made in 2016, well before there was a mainstream metoo movement to “take advantage of”. it doesn’t matter! does anyone else feel like dying
actually the worst part is how many young people pride themselves on being “too smart” to fall for propaganda are the ones leading the online charge against this woman because they watched a tiktok “debunking” her claims
just throwing this out to the depp supporters. if you are cheering a verdict with the same enthusiasm as ann coulter, that should be a sign that you’re on the wrong side of things.
This is who this case was for. This is who wanted Johnny Depp to win. This case is pop culture’s answer to qanon. I never want to hear anyone ask how Trump got elected ever again. I never want to hear anyone laugh at the absurdity of conspiracy theories permeating our government organizations. I never want to hear anyone deny the fact that this case was rooted in anything but violent vitriol and misogyny and a deep global hatred for women. I have been repeating myself for years, but this case never had anything to do with “protecting victims”. This case was about humiliating, silencing, and abusing women so that it would be easier to strip us of our rights and (bodily) autonomy. You stupid fucks will sit here and twiddle your thumbs and peddle blatantly false made-up lies (“but she shit in his bed! #AmberTurd”) because your Twitter Tik Tok YouTube Reddit rotted pea-brains are barren and unable to perform basic functions like reading let alone critical thinking.
Crazy how many of y'all fell for the PR case of the century… It being televised, weird ass tik toks, youtube pushing compilations of this man mumbling nonsense, while jobless bitches chuckle and swoon in the background, because they watched a few pirate movies years ago. Of all people to have as an example of “a man can be abused too”, for some bird brained reason you lot chose that nasty fucking man and stuck by him, and for what? Another notch to put in your virtue signalling belt. Outstanding how moral obelisks of tumblr have chosen the worst possible case to not even give a chance to what this woman was saying/sharing. This is an instance that will surely bite yall in the ass in the upcoming years, when you find yourselves complicit. Maybe you’ll touch some grass and give your brain a chance to mature a bit, this is referring to the teens that went on a witch hunt, for you middle aged bitches, you are going to hell and he isn’t gonna fuck you <3.
Johnny Depp is a cunt, you weirdos need a lobotomy, being chronically online has rotted your brains.
friendly reminder that, if you’ve been liking any posts about Depp v Heard that has any amount of support for Heard as a victim of abuse and a laser focused media campaign to ruin her, you will get recommended terf shit
understand that I’m coming from the perspective that Heard and Depp were both terrible to each other during their relationship, and the entire trial was just a shit flinging match and Depp won because a lot of it stuck to Heard
at this point, “who was abusive to whom” is a ship that has sailed, we’re not even talking about that anymore because it’s all been eclipsed by the social media pressure and shit flinging campaign mounted against Heard, which has become one of the most harrowing examples in the history of social media
just be aware that terfs are 10000% going to use this as an way in to recruit more people into their ranks
Not only did Depp, his lawyers, the jury, and the American people just ruin Amber Heard’s career and life in general, but the Depp v. Heard trial is going to (if not already) annihilate the credibility of domestic abuse survivors and shift public opinion of #BelieveWomen & #MeToo. This killed a movement. Thanks for all your hard work, everybody!
