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As a verdict is possibly hours away, a sense of dread has been building in my stomach for what it will mean for Amber’s future, as well as all victims of intimate partner violence (IPV), particularly as women’s basic rights continue to be under attack in the United States. Like many people who are following the case, I have personal experiences with abuse. Much of my research focuses on IPV, specifically, the disparities in resources and services that are available for survivors to leave their abusers, such as economic, social, geographical barriers. It’s a topic which is deeply tied to my own personal experiences and academic career.
I initially was ambivalent to Amber Heard. Before I began to research the case, I was firmly in the “they both suck” camp, having only briefly glanced through articles. I started to pay more attention to the media coverage over the past six weeks and was really staggered by how Heard was being portrayed as a lying, crazy, gold-digging woman through narratives that were not only going unchallenged, but were heavily perpetuated in the public discourse. Even worse, that the abuse she experienced had been capitalized on by “true crime” junkies and mocked in TikTok videos and Youtube compilations. So I began watching the trial live and found that there was far more evidence and far more substantial evidence which shows that JD was the perpetrator of abuse within their relationship.
The evidence collected through JD’s personal texts and emails show an early pattern of abuse. He exerted control over the clothes Amber wore and would become angry when she didn’t dress “conservatively”. He would consistently accuse her of having affairs with acquaintances, friends, and various co-stars, even with an openly gay director, Clive Barker. He didn’t like that she was ambitious and would scorn her when she took opportunities to advance her career. He would constantly refer to her with misogynistic language. He also referred to Amber, an openly bisexual woman, as a “lesbian camp counsellor”. He messaged other men to discuss killing her through drowning and burning her, and then raping her burnt corpse to prove that she was truly dead. This all occurred while they were still dating. She was in her early 20s and he was in 50s. All of these coercive, paranoid, jealous, controlling behaviours are deeply and unequivocally abusive.
None of this includes the evidence which shows physical and sexual abuse. There are audio tapes in which he admits to headbutting her, so hard that she was concerned her nose was broken. In another recording, they discuss how her family and friends have seen her bruises, broken blood vessels, and bald spots from her hair being torn out of her scalp. Another shows him stating “I will smack the ugly c**t before I let her in.” A video shows him aggressively breaking and smashing furniture near her. One interaction reveals that Stephen Deuters, his assistant, begged her to come back to him after her assaulted her on a plane in front of his bodyguards, pleading to her that JD was remorseful for his actions. Heard also has stated he sexually assaulted her multiple times. Remember, he previously discussed violently raping her in those infamous messages to Paul Bettany.
As for witnesses, several testified to seeing bruises on her numerous times, including JD’s witnesses, such as their marriage counsellor. A makeup artist, Melanie Inglessis, testified to covering swelling on her lip and two black eyes. Raquel Pennington saw several injuries, including bloodied bald spots on her head, a swollen nose, and cut lip. She expressed fear JD would eventually kill Amber if she didn’t leave. Josh Drew also testified to seeing her with injuries, including black eyes, a swollen cheek, and a busted lip. iO Tillet Wright (who Depp misgenders throughout his testimony) recalled hearing JD assault Amber and scream “oh, you think I hit you? You think I fucking hit you? What if I peel your fucking hair back“. iO then called 911. This was the incident which led Heard to file for a divorce and a restraining order, two days afterwards. It is worth noting that Pennington, Drew, and Wright all corroborated this incident in their depositions, as did iO’s 2016 essay.
Is she guilty of fighting back? Absolutely. She never lied about doing so, even dating back to her 2016 deposition. However, fighting back against a man who has beaten you, sexually assaulted you, controlled your career, finances, and who you can associate with does not equate to being an abuser. It’s simply surviving. And yes, I’ve heard those audio tapes, the in which she’s expresses her incredulity at him for stating their fights were fair when she feared he would kill her.
His case has relied upon deeply misogynistic narratives to discredit both her claims and her character. She was after his money all along, even though she refused the 30 million dollar fortune she was legally entitled to, as there was no prenup. She painted on bruises, even though a makeup artist testified to covering up her swollen lip and two black eyes. She cut off his finger, even though multiple texts and even an audio recording showcase him admitting to doing it in the midst of a bender. She didn’t donate her money, even though she and the organization created a 10 year plan for her to make yearly payments (in my personal opinion, what she does with her money either way is nobody’s fucking business). Also worth noting, an ACLU representative testified to her being ahead of schedule until Depp began suing her. She made up a hoax, because she documented her abuse - as we advise all people who are in abusive situations to do. She’s a liar, because women are inherently deceitful liars.
None of the evidence that JD’s attorneys presented has proven that she defamed him through her op-ed piece. That’s likely because their goal was never to prove that her article - which never explicitly references him or their relationship - impacted his career. Those who watched the trial will know, Tracy Jacobs, his agent of 30 years stated that it was his drug and alcohol abuse, anger issues, chronic lateness (7 or 8 hours late to set each day), and unprofessionalism that led to his career decline. Film crews grew tired of working around these problems, and eventually, so did Hollywood. Tina Newman, a Disney Corporate Representative who worked on POTC stated no one knew of Amber’s op-ed until Depp sued her.
The trial was always meant to humiliate, shame, and terrorize her. We are witnessing in a powerful man terrorize his ex-wife through the legal system, all while the world makes TikToks of her sexual assault testimony. JD has a documented history of violence and is due for another court date after assaulting a crew member of the set of City of Lies. To quote his own words, “If I’m angry and I’ve got to lash out or hit somebody, I’m going to do it and I don’t care what the repercussions are. Anger doesn’t pay rent, it’s gotta go. It’s gotta be evicted.”
I don’t know whether Amber Heard will win her case. We’re witnessing a radical right-wing political swing to control and criminalize women’s bodies with Roe v. Wade under attack right now. To be blunt, I have very little faith in the justice system and that a jury - in Virginia of all places - will rule in favour of an abused woman over her charismatic, powerful ex-husband. However, I think it’s important to remember that Amber did everything right, that is, everything we tell women to do. She documented her abuse, left her abusive partner, and was granted a restraining order - and she’s continuing to be punished for doing so. If Amber, a privileged white woman with access to economic resources, is still struggling to escape her abuser, how can we expect women without those privileges to?
amber heard is one of the strongest women i know and what happened to her is one of the most terrifying and horrifying stories of abuse because not only was she violently abused by a man way older and more powerful than her for years of her life but said man also knew exactly how to use his power to get people from all around the world on his side so everyone would willingly help him to abuse her further. i used to say that i am mostly afraid of the consequences this will have for other victims of abuse who will now be silenced even more easily or won’t even dare to speak up anymore in the first place, and i still am, but im also incredibly sorry for amber heard as an individual who definitely faced the worst of it all.
johnny depp and his legal team brought up how AH ‘failed to donate the $7M settlement to charity as promised’ as a way to attack her credibility. nevermind that AH had to pay shit tons of money in legal fees to defend from depp’s attacks in the US and UK. but now unsealed court documents show that depp and AH never signed a prenup before their marriage, entitling her to ½ of depp’s earnings from a POTC movie filmed in 2015 (probably around $33M). AH declined, and said she didn’t want the money.
ultimately, in the divorce, against advice of her attorneys, she settled for far less than she was entitled to, and then donated sizable portions of that to charity
and if you’ll remember, depp LITERALLY didn’t want to pay her this much lower figure!!! he tried to argue that he should be able to donate it directly to charity, rather than giving to AH to do with as she saw fit.
imagine defending depp. imagine. disgusting.
Though Depp’s team spent many hours of the trial trying to paint Heard as the abuser in the relationship, an unsealed motion by Depp’s team opposing a mental examination of Depp argued that the actor should not be subjected to an independent medical examination, “Because Mr. Depp Is Not Alleging Harm Based On A Specific Physical or Mental Injury.”
Depp’s team further claimed that, “Mr. Depp does not allege a specific cause of action for intentional or negligent infliction of emotional distress; does not assert that Ms. Heard’s actions caused him a specific psychiatric injury; and does not claim that Ms. Heard’s actions caused him to experience unusually severe emotional distress.”
Hmmm. So AH is the abuser, but depp wasn’t actually injured by the abuse? so depp got out of doing a psych eval, while AH was subjected to a psych eval.
Amber Heard's evidence part I
March 2013
Depp calling Vanessa Paradis "Pain in the ass French ex albatross":
He wanted to set on fire Tasya Van Ree's (Amber's ex wife) canvas:
Getting late to work because of substance abuse:
Amber telling Depp's sister that she's in the middle of his spiral and that he's another person when he's high:
Text messages with her mom:
Depp's fake evidence:
Destroying Amber's property again and mocking her ex wife last name:
June 2013
Text messages with Paul Bettany about burn, drown and rape Amber's corpse:
Calling Amber "lesbian camp counsellor" and denying it until evidence is showed to him:
May 2014
Depp's apology:
Text messages between Amber and Stephen Dueters about the kick on the plane and how it's not the first time:
Text messages between Amber (Slim) and Depp (Steve) about her job and James Franco:
Amber Heard's evidence part II
August 2014
Text messages with nurse Debbie Lloyd:
The cruellest thing Amber ever made to Depp was giving him the meds in the correct time:
Depp saying to Amber's mom that he couldn't have made it without her:
December 2014
March 2015
Crushing mechanism:
Depp cutting his own finger:
Writing insults to Amber with his injured finger:
Amber's scars:
Lying to court about drugs:
Amber Heard's evidence part III
March 2015
Witness statement of Whitney (Amber's sister):
Depp's destruction of Amber's properties:
July 2015
Amber's diary while the honeymoon:
December 2015
Broken bed and the message Depp left in the kitchen:
Audio admitting the headbutt:
Melanie Inglessis had to conceal the bruises:
James Corden screencaps:
Amber Heard's evidence part IV
Christmas 2015
Amber texting Lily Rose that she's not going to the chritmas trip after the James Corden incident with an excuse but she finally went:
Ms Roberts telling the story the opposite way:
"Ms Roberts said that on 29 December 2015, when the couple were staying on the island with his two children and a friend, the pair had an argument."
The photographer who said she was unmarked while you can see bruises and cuts in the photoshoot is Depp's friend:
Amber Heard’s evidence part VI
"She's begging for global humiliation. She's going to get it"
Audio of Johnny Depp repeatedly begs Amber Heard to cut him as he holds knife and says: "If you don’t, I will":
Depp insulting Amber on text messages:
Kate James claims amber stole her sexual assault story. However when asked if she has seen the statement that amber made about sexual assault. She answered that she hasn't seen it:
Depp cheating on Amber while accusing her of sleeping with other people:
Lily Rose texts with her dad about Amber Heard:
Dr.Kipper overmedicating Amber Heard by Depp's petition to keep her under control:
The truth about Amber's arrest when she was with Tasya:
The viral version of the audios are cut, edited and manipulated by Brian McPherson:
Ellen Barkin (Depp's ex) supporting Amber:
Laura Divenere and Amber Heard audio discussing being forced by Johnny Depp's lawyer to sign a a declaration with FALSEHOODS about Amber:
Tracey Jacobs ( former Johnny Depp's manager for 3 decades) believes Depp hit Amber Heard based on things she learned, his inconsistencies and his violent outbursts towards her and other people around him:
Depp lied to the authorities when he was being investigated by the Department of Family Services and the LAPD on Statutory Rape about his 15 years old daughter Lily-Rose:
Transcript of Johnny Depp showing up at Amber Heard house after she left him to apologise for beating her. Depp says it was a mistake and it won't happen again:
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Amber Heard’s evidence part VII
Depp insulting Amber (audio):
Notes by Lloyd, that show Depp was angry on set. According to the notes, Depp kicked his trailer, was verbally abusive to someone on set and refused to speak to the director:
Text showing Depp's mutilating tendencies:
Texts from Johnny Depp to Debbie Lloyd show once again how much jealous and paranoid he was:
Depp's sexually inappropriate messages to nurse Debbie Lloyd:
Amber Heard told Johnny Depp’s medical team that she was concerned about his behaviour while using drugs and alcohol:
Johnny Depp sent to Jerry Judge: ''We have been perfect. All I had to do was send the monster away and lock him'':
More text messages from Johnny Depp:
I am a f*cking savage. Gotta lose that...Gonna lose that....
Johnny Depp to Stephen Deuters:
''My Peruvian period has made me a monster and that I am ruining the relationship''.
Johnny Depp to Stephen Deuters:
'I'm ready to sh*ot a motherf*cker!!!But don't worry....The Monster is not involved''.
Texts Jan 17, 2013:
April 9, 2015:
Depp was referring to his ex-wife Vanessa Paradis in an email to Elton John, 2013.
"On the other side of the coin, my kids have fell in love with Amber Heard, until the French extortionist, ex-c*nt, brainwashes them against her."
July 2013:
"I of course, pounded and displayed ugly colors to Amber on recent journey."
"It was not pleasant today. I wasn't aware she had another god*mn photoshoot tomorrow...That's really why she f*cking left. I don't need actress bullsh*t and her f*ucking ambition..."
Johnny Depp to David Heard:
''I went too far in our fight???''
May 22, 2016
Johnny Depp saying Amber Heard and his kids weren’t on a particularly good terms during the relationship meanwhile:
Johnny Depp joking with Hunter S. Thompson about beating Kate Moss in a Rolling Stone's interview:
as of today, two separate amicus briefs have been filed with the virginia court of appeals on behalf of amber heard. you can read them in their entirety HERE and HERE.
filed by an individual or a group, an amicus brief allows people who are not party to a legal case but who have a significant interest in it and relevant expertise to present information they feel may influence the court's ruling. these briefs, filed by legal experts, domestic violence advocacy groups, and free speech advocacy groups, follow the recent publishing of an open letter in which 300+ domestic violence organizations and experts publicly stated their support for heard.
Amber Heard is the first person in history forced to give a rape testimony on live TV. No victim should ever have to do that. The American legal system failed her and will continue to fail other victims.
the damage the depp/heard trial did to humanity is immeasurable
This is gonna be awesome. 😂
I honestly can’t wait for them to get all excited about him getting to sue her again just for nothing to happen.
There is a special place in hell for women who don't help other women.
- Madeline Albright
im fucking fuming over this i cant even lie like what the actual fuck is this. straight up evil behavior. also good job literally flat out admitting amber was indeed abused by depp since u fully acknowledged that she suffers from ptsd and that the ptsd is directly related/linked to him. literally just proudly telling us that ”yeah i knew he had abused amber and that amber has ptsd from it so i decided that we should try to give her panic attacks and just totally torment her like wouldnt it be so funny to give her flashbacks so she feels like shes being raped again lol she will look so craaazyyy” like honestly kill urself
Amber Heard deserves justice and à public apology.
Johnny Depp is a wife- beating r@pist. Never forget that.
I went to the movie theater yesterday to see Aquaman and The Lost Kingdom and as I expected it, Mera was the best part of it. Her scenes were the best, she's clearly the best fighter and she is not exploited as her fair value.
It's so sad that Amber Heard has been sidelined considering How much she loves Mera. It would have been epic to see her fight with the dark trident, corrupted Mera would have been such a good trope.
Anyway, I want to watch Mera and I was not satisfied but I was happy to support Amber in this project.