"Tell the world, Johnny, tell them, 'Johnny Depp, I, a man, I'm a victim too of domestic violence' and see how many people believe or side with you."

Pretty depressing that we live in a world where far more people are willing to believe that a 24 year old woman got married to a man 25 years her senior, all so, over the course of 7 years. she could meticulously gather fake evidence of abuse (including diary entries, corroborating texts and photos), convince a bunch of witnesses to lie under oath and goad her then husband into admitting to headbutting her on tape in an elaborate Gone Girl scenario to… *checks notes* write one line in an op ed, than it is for people to believe a rich powerful man with a documented history of substance abuse and violent outbursts hit his wife.

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okay people are legit writing fanfics about the depp v heard case.

regardless who is the abuser can we not write fanfics based on abuse trials like i feel like i shouldnt have to explain how disgusting that is.

this is what im talking about, johnny depp isnt a blorbo. amber heard isnt a character. the trial isnt some sort of fun court room drama its real life.

People who hopped on board with Johnny Depp and made fun of Amber Heard during the trial are seeing that the tide is turning in amber's favour and being like 'well we see now she was abused we just fell victim to a misinformation campaign it could happen to anyone' like... no <3.

I simply did not allow myself to just go along with an obvious smear campaign. I thought critically about the evidence put in front of me and used my fucking brain. Sorry if you can't relate. I simply looked at the slimy old man dragging his ex wife to court, playing audios of himself calling her a stupid fuck and saying she doesn't exist without him while giggling on the stand, and the whole arse legal case that proved he was a wifebeater back in fucking 2020, and used my basic common sense.

If you've realised all of the above recently, and are now pro amber, welcome to the club, but don't pretend that everyone on the internet was against her. There's literally someone on twitter who sent me a rape threat over me being pro amber now saying they fell victim to a smear campaign. like... you lot weren't the victims. Amber was. Y'all are the accomplices.

You know what's sick about this verdict? Bi people, particularly white Bi women, are throwing around words like Homophobia and Biphobia and Sexism as some sort of explanation as to why Amber Heard lost. I'm seeing so many bi women, who look like me, love like me, weaponizing their sexuality and gender identity against an abuse victim, because they can simply not fathom that someone like them is lying.

I see so many bi women acting as if men can not also be victims of abuse, as if the MeToo movement is just for women, as if a bi woman is not also capable of being an abuser against her male partner. It makes me sick. It makes me so sick to watch people weaponizing their sexuality, my sexuality in the defense of an abuser.

Amber Heard is an abuser and she abused the trust of the public, the trust if the MeToo movement and the trust of every single person who has survived domestic violence. She is also a bisexual woman. Those two things can and do coexist.

It is not homophobic/Biphobic/etc. to hold a member of the LGBTQ+ community responsible for their bad actions actions.

It is not sexist to hold a woman responsible for her bad actions.

Saying either of those things does nothing short of setting back equality for eveyone.

Don't come for me about hating women or being Biphobic, or whatever else. I am a Bi Woman.

i can't believe we are living in a world where these things are real

ok this is pissing me off. body language is a pseudoscience. there is no way one can become a certified "expert" in body language bc there are no fucking verified certifications for it. there are no schools or degrees for body language. there are psychology degrees, and you get a license to be a psychologist. there are law degrees, and you pass the bar exam to become a lawyer. but there is no quality regulation or standards of practice in the body language field. it's entirely subjective (based on the individual and their biases and their training that varies bc, again, there's NO FUCKING REGULATION) and highly discredited by psychologists and lawyers (you know, the actual experts) when discussing mental stability and legal culpability. the fact that so many people are claiming body language as a legitimate source and using it as a defense is making me break out in hives. it's so embarrassing for you guys please fuck off.

Important to note that Depp actively sabotaged her career while they were married. Check out this text he sent telling her she wasn’t allowed to take meetings or audition for movies. Who would support a man who talks like this?

So, doesn't exactly fit my blog but here's a law student's explanation to Johnny Depp vs Amber Heard trial, be aware, I am not a lawyer, I study law in Finland where the justice system works a bit differently but I have a general understanding how stuff works in America

1. This is NOT a criminal case about domestic abuse, this is a civil lawsuit about defamation

What this means is that Depp's team's goal is not to prove that Heard is an abuser, their goal is to prove that she lied about being the victim of abuse, because Heard's team has filed a counter lawsuit, they will be trying to prove that Depp is the abuser & Heard didn't lie about it

2. Heard is not going to jail, no matter the result

As said, this is a civil lawsuit, there is no prosecution, Heard cannot be guilty of anything, she can only be held liable and because of the counter suit, Depp can also be held liable, if that happens, it means they would have to pay the other party (Depp has sued for 50 million, Heard countered with 100 million)

3. This is NOT a slam dunk for Depp, even though Heard admitted the abuse, because the case is about defamation and not Heard's abuse towards Depp, also because jury can literally decide whatever the fuck they feel like despite the evidence (I am not a fan of jury system but that's a thing for another day)

4. Reason why Heard's mental health is important for the trial is because she stated in the article that she had PTSD because of Depp, Depp's team has a right to disprove this claim through an expert, that's why she went through the psychological examination where it was determined that she does not have PTSD but the test showed signs of BPD

5. Even though she literally said that she abused Depp, I don't see this case going to criminal court, because of the complexity of it, because the abuse has taken place in Australia, California and Bahamas and all these incidents would have to be prosecuted under the jurisdictions these incidents happened, Australia in Australia etc and etc, Depp hasn't probably pursued this path because this would be mentally exhausting, also at least in USA the statute of limitations is already done meaning Heard's abuse has happened so long time ago the time frame to sue her has already closed

In addition, if you're intrested in following the trial, I reccomend Legal Bytes, she's covering the whole trial, streams have a panel of lawyers of different fields, along with behavioral analysist, nurse etc (the streams are daily and like 11 hours long I have no idea how many more fields are involved) she is also in addition to these doing recaps on the topic, the panel is personally supporting Depp but is generally trying to educate objectively on the topic.

Also fell free to ask any questions, this is a very interesting case (from both the legal and the sociological standpoint) and I would like to talk more about it

Can't believe people are back on this