In a post last month, I hinted at a potential win for Johnny Depp-- and he has prevailed as many insiders predicted. The media, who had a clear-cut bias against Depp before the trial even started, engaged in their own kind of defaming-- trying to spin Depp’s victory today in court. “Johnny Depp and Amber Heard Each Defamed Each Other, Jury Rules,” so states Variety.
But clearly the jury saw it like most regular folks who took the time to read all the facts. The pre-trial narrative was that Depp abused Heard and that she was a #MeToo survivor, but things have clearly swung in the opposite direction. It’s not like anyone ever bought that Heard was the victim of this relationship-- there were clear signs and red flags regarding her credibility.
Heard’s claims of abuse in the hands of Depp seemed sketchy from the get-go. Her WaPo op-ed, which kick-started the firestorm, read as inauthentic as her own acting abilities. No one is saying that Depp is an angel, but the trial made Heard look like Glenn Close in “Fatal Attraction.”
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