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This programme contains very strong language

and allegations of domestic violence

that some viewers may find upsetting.

You don't have to direct Johnny Depp.

Amber!

Johnny Depp.

He's one of Hollywood's biggest and most successful stars.

Actors Johnny Depp and Amber Heard...

Hundreds of miles away from the glitz and glamour of Hollywood...

Johnny Depp's defamation trial

against his ex-wife, Amber Heard, is set to start in Northern Virginia.

Just in case you've got lost in the soap opera,

a $50 million claim by

Johnny Depp that Amber Heard defamed him.

She wrote a 2018 op-ed in The Washington Post referring

to herself as a public figure representing domestic abuse.

Depp and his legal team say that Heard is outright lying

and that those lies have devastated his career.

Heard countersued for 100 million in damages,

alleging the actor's legal team tried

to defame her by calling her claims a hoax.

Neither Depp nor Heard live or work here in Virginia, but

because The Washington Post has servers here

and a printer here in Virginia,

Fairfax County residents are gonna decide their fate

in this $50 million case.

All right.

Everybody.

Right now, I am on my way

to the Fairfax County courthouse to get into line.

Day one of the Johnny Depp trial.

There's gonna be 100 spectators

and it's gonna be a mix of media and just civilians,

you know, supporters, fans.

Johnny Depp!

I hear it's first come, first served,

so gotta be there bright and early.

Oh, wait, I got a...

Perfect.

Oh, OK, I'm going for it. I love you guys. Pass it along.

Let's flip it up so you guys can see. Good morning! Good morning!

How are we feeling, line?

You know what to do. Hashtag #RespectForTheLine.

Justice for the line.

OK, so if you're like official media, you have

to be on that side of the street, right?

If you're like just a fan, you can be over here.

So I can kinda get like a closer look at Johnny.

Johnny Depp is suing his ex-wife, Amber Heard,

for $50 million in damages, claiming she defamed him.

Welcome back. We're getting a closer look into

the lives of Hollywood's elites as part of

the defamation lawsuit between A-lister Johnny Depp

and ex-wife Amber Heard.

Here's what we've got so far.

Depp is suing Heard in a $50 million defamation suit,

based on a Washington Post op-ed written by Heard.

I know lots of people are talking about this,

I know there's lots of live streams happening, so...

You can go watch the trial yourself and make your own opinions of it.

It's online, you can go to YouTube right now and watch it.

Johnny, we love you!

Today is a different kind of show

because we are going to be watching

the opening statements in the Johnny Depp, Amber Heard case,

and going through them with commentary.

All right. So I got my spectator pass and that is awesome.

OK. So we're up here on the fifth floor,

that's where his trial's taking place.

Not supposed to be on our phones,

definitely not supposed to be recording up here.

There's no Amber Heard fans, it's only,

it's only Johnny Depp fans.

Nobody's there for Amber.

What's up, guys? Welcome to Lawsplaining,

and I hope you are ready.

This is one of

the first high-profile Me Too defamation cases that's

making it into a courtroom.

That is huge news.

Hey, there we are. There's the man himself.

Johnny D. That's a nice tie! I like that tie.

All right. We're ready for the jury? Yes, Ma'am. OK, great.

So how is it that Court TV

and other stations are even allowed

to broadcast this trial?

Why do we have such crazy access into

the Fairfax County courthouse? In Virginia,

that decision is solely up to the judge

and the judge in this case signed an order permitting

a pool camera to broadcast the trial.

Ladies and gentlemen, we're going to go over

the responsibilities you have as jurors, OK, in this case.

Right, so you're not to read, watch or listen

to anything about this case on any social networking sites.

What you learn about this case is limited

to what you learn in the four walls of this courtroom, OK?

Are we ready with opening statements?

The judge is asking for Johnny Depp's attorney's opening statement.

I'm going to cut to a full screen, but I will chime in

with some commentary if there are some breaks.

But here we go live on Popcorned Planet, here in Virginia.

- Good morning. - Good morning.

This is a defamation case.

It's a case about how devastating words can be when they are false

and uttered publicly.

For nearly 30 years,

Mr Depp built a reputation as one of

the most talented actors in Hollywood.

Today his name is associated with

a lie uttered by his former wife,

the defendant, Amber Heard. Specifically,

the words that she used,

published in The Washington Post

in December 2018.

Quote - "Two years ago,

"I became a public figure representing domestic abuse.

"I had the rare vantage point of seeing in real time

"how institutions protect men accused of abuse."

Miss Heard did not use Mr Depp's name in the op-ed.

She didn't have to.

Two years earlier,

Miss Heard had publicly accused Johnny Depp of domestic abuse.

Amber, did Johnny give you that bruise on your face?

Johnny Depp, accused of domestic abuse in his

sudden split from actress Amber Heard.

Did Johnny brutalise you?

In the wake of the Me Too movement,

Amber Heard forever changed Mr Depp's life

and reputation.

This trial is about clearing Mr Depp's name of

a terrible and false allegation.

All right. Thank you.

Mr Rottenborn.

May I approach? Yes, sir.

- Good morning, everyone. - Good morning.

Mr Depp's team is gonna try to turn this case into

a soap opera.

Why? I'm not really sure,

because the evidence isn't pretty for Mr Depp. It's not.

You're gonna see who the real Johnny Depp is.

Behind the fame, behind the pirate costume,

the man who has described himself,

the violent side of himself, as the monster.

The monster.

You don't see The Washington Post sitting here as

the defendant in this courtroom. He only sued Amber.

He could have sued The Washington Post,

they published the article, but he didn't.

And he chose to bring Amber to court here in Virginia,

where she has no ties, has never lived,

he's never lived, where they never spent any time.

Because he wanted to ruin her life.

To haunt her.

To wreck her career.

It's not about

the soap opera that Depp will turn this case into.

It's not about who you like better.

It's not even about whether you agree with

the words that she wrote.

It's about her right to speak them.

Johnny Depp has one of the most brilliant legal teams

and if you need proof of that I've got a word for you - Virginia.

Why would two celebrities from California,

arguing about something written in The Washington Post,

file a case in Virginia? In the USA, defamation laws vary state by state,

and Virginia has some of the best defamation laws

for a matter like this.

Just so we're on the same page, this is not a divorce case.

This is not a domestic violence case.

I would argue it's a PR campaign disguised as

a defamation case.

I don't think Johnny's intention is to win the case here.

I think his intention is to clear his name

and to control his reputation.

There is no PR campaign that has a chance of making

an impact as powerful as this trial.

Depp was the one who wanted the cameras in the courtroom.

Oh, really? She didn't.

Your first witness. Your Honour, we'd like to call

Laura Amber Heard to the stand. All right.

Will you please state your name?

Yes, it's Amber Laura Heard.

OK. Now, why are you here?

I am here because my ex-husband is

suing me for an op-ed I wrote.

And how do you feel about that?

I, erm...

I struggle to have the words.

I struggle to find the words to describe how,

er, painful this is.

Erm, this is horrible.

OK? Yes, Ma'am. Good afternoon, Mr Depp.

Good afternoon.

Can you please tell the jury why you're here today?

Erm, yes. Erm...

..about six years ago,

Miss Heard made some quite heinous accusations against me that, er,

that were not based in any species of truth.

The infamous People magazine cover with Miss Heard with a...

a dark bruise on her face.

Nothing of the kind had ever happened,

though there were...

erm, arguments.

But never...did I myself reach the point of, erm,

striking Miss Heard in any way,

nor have I ever struck, erm, any woman.

Please describe for the jury your experience

in auditioning for The Rum Diary.

Well, I auditioned a few times,

which is common in my work,

and then I got a call saying that Johnny wanted

to meet me in person.

I thought I would be going for maybe an audition,

but it was just a meeting. I went to his office

and, and met with him for a few hours.

She came to my office, I took one look at her,

and I thought, "Yep, that's the one."

That's when I first met Miss Heard.

We talked about books and music, poetry.

We like a lot of the same... We liked a lot of the same stuff.

I was so surprised that somebody, you know,

I'm a no-name actor, I was 22, I think,

and he was twice my age and he's this world-famous actor

and here we are getting along about

old blues and I thought it was unusual and remarkable.

I left there just feeling like, wow.

I remember there was a scene where I was taking a shower

and then she comes into the room and she walks,

opens the shower and we kiss.

It felt like something that I shouldn't be feeling.

There are certain things that you do in the job to,

erm, be professional,

like when you have to do that sort of scene.

And you don't, like...

you don't use your tongue, if you can, if you can avoid it.

There are certain things that you do to just maintain a certain line

and it just felt like those lines were blurred.

I mean, he grabbed my face

and pulled me into him and really kissed me.

Did he use his tongue?

Yes.

That day after...

work, Miss Heard had come to my trailer.

He kind of playfully kind of pushed me down on this like bed/sofa

that was in his trailer. Just playful,

erm, and flirtatious, and he said, "Yum!"

Meeting an actress like Amber Heard,

she's of another era, you know.

I mean, it's like walking into a room

and meeting Veronica Lake or Bette Davis or,

you know, Lauren Bacall.

I called her Slim.

I called her Slim

and she called me Steve.

What do you think you're gonna do?

I'm gonna get that wallet, Slim.

You know, Steve,

I wouldn't put it past you.

My God, when Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall,

that's when they met on that film,

he was 45 years old, and she was 19.

What did you do that for?

I've been wondering whether I'd like it.

What's the decision?

I don't know yet.

They stayed together until Bogart passed away.

So, I acknowledged the,

the fact that I was the old craggy Bogie,

and she was this...

beautiful creature.

Just this stunning creature.

It was a beautiful place, a beautiful time.

And...

I fell head over heels in love with this man.

She seemed to be the perfect partner.

Literate, sweet, funny.

She was, she was wonderful.

Hello, everybody. Welcome to Darth News.

This is gonna be a Day 1 recap. I was in the courtroom,

I was sitting there, live in person,

so I'm just gonna give you my first-hand account.

I'm not a legal scholar, I'm not a lawyer, I do this for fun,

but I have like a dog in the fight because I actually give

a fuck about Johnny Depp...

and men's rights.

Amber! Amber! Amber!

Johnny! Johnny!

Can you describe your relationship with Mr Depp?

Do you remember the first time that he physically hit you?

Yes. Please tell the jury about it.

I will never forget it. It changed my life.

I was sitting on the couch,

and I ask him about the tattoo he has on his arm.

I didn't know what it said,

it just looked like a muddled, faded tattoo that was hard to read.

Well, the, erm...

what... A tattoo which used to say,

"Winona Forever," who was a former girlfriend,

Winona Ryder, and, er, when we broke up,

I took off the last two letters and had it say, "Wino Forever."

I didn't see that, I thought he was joking,

because it didn't look like it said that at all and I laughed.

And he slapped me across the face.

I just stared at him, kind of laughing still,

thinking that he was gonna start laughing too

to tell me it was a joke. But he didn't.

He said, "You think it's so funny. You think it's funny, bitch.

"You think you're a funny bitch." And he slapped me again.

Hard.

I was just sitting there looking at the dirty carpet,

wondering why I never noticed that the carpet was so filthy before

and I just didn't know what else to do. I didn't know what to say,

I didn't know how to react, because, God, did he just hit me?

Mr Depp, what is your response to that?

It...

It didn't... It didn't happen. I...

have never struck Miss Heard.

I wish I could sit here and say I stood up

and I walked out of that house and I drew a line

and I stood up for myself.

I was just looking at the...dirty carpet,

trying to will myself to get up.

I was...heartbroken.

She's acting.

She's lying.

Will you please state your name for the record?

Whitney Henriquez.

And you're Amber's sister?

I am.

Describe your relationship with Mr Depp in the early stages.

We got along really well at first. Erm,

he was sober at the time and Johnny, when he's sober,

is very bright and beautiful

and lovely and kind and generous,

and he was very easy to get to know

and frankly, we all fell in love with him...at first.

But very quickly this pattern emerged

as their relationship went on,

that if Johnny was using or if he was drinking

there was almost always a fight.

Johnny, when sober, was lovely and magical and very funny.

Cocaine and any kind of alcohol...

would bring out a very, very ugly side of him.

Erm, very misogynistic and cruel.

He was almost unrecognisable when he was drinking

and using to an excess. He would just get very angry,

and he would just say really horrible things about her.

He would weave these elaborate situations in which

Amber was having affairs

with every man that she ever worked with

and every woman she ever came in contact with.

He became very demeaning. You know,

she has no talent and when her tits start to sag,

and her face gets wrinkly nobody is gonna be interested in her.

He called her a fucking used-up trash bag.

Er, slimy whore, saggy whore.

You know, "fucking cunt," was thrown out a bunch.

Just horrible things like that.

Ah!

Motherfucker! Motherfucker! What happened?

Nothing happened this morning, you know that?

All I did was say sorry. Did something happen

to you...

..this morning? I don't think so.

No. That's the thing.

You wanna see crazy? I'll give you fucking crazy.

Here's crazy.

Oh, you're crazy. You're crazy.

Have you drunk this whole thing this morning?

Oh, you've got this going. You've got this going?!

I just started it. Oh, really? Really?

So she's trying to record him without him even knowing that.

Why did you videotape this, Amber?

Yeah, good question.

Cos I knew he...wouldn't remember.

Objection. Cause for speculation. Sustained.

When somebody breaks something in anger in your presence,

that is legally an act of abuse.

And he is, he's... Look at him, I mean, he's kicking stuff,

he's slamming stuff, he's breaking stuff.

She's like, "Hey, what's going on?"

And here, I know he wasn't hitting her,

but he was doing some very aggressive things

and directly in her presence.

And if she's coming in and saying like "Well, hey,

"here's this confrontation that happened.

"I was intimidated by it, I felt this was an act of abuse,"

then she can give her opinion that, "I was in an abusive relationship."

I'm not, you know, trying to defend her and say it,

but I'm just saying, you know, it's, it's a huge problem for him.

Morning, Mr Depp.

Morning, Mr Rottenborn.

Mr Depp, we've talked about this a little bit,

but you've testified that abuse can come in many forms.

Correct? Physical being one of them.

Indeed.

Verbal. Indeed.

Psychological abuse. Indeed.

And you would agree that you were violent in that clip. Correct?

Erm, clearly, I was having a bad time.

I felt what was most interesting is that she tried

to hide it from me and then that she laughed

and smiled at the end.

I thought that was the most interesting part, myself.

So, yes, I, I did assault, erm, a couple of cabinets,

but I did not touch Miss Heard. As you can see, I think, you know.

And you may have been drunk in that video, correct?

There's a possibility of that, yes, sir.

You, you, you poured yourself a,

erm, a megapint of red wine. Correct?

A megapint?

Yeah.

I poured myself a large glass of wine.

Right. I thought it necessary.

Wait for it.

A megapint?

I poured myself a large glass of wine.

A megapint?

The lawyer conducting Johnny Depp's cross-examination said,

"We saw you pour a, sort of..." Johnny Depp says, "A megapint."

The lawyer says, "A megapint of red wine,

"which is not everybody's choice for breakfast, is it?"

That's Amber.

All she needs to prove is that he abused her.

I say "all" but either she's making everything up

or there's been abuse.

It's not only social media, but when his SUV pulls up at court,

no matter what Amber Heard alleges,

there's a crowd out there who are just gobsmacked by Johnny Depp.

Johnny! Johnny!

Remember, none of us were there.

With us, it's who do we believe?

But never, ever forget,

we were not there.

Good morning, Mr Depp.

Good morning.

Mr Depp, I'd like to discuss April 2016 now. Erm...

Hmm.

Well, take a look at this gem in the historic core of Downtown LA,

this is the Eastern Columbia Building,

one of the most prestigious places

to live in Downtown Los Angeles.

Johnny Depp owned five penthouses here,

this Art Deco gem at the corner of Broadway and 9th.

My birthday was coming up and we had a dinner planned

at our penthouse.

He told me at some point that day that he had scheduled

a business meeting,

or a money meeting, I think he said, maybe.

I was about an hour and 40 minutes late maybe, something like that.

Mr Depp, when you arrived at the party,

how did Miss Heard greet you, if at all?

Very cold.

It was a big deal to you that Mr Depp was late

to your birthday dinner, wasn't it?

Yeah. Yeah, it did matter to me.

And you were upset he was late?

I was. I was hurt.

She squared off at me in the doorway of our bedroom.

I, I remember him blocking the door, blocking me to get out,

kind of shoving me down and we had a,

you know, a verbal argument, and then that became

a shoving match. I tried to shove him back.

And I said, "Go ahead, hit me."

Bam.

Movie scene.

And I just said,

"Is that what you wanted? Would you like another?"

I wanna hug this man.

Bam.

There's the second one. And I said, "Good.

"Now you're done." Grabbed her by the shoulders,

walked her to the bed, sat her down and said...

"Don't follow me, leave me alone. I'm out, I'm gone."

Johnny wrestled me down on the bed.

I remember I got up once or twice before I ended up on

the bed and he grabbed me, erm,

did this thing that he did sometimes when he would taunt me.

He grabbed me by the...

erm, the pubic...bone,

just pushed me down,

held me down by it and kind of pulled me into it and,

erm, was kind of taunting me,

asking me if I thought I was so fucking tough.

"You think you're such a fucking tough guy, huh?

"Are you so tough now? Look who's so tough. You wanna be a man?"

It's insane...

to hear heinous accusations of violence,

sexual violence,

that she's attributed to me, that she's accused me of.

But he's saying, "We're fucking done here.

"We're divorcing, this is over." And then at 4.30am, on April 22nd,

which is Amber's birthday, he left Amber.

Yes, he leaves Amber like

for "good" quote, unquote, on her birthday.

What a savage.

# Go, go

# Go, Johnny, go, go... #

My friends, this is the patriarchy at work.

Heard's being called a whore, a gold digger,

a crazy bitch, manipulative, a monster.

He is being given empathy

and forgiveness for his transgressions

in a way Heard is not.

It's victim blaming at its finest.

This is why people don't report abuse.

So far, who do you believe in this story here?

I kind of believe both of 'em.

OK. They're on the stand, they're under oath. Yeah.

They're not allowed to lie

and if they caught in a lie, it's big trouble.

In terms of it being public,

well, that's, er, that's showbiz, isn't it?

The day after your birthday dinner, you and your friends went to Coachella

to celebrate your birthday. Is that correct?

That is correct.

You featured in that video, driving.

That's correct.

I had gone to one of my security team and said,

"She's in Coachella.

"I think it's a good time to go Downtown

"so that I can get some of my things, you know."

And he said, "I don't think now's a good time to go."

Ah. And I thought, "It's the perfect time,

"she's not gonna be home for two days."

And then he showed me a photograph on his telephone.

What was the photograph of, Mr Depp?

Poop! Say it. Poop!

It was a... It was, err...

It was a photograph of the bed

and on my side of the bed...

..erm...

was human faecal matter.

He knows how fucking stupid it is.

My initial response to that,

that some human being had actually

dropped a, erm...

..grumpy onto the bed...

..it was so bizarre.

..and so grotesque...

..that I could only laugh.

If you raise your right hand for me.

Do you swear firm to tell the truth under penalty of law?

I do. Right. Thank you sir.

Mr Jenkins,

do you know the plaintiff in this case, Johnny Depp?

Yes, I do. Were you also going to Coachella with Miss Heard?

Yes, I was. I was the transportation for Amber

and her friends while she was at Coachella.

And did you have any discussions with Miss Heard on

the way to Coachella that evening?

We had a conversation pertaining to the surprise she left in

the boss's bed prior to leaving the apartment.

And what did Miss Heard say about the defecation in Mr Depp's bed?

A horrible practical joke gone wrong.

Did you commit any kind of prank?

Absolutely not.

First of all, I don't think that's funny.

Period. That's disgusting.

Er, and she tried to blame it on the dogs.

What, if any, issues did Boo have

with her bathroom problems, if you will? Oh, they're disparaging the dog.

Johnny's dog, at, at the time, Boo,

she had eaten Johnny's weed when she was

a puppy and had bowel control issues.

Why didn't you think it could have been the dogs?

They're teacup Yorkies. They weigh about 4lbs each.

It was clear that did not come from a dog.

That's probably one of the first times that he really realised

the depths of how fucking insane that she was.

It was shown on the record that Depp sent this text.

Quote, "Will you squat in front of the door of the master bedroom

"and leave a giant coil of dookie so that Amber steps in it

"and thinks that one of the dogs, primarily Boo has a major problem.

"It'll be funny."

On the 29th of October, 2014,

Miss Heard wrote in a text message

to Kevin Murphy that quote, "Last night, she..." as in Boo,

"shit on Johnny while he was sleeping, like all over him,

"not exaggerating."

Again, public record.

Mr Depp, why did you go over to the penthouses on May 21st, 2016?

Miss Heard had requested

that I come over to have a talk.

I went over there with my security team,

Jerry Judge and Sean Bett, just in case anything went down.

Good morning, Mr Bett.

Good morning.

Do you see this on your screen, Mr Bett?

I do.

That's you in that black and white shirt, right?

That's me.

That's Mr Depp in the hat and that's Mr Judge to his left?

Correct.

This video is when you're entering the Eastern Columbia Building

to take him to Penthouse 3, correct?

That's correct.

Johnny and I had not seen each other for

the better part of a month.

I mean, I could tell he was inebriated

but it was peaceful.

And then he starts talking about the faeces again,

and this prank that he said one of my friends had left

for him in my bed.

Our marriage was falling apart in front of our eyes,

we hadn't seen each other for a month,

and I couldn't believe he wanted to talk about faeces.

So, I call this friend,

thinking that we'll take care of it, and I say...

Tell us who that person is. Io.

She put me on speaker phone.

She said, "Johnny thinks that you and I, together,

"defecated on his pillow."

So I started laughing

and he got very agitated by the fact that she

and I thought it was funny.

And when I realised that he was serious,

I was like, "OK, look,

"you know, first of all I wasn't there that day."

It just made Johnny madder. He got more upset,

grabbed the phone

and started screaming expletives, insulting names.

And I said to Io, "You can have her now,

"she's yours, she's all yours." Right?

He tosses the, the phone, you know,

down on the couch and heads upstairs.

And I pick up the phone, Io said, "Amber,

"get out of the house, get out of the house now,

"you're not safe."

Johnny came bolting down the stairs,

grabbed the phone from my hand,

just pulls his arm back with the phone

and throws it at my face.

Hit me right in my, it felt like my, my eye.

I was by the refrigerator at this point, I was 20 feet away.

Where was Miss Heard at that time?

She was still sitting on the couch.

He comes over to me, erm, as I'm crying,

he says, "Oh, yeah, I hit you, huh?

"What if I pull your hair back? What if I pull your hair back?"

He said to her,

"Oh, you think I hit you?

"You think I fucking hit you?

"What if I peel your fucking hair back?"

And then I heard the phone drop again and then I heard her scream.

She's still got Io on the phone,

and that's when the screaming started.

"Stop hitting me, Johnny," she's screaming,

in, in her best, erm...

freaked out, upset voice, high-pitched.

We could hear this screaming

and shouting from Miss Heard, so I immediately opened up

the door and Mr Judge and I ran in there.

The next thing I hear is, "Boss. Boss." And I realise

that his two security guards had come into the, to the apartment.

She had this look of surprise on her face

and then she looked at Mr Depp and us

and she shouted out loud,

"This is the last time you do this to me."

"That's the last time you'll ever hit me.

"That's the last time you'll ever do that to me."

And again, I'm, I'm a good 20 feet away, by the fridge.

At which point Mr Depp looked at her and said,

"What the hell are you talking about?"

I remember her screaming.

And I hung up the phone, and I called 911.

Officers, how you doing?

We're just coming in to check.

We need to make sure everybody in here is OK.

Why didn't you want to cooperate with the police?

Because I, I...

I wanted to protect Johnny.

I didn't want him to be arrested.

She's out back.

All right.

My best friend took pictures of me.

This is my face after the phone incident.

Did you have a clear view of Miss Heard?

I did. Did you have a clear view of her face? I did.

Did you observe any injuries on Miss Heard's face?

None.

Johnny Depp's soon-to-be ex-wife has received

a domestic violence restraining order against the movie star.

Amber Heard presented this photograph in court as evidence of

the alleged domestic violence.

Hey, Amber.

Amber, did Johnny give you that bruise on your face?

Did Johnny beat you up?

I saw that she had gone to a court

and there were paparazzi everywhere and her...

a...erm, a mark on her face.

Have you ever been accused of physically abusing

a woman before this point?

No.

No.

The fact that she's on tape admitting

to hitting Johnny Depp,

for her to have written this op-ed

for The Washington Post and

essentially propped herself up

as a figurehead in

the Me Too movement so to speak. Right.

Yeah, it...I think you, you just feel really betrayed.

It's so triggering to so many people.

As a victim and a survivor of domestic violence,

even though it's sexist, you do wanna kind of back the female.

But so far, I feel like she was more the aggressor.

Look, they can both be wrong. Amber can be awful,

you can totally believe that,

but we can't use that as a reason for Johnny Depp

to be absolved of the clearly awful things

that he has done.

All right. Cross examination.

Cross examination. Here we go.

Good afternoon, Miss Heard.

Good afternoon. Starting out respectful.

Mr Depp hasn't looked at you once this entire trial, has he?

Ooh! No, he has not.

Not that I've noticed, no.

You know exactly why Mr Depp won't look back at you, don't you?

I do.

One of the last times you ever saw Mr Depp was when you met him in

San Francisco in July of 2016.

And this is after you had obtained

the domestic violence restraining order against him.

That's correct.

Oh, right into audio.

That's you and Mr Depp in that recording.

That is. And he kept that promise, hasn't he?

As far as I know, he cannot look at me.

He cannot.

He won't look at you, right, Miss Heard? He can't.

Let's please play Plaintiff's Exhibit 357A,

which is already in evidence, Your Honour.

That's your voice on that recording right?

Yes, it is. You didn't think he would tell the world he was

a victim of domestic violence, did you?

I thought it would be crazy for him to do so,

knowing what I know we lived through.

What did you say in response when Miss Heard said,

"Tell the world, Johnny. Tell them, Johnny Depp,

"I'm a victim too of domestic violence"?

I said, "Yes. I am."

Miss Heard, Mr Depp is your victim, isn't he?

No, Ma'am.

And once he left you,

you continued to abuse him publicly by calling him

an abuser, didn't you?

He is an abuser

and you can look either of us up online

and figure out who's being abused online.

Amber Turd! Amber Turd!

This is a battle of optics.

This is not so much about

the legal merits but rather what the public perception is.

If you just look at public opinion, no-one really believes Amber Heard.

I don't buy it for a... Do you buy this?!

The hashtag #JusticeForJohnnyDepp has more than 4 billion views

on TikTok. It seems the internet has made up

its mind without this court case even coming to a close. Wow.

Ah.

Yeah. Amber's fucked.

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