Amber Heard VS Jhonny Depp Case

The court trail of Hollywood Celebrities Johnny Depp and Amber Heard was perhaps the most popular criminal trail in the world. Surprisingly it is even not criminal trail. It didn't have direct impact on people's lives. Still people all around the world were very interested in the personal life of these celebrities. During this trail fan basis were developed.

"I support Johnny Depp___"

"I support Amber Heard___"

Some people said it is injustice against woman. There were references #MenToo as well that means how men are falsely accused. In this article let's discuss what actually happened and what it reveals about our society.

Johnny Depp is popular Hollywood Actor who is known for the eccentric characters he has played in the films. His most famous character have been Captain Jack Sparrow from the Pirates of Caribbean Franchise.

On the other hand Amber Heard is also a Hollywood actress but isn't as popular as Johnny Depp. Some of famous films she was in were Justice League, Aquaman, Never Back Down, Dive Angry and The Rum Dairy.

Johnny Depp and Amber Heard met on the set of The Rum Dairy in 2009. In her court filing the Amber Heard said that had started dating in 2012. This was the same year Johnny Depp announced his separation with the Singer Vanessa Paradis. Johnny and Vanessa had two children Lily Rose and Jhon Christopher. Around the same time Amber Heard split up with her previous partner Tasya Van Re. In 2014 Johnny Depp and Amber Heard got engaged. The following year, in 2015 two got married. The marriage didn't even last 1.5 years. In May 2016, Amber filed divorce in the court. When the divorce was granted by the court it even issued restraining order against Johnny Depp. A restraining order means that Johnny Depp couldn't contact Amber Heard and couldn't meet her.

You might wonder why court issued such an order because Amber Heard had complaint that Johnny Depp used to physical abuse her. That he would be violent towards her under the influence of alcohol and drugs. She cited one such example,

when she claimed that Johnny threw his phone at her. It hit her face injuring her. But a spokesperson of Police told the People's Magazine that when the Police Officer investigated this complaint that they didn't found any evidence. Johnny Depp also denied all such accusations.

Johnny lawyers claims that Amber was trying to negotiate the divorce settlement by making false accusations so that she could get more money for the "abuse". Amber Heard and Johnny Depp settled their issue outside the court in 2016. Amber Heard received 7 Millions Dollar as compensation.

The newspaper reported that Amber had donated 3.5 Millions Dollar to Children's Hospital Los Angeles and 3.5 Millions Dollar donated to American Civil Liberties Union an organization that prevents violence against women.

During this time, Johnny Depp and Amber Heard released joint statement

"All is well and they have mutually resolved the problems between them. Our relationship was intensely passionate and at times volatile but always bound by law. There was never intent of physical and emotional harm."

Later in 2017, their divorce was finalized. In divorce findings a Non-Disagreement Clause was also inserted. That no one will try to defame each other in public but the reverse things happened.

In December 2018, this issue came back to the limelight, when Amber Heard wrote an article in Washington Post. She wrote

She had become a public figure representing domestic violence. When she spoken against the violence against her, she face wrath of several people.

She didn't mention Johnny Depp in her article but she pointing towards the time spent with him. Johnny Depp filled 50 Million Dollars Defamation suit against Amber Heard. Amber Heard contested the suit filed against her. Johnny Depp's lawyers said that Amber Heard had two extra marital affairs with Elon Musk and James Franco. The court dismissed the suit against Amber Heard and denied to accept appeal from Johnny Depp twice.

Amber Heard filed counter case worth of 100 Millions Dollar against Johnny Depp. It's trail begin in April, 2023. Her lawyers said that the article wrote by Amber was based on freedom of speech and that it was an article on the issue of domestic abuse and not on the relationship with Johnny Depp. While the Jhonny lawyers said that Amber wanted to damage the reputation of Jhonny Depp by making false accusations. There were different testimonies and evidences during the trail. The jury gave findings that the both parties have defame each other. Amber Heard will pay 15 Millions Dollar to Mr.Depp and she will be granted 2 Millions Dollar as compensation. 15M $ were reduce to 10.35M $ under Virginia State Law. This case is going to appellate court now yet many things coming in future.

During the trail fan bases were established. The people realized that men also face violence in the society. Hash Tag MeToo begin trending and world realized the dark side of our society.

That's all for today's article.

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Note : This article is shared for education purpose only. Its not criticism on someone's personal life.

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