JOHNNY DEPP AND

AMBER HEARD’S
TRIAL

MEMBERS:

 ALTUNA ALVA, RODRIGO

 ESQUERRE ROSAS, PAMELA
 JIMENEZ RIEGA, JUANJOSE
 NORIEGA CABALLERO, JAN PIERE
 VILLANUEVA BARRIOS, ANABELA
AMBER HEARD AND JOHNNY DEPP’S DIVORCE

AMBER HEARD AND JOHNNY DEPP BEGAN A RELATIONSHIP IN 2012 AFTER MEETING ON A MOVIE SET. THEY
GOT MARRIED IN 2015, BUT HEARD FILED FOR DIVORCE ONLY 15 MONTHS LATER, ALLEGING THAT DEPP
HAD PHYSICALLY ABUSED HER. SHE WAS GRANTED A RESTRAINING ORDER, WHICH DEPP DENIED.
EVENTUALLY, THEY SETTLED THEIR DIFFERENCES PEACEFULLY AND RELEASED A JOINT STATEMENT
DENYING THAT EITHER OF THEM HAD MADE FALSE ACCUSATIONS FOR FINANCIAL GAIN. THEIR DIVORCE
WAS FINALIZED IN JANUARY 2017.
 THE “ME TOO” ARTICLE AND
DISNEY’S FIRING

The breakup between Amber Heard and Johnny Depp seemed to have been solved with a
joint statement, but then the #MeToo movement arrived. In December 2018, Heard wrote an
article in The Washington Post in which she identified herself as a "public figure
representing domestic abuse" and claimed to have lost a role and a fashion brand contract
after making the accusations. Although she did not name Depp in the article, it was widely
assumed she was referring to the abuse allegations she had previously made during their
divorce, which she later withdrew. She also expressed frustration at how institutions protect
accused men while women suffer losses and pressures for speaking out. In December 2019,
Disney decided to part ways with Depp and replace him with Margot Robbie in the Pirates
of the Caribbean franchise. However, the defense of Heard had argued that Depp was
actually fired due to repeated misconduct, as evidenced by a document that contains
complaints against the actor but not the article published by Heard.
 AFTER SETTLING THE FIRST ABUSE ALLEGATION WITH AN AGREEMENT, DEPP
JOHNNY DEPP’S DEFAMATION RESPONDED TO THE SITUATION CREATED BY HEARD WITH A DEFAMATION
LAWSUIT IN MARCH 2020. HE CLAIMED $50 MILLION, CLAIMING HER
ACCUSATIONS WERE "DEMONSTRABLY FALSE." HE ALSO ACCUSED HER OF
LAWSUIT MAKING THE ACCUSATIONS TO FURTHER HER CAREER BY PORTRAYING
HERSELF AS A VICTIM, EVEN GOING SO FAR AS TO SAY "SHE WAS THE
PERPETRATED." THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME DEPP ACCUSED HEARD, ALBEIT
INDIRECTLY, OF ABUSE. IN THE MULTI-MILLION-DOLLAR SUIT, THE ACTOR
ALSO POINTED THE FINGER DIRECTLY AT DISNEY, CITING WHAT HE HAD LOST
BY NO LONGER PLAYING JACK SPARROW. THE SUIT WAS ACCEPTED IN JULY OF
THE SAME YEAR. ON SEPTEMBER 2, THE ACTRESS RESPONDED WITH A
COUNTERCLAIM OF $100 MILLION, ESSENTIALLY SAYING THE SAME THING
BUT IN REVERSE. SHE CLAIMED THAT SHE WAS THE ONE WHO LOST JOBS AND
MONEY AND THAT THE ACTOR WAS BEHIND THE CAMPAIGN OF ONLINE
DEFAMATION AND PRESSURE TO HAVE HER FIRED, AMONG OTHER THINGS,
FROM THE AQUAMAN FRANCHISE. HER ARGUMENT WAS:
"THIS SERIES OF FALSE AND DEFAMATORY ALLEGATIONS AGAINST MS. HEARD
IS AN ATTEMPT TO RUIN HER LIFE AND CAREER, SIMPLY BECAUSE SHE WAS A
VICTIM OF DOMESTIC ABUSE AND VIOLENCE AT THE HANDS OF MR. DEPP."
 DIARY “THE SUN” AND FANTASTIC BEASTS

The judge ruled that the phrase

THE EX-COUPLE HAD TO WAIT
NEARLY TWO YEARS FOR THE
TRIAL OF THEIR DEFAMATION
CASES, BUT HAD A credibility of Heard's accusations.
PRELIMINARY TRIAL WITH A
THIRD PARTY SHORTLY AFTER. the abuse allegations, only that it
IN SEPTEMBER 2020, DEPP
FACED THE DIARY “THE SUN”
IN COURT FOR LABELING HIM A
"WIFE-BEATER," AND HE LOST
THE TRIAL.
was "substantially true," which
may be seen as a victory for
AS A RESULT, BOTH DISNEY
freedom of expression and the
AND WARNER DECIDED TO
LET GO OF DEPP FROM THEIR
However, the trial did not prove
RESPECTIVE FILM
FRANCHISES. THIS RULING
was not unreasonable for the
MADE IT CLEAR THAT DEPP'S
newspaper to make such claims
DEFENSE COULD NOT EASILY
based on the accusations against
REFUTE HEARD'S
Depp.
ACCUSATIONS.
 THE TRIAL

JOHNNY DEPP AND AMBER HEARD HAD STARTED FACING EACH OTHER IN A US COURT, SPECIFICALLY IN VIRGINIA. THIS IS
RELATED TO THEIR PREVIOUS LEGAL BATTLES WITH THE SUN AND THE RESTRAINING ORDER THAT HEARD HAD FILED
DURING THEIR DIVORCE. THEY WERE IN COURT OVER DEFAMATION CHARGES, WHICH INVOLVE ACCUSATIONS OF DOMESTIC
ABUSE AND MISTREATMENT. THE ISSUE AT HAND IS ABOUT THE EFFECT OF DEFAMATION ON THEIR PUBLIC IMAGE AND
INCOME. IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THIS WAS NOT A TRIAL OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, AND NO PENALTIES OR
RESTRAINING ORDERS WERE BEING SEARCHED.

RATHER, IT WAS A TRIAL TO DETERMINE WHO HAD DEFAMED WHOM AND TO CALCULATE
THE AMOUNT OF MONEY ONE OWED THE OTHER AS A RESULT. IN AN ATTEMPT TO REDUCE
TENSION, AMBER HEARD ANNOUNCED ON INSTAGRAM THAT THE ENTIRE ISSUE STEMS
FROM A SENTENCE IN HER ARTICLE FOR THE WASHINGTON POST. THE TRIAL BEGAN ON APRIL
11, 2022, IN FAIRFAX COUNTY, VIRGINIA, AND WAS EXPECTED TO LAST FOR ABOUT SIX
WEEKS. WHILE MUCH OF THE TRIAL'S CONTENT REMAINED UNKNOWN, BOTH SIDES WERE
EXPECTED TO CALL WELL-KNOWN WITNESSES TO TESTIFY.
 AMBER HEARD ACUSSES ALTHOUGH THE TRIAL IS FOR DEFAMATION, DURING THE INITIAL
STATEMENTS OF THE PROCESS, AMBER HEARD'S LAWYER MADE A
JOHNNY DEPP OF SEXUAL SHOCKING ACCUSATION THAT CAUSED AN IMMEDIATE ESCALATION IN
ASSAULT THE PROCESS: DEPP WOULD HAVE SEXUALLY ASSAULTED THE ACTRESS
WHILE SHE WAS UNCONSCIOUS. THE INCIDENT WOULD HAVE TAKEN
PLACE DURING THE LAST MONTHS OF THEIR RELATIONSHIP AFTER
HEARD PASSED OUT DRUNK

DEPP’S DEFENSE SAID: MS. HEARD HAD NEVER MADE THAT

ACCUSATION AGAINST MR. DEPP BEFORE. IF THAT WASN’T PART OF THE
ABUSE ALLEGATIONS AGAINST HIM IN 2016, THEN WHAT HAS
CHANGED? WHEN SHE REALIZED THE SERIOUSNESS OF WHAT SHE WAS
ALLEGING [ABOUT BEING A VICTIM OF GENDER VIOLENCE], SHE
PANICKED AND ALLEGED SEXUAL ASSAULT. IN MR. DEPP'S FIFTY-EIGHT
YEARS, NOT A SINGLE WOMAN HAS ACCUSED HIM OF VIOLENCE, AND
NO ONE IN HOLLYWOOD OR THE WORLD HAD REASON TO BELIEVE HE
WAS AN ABUSER UNTIL MS. HEARD PUBLICLY ACCUSED HIM."
THE FIRSTS TESTIMONIES: THE EX COUPLE’S THERAPIST ASSURES THAT
THEY PRACTICED MUTUAL ABUSE

THERAPIST LAUREL AVIS ANDERSON, WHO WORKED WITH THE EX COUPLE IN 2015, HAS ACKNOWLEDGED
THAT THE TWO PRACTICED "MUTUAL ABUSE." WHEN ASKED IF DEPP WAS VIOLENT TOWARDS HEARD,
ANDERSON SAID THAT HE "WAS" AND THAT SHE SAW "MULTIPLE" BRUISES ON THE FACE OF HER EX-WIFE.
ON THE OTHER HAND, SHE HAD ALSO RECOGNIZED THAT HEARD HIT DEPP DURING HIS FIGHTS AND THAT
WHEN SHE FELT DISRESPECTED, SHE COULD HIT HIM FIRST.
 JOHNNY DEPP’S HARSH
MESSAGE THAT WAS A STICK TO
HIS DEFFENSE

JOHNNY SENT THIS MESSAGE TO HIS FRIEND ISAAC BARUCH: "I

HOPE HEARD'S ROTTING CORPSE IS DECOMPOSING IN THE DAMN
TRUNK OF A HONDA CIVIC.“
ALTHOUGH BARUCH DEFENDED DEPP'S POSITION, STATING THAT
HE NEVER SAW ANY SIGNS OF VIOLENCE IN THE COUPLE OR ANY
TYPE OF PHYSICAL ABUSE ON HER FACE DESPITE THEIR CLOSE
COHABITATION, HE ALSO REVEALED THAT CONTROVERSIAL
MESSAGE BETWEEN HIM AND THE ACTOR.
IN THAT SAME CONTEXT, THE ACTOR VENTED TO HIS CLOSE
FRIEND, SAYING THAT HEARD HAD RUINED HIS LIFE. HOWEVER,
THAT STRONG EXPRESSION HAS CAUSED SEVERAL ATTENDEES.
 AMBER HEARD’S VIDEOS WITH JAMES
FRANCO AND ELON MUSK

Both were captured by the security

cameras in the elevator of Heard Also, beyond the nature of both
and Depp's apartment before they relationships, it would be necessary
TWO OF THE MOST
separated. That is to say, both will to see in what degree of health or
ANTICIPATED TESTIMONIES IN
go to trial to explain the context of commitment the marriage between
THE TRIAL ARE THOSE OF ELON
that "coexistence" on which it is the two was, if despite being in
MUSK, WHO HAD A BRIEF
intended to demonstrate that force it was already broken, if they
RELATIONSHIP WITH HEARD
Heard was unfaithful to Depp were taking time, if they were
AFTER THEIR SEPARATION, AND
during their relationship, and not seeing other mutual people
JAMES FRANCO.
just with one person. agreement, etc.
 JOHNNY DEPP AND THE DISCORD FINGER

RATHER THAN PROVING THAT THERE WAS NO VIOLENCE IN THE RELATIONSHIP, DEPP'S DEFENSE IS BASED ON PROVING THAT
THIS VIOLENCE EXISTED AND WAS MUTUAL. IN THIS SENSE, IF HEARD HAS TO PROVE OR DEMONSTRATE BRUISES, INSULTS,
OR THREATENING MESSAGES, DEPP, BEYOND INFIDELITIES, HAS THE FINGER. THE FINGER HAS BEEN THE IRREFUTABLE
PROOF FOR DEPP'S DEFENDERS AS A TRUE VICTIM OF THE CASE.
IT ALL DATES BACK TO MARCH 2015, WHILE DEPP WAS IN AUSTRALIA FILMING THE FIFTH FILM OF PIRATES OF THE
CARIBBEAN. DEPP CUT OFF THE TIP OF HIS MIDDLE FINGER. THE PROBLEM IS THAT, ACCORDING TO HIM, IT ALL HAPPENED
BECAUSE AMBER HEARD THREW A BOTTLE AT HIM THAT CUT OFF THAT PART. ACCORDING TO HER, THE INJURY WAS CAUSED
BY HIMSELF WHILE HE BROKE THE PHONE BY HITTING IT.

THAT IS WHY THE TESTIMONY OF DAVID KIPPER AND DEBBIE LLOYD, THE DOCTOR AND NURSE WHO
CAME TO THE SCENE AND TOOK DEPP TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM, WAS INTERESTING.
KIPPER SAID THAT HE FOUND THE ACTOR IN THE KITCHEN AND THAT THERE WAS BROKEN GLASS IN
THE HOUSE. HE ALSO CLAIMED THAT HEARD APPEARED TO BE IN DISCOMFORT AND, ALTHOUGH HE
DID NOT EXAMINE HER, HE DIDN’T NOTE ANY INJURIES. A HOUSE MANAGER FOUND THE FINGER AND
DEPP UNDERWENT RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY TO REPAIR IT.
KIPPER AND LLOYD WERE BROUGHT IN TO HELP DEPP DEAL WITH HIS DRUG PROBLEMS.
KIPPER CLAIMED THAT DEPP DIDN’T FOLLOW HIS PROTOCOLS AND THAT HE DECLARED HIS
INTENTION TO STOP SUPERVISING HIM. DEPP SAID THAT HE HAD "NEVER HEARD OF SOMEONE BEING
FIRED BY HIS DOCTOR BEFORE" AND THAT HE WAS "KIND OF PROUD OF THAT LITTLE ACHIEVEMENT."
JOHNNY DEPP GOES UP
DEPP BEGAN BY DECLARING THAT HIS INTENTION IN THE
TO TESTIFY TRIAL IS SOLELY THE TRUTH: "THE TRUTH IS THE ONLY
THING THAT INTERESTS ME. LIES WILL GET YOU
NOWHERE, BECAUSE LIES ARE BUILT ON LIES. I AM
OBSESSED WITH THE TRUTH."

DEPP, BEYOND REMEMBERING THAT HE SUFFERED

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AS A CHILD FROM HIS MOTHER,
ALSO FOCUSED ON HEARD'S CHANGE THROUGHOUT
THEIR RELATIONSHIP.

"She was attentive. She was affectionate. She was smart. She was
kind. She was funny. She was understanding. (after a year and a half)
It was as if she had become almost another person."
DEPP'S MESSAGES CONTRADICT HIM

AS DEPP FINISHED HIS SECOND DAY OF TESTIMONY DENYING VIOLENCE AND ABUSE TOWARDS HIS
EX-WIFE, CONTRADICTING MESSAGES CONTINUE TO SURFACE. DESPITE HIS CLAIMS THAT HE LIED TO
PROTECT HER, THE EVIDENCE OF THE FINGER INJURY REMAINS, AND IT WILL BE HIS WORD AGAINST
HERS. FURTHERMORE, NEW MESSAGES THAT FURTHER WEAKEN DEPP'S CASE HAVE BEEN REVEALED,
INCLUDING APOLOGIES FROM THE ACTOR TO HEARD FOR HIS BEHAVIOR. IN THESE MESSAGES, DEPP
ADMITS TO BEING A "SAVAGE" AND EXPRESSES A DESIRE TO CHANGE. IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN HOW A
JURY WILL PERCEIVE THESE CONFLICTING ACCOUNTS.
THE MESSAGES, IN WHICH DEPP CALLED HEARD A "DIRTY BITCH" WERE CONFIRMED BY HIMSELF AS
HIS. OF COURSE, QUITE A COUP AFTER TWO DAYS IN WHICH THE ACTOR'S TESTIMONY HAD MADE
HEADLINES AGAINST THE DEFENDANT FOR DEFAMATION.
 DEPP'S MESSAGES TO PAUL
BETTANY

IN THE MESSAGES, FROM 2013, LONG BEFORE THE DIVORCE

AND WHEN THEY STILL SEEMED LIKE A HAPPY MARRIAGE,
DEPP AND BETTANY SPOKE OF HEARD AS IF SHE WERE A
WITCH. AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A LITERAL WITCH, THE
KIND WITH A BROOM... AND A BONFIRE. BETTANY TELLS
DEPP THAT THEY SHOULD GIVE WOMEN ACCUSED OF
WITCHCRAFT THE DROWNING TEST THAT WAS DONE IN THE
MIDDLE AGES. DEP REPLIES THAT, AFTER DROWNING HER,
THEY WOULD HAVE TO MAKE SURE BY BURNING THE BODY.
 JOHNNY DEPP'S REACTION TO THE KEY
ARTICLE OF THE TRIAL

DESPITE THE VARIOUS

INACCURACIES IN THE "IT WAS AS IF SOMEONE HAD
IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO SEE HIT ME FROM BEHIND THE
CONTENT, WE REMEMBER HEAD. I HAD NO ABILITY TO
HOW THIS ARTICLE
AGAIN THAT THIS IS A SPEAK, BECAUSE EVEN IF I
AFFECTED DEPP. AFTER ALL, HAD GIVEN AN INTERVIEW TO
DEFAMATION TRIAL. JOHNNY
WHAT HE IS ASKING FOR IS TRY TO EXPLAIN MYSELF, IT
DEPP IS SUING AMBER HEARD WOULD HAVE BECOME A
50 MILLION DOLLARS FOR
FOR FINANCIAL DAMAGES FOR 'TEST', SO MY LIPS WERE
THE DAMAGE THAT DEPP'S SEALED."
HER WASHINGTON POST
WORDS CAUSED TO HIS He also spoke of Jack Sparrow and his
ARTICLE CLAIMING TO BE A
VICTIM OF DOMESTIC CAREER. "premature" end, although he stated that he
will not return to the character even if Disney
VIOLENCE, WRITTEN TWO requests it after the trial.
YEARS AFTER THEIR DIVORCE.
 THE BODYGUARD

CONNOLLY BEGAN BY RECOUNTING HOW

DEPP WAS NOT HAPPY IN HIS MARRIAGE
AND HOW HEARD CHANGED, BEING KIND
AT FIRST AND THEN COLD AND
DEMANDING. IN HIS WORDS, HEARD
"WANTED TO WEAR THE PANTS IN THE
RELATIONSHIP." CONNOLLY CLAIMED THAT
HE NEVER SAW INJURIES ON AMBER HEARD
BUT HE DID ON JOHNNY DEPP.
SPECIFICALLY ON THE COUPLE'S
HONEYMOON.

"FROM SCRATCHES TO SWELLING," CONNOLLY SAID, "MOST OF

THESE MARKS WERE ON THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS FACE. HE HAD A
SWOLLEN LIP AND BRUISES ON HIS EYE. HE'S RUN INTO A DOOR
OR A DOOR HAS RUN INTO HIM."
AMBER HEARD FIRES HER PUBLIC
BEFORE HER EXPECTED STATEMENT, IT WAS CLEAR THAT THE
RELATIONS TEAM BEFORE FORECASTS THAT AMBER HEARD WAS GOING TO LOSE THE TRIAL
WERE BEING FULFILLED. SHE’D HAD IT LOST EVEN BEFORE
TESTIFYING
STARTING DUE TO DEPP'S DEVOTED MASS OF FANS, BUT THE TRIAL
ONLY MADE THE SITUATION WORSE. FOR THIS REASON,
ACCORDING TO THE NEW YORK POST, AMBER HEARD HAD DECIDED
TO CHANGE IMAGE AND PUBLIC RELATIONS COUNSELORS. A RISKY
MOVE JUST BEFORE HER STARRING MOMENT AT THE TRIAL.
DUE TO A "TORRENT OF BAD HEADLINES" THAT DIDN’T TELL HER
STORY "EFFECTIVELY," HEARD HAD DIVESTED FROM PRECISION
STRATEGIES TO HIRE SHANE COMMUNICATIONS.
AMBER HEARD AND THE RAPE

IT ALL HAPPENED ON A CAMPING TRIP TO HICKSVILLE, CALIFORNIA, WHERE THEY HAD PLANNED A DESERT
PARTY WITH SEVERAL PEOPLE AND STAYING IN TRAILERS. THE ACTRESS RECOUNTED THAT A DRUGGED
WOMAN PUT HER HEAD ON HER SHOULDER AND HER HAND ON HER ARM. ACCORDING TO HEARD, DEPP
GOT ANGRY AND YELLED AT THE WOMAN. LATER, THEY BOTH ARGUED AND WENT BACK TO THEIR
TRAILER. ACCORDING TO THE ACTRESS, DEPP STARTED LOOKING FOR HIS DRUGS AND: "RIPPED OFF MY
UNDERWEAR AND THEN PROCEEDED TO SEARCH MY CAVITY. I JUST STOOD THERE."

DURING HER SECOND DAY OF TESTIMONY, HEARD CLAIMED THAT THE BEATINGS
CONTINUED "FOR A YEAR, MAYBE TWO," AND THAT "NOTHING I DID MADE HIM
STOP HITTING ME." ADDITIONALLY, HEARD STATED THAT DEPP CONSUMED ALMOST
A WHOLE BAG OF MDMA OR ECSTASY PILLS AND THAT "IT WAS CLEAR THAT HE WAS
INSANE. HE WROTE WITH BLOOD ON A PILLOW." HOWEVER, SHE ALSO ADMITTED
THAT THE VIOLENCE IN THE ARGUMENTS WAS MUTUAL, BUT DEPP'S PHYSICAL
STRENGTH ALWAYS PREVAILED: "WE BOTH SAID TERRIBLE THINGS TO EACH
OTHER. WE YELLED AT EACH OTHER. UNFORTUNATELY, WHEN JOHNNY STARTED
 AMBER HEARD CONTINUED TESTIFYING

AMBER HEARD FOLLOWED UP Heard also spoke about the reasons for her divorce. HEARD POINTED OUT THAT
ON HER STATEMENT. THE She filed for divorce when she "began to fear for DEPP WAS ONLY AGGRESSIVE
ACTRESS BEGAN BY ARGUING her life". It happened after an argument in which, UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF
HOW "A SMEAR CAMPAIGN" BY Depp threw a phone at her face. ALCOHOL AND DRUGS, TO
DEPP'S LEGAL TEAM ALSO HAD "I knew I had to leave. I knew I wouldn't survive if WHICH HE WAS ADDICTED.
AFFECTED HER CAREER, I didn't. I was really afraid that it was going to end SHE ALSO DENOUNCED DEPP'S
SPECIFICALLY HER ROLE IN badly for me, and I didn't really want to leave him, REACTION UPON LEARNING
AQUAMAN I loved him so much... But the monster was that THAT SHE HAD PERFORMED A
"I WAS GIVEN A SCRIPT AND thing that had become normal and not the SEX SCENE ON A SET, STATING
LATER SENT NEW VERSIONS IN exception, the violence was now normal." THAT ALTHOUGH DOUBLES
WHICH, BASICALLY, THEY HAD WERE USED AND SHE TOLD IT
LIMITED MUCH OF MY ROLE." TO HER THEN-HUSBAND, HE
DID NOT BELIEVE HER.
THE PAST ATTACKS STRONGLY TO JOHNNY
DEPP
Ellen Barkin, his the first ex-partner was called to testify. The 68-year-old actress
opened up about her relationship with Depp in the 1990s, which never went beyond
no-strings-attached sex. Barkin said of Depp that "he was drunk most of the time"
and that he was a jealous and controlling man who bombarded her with questions
like "Where are you going?
She also spoke of violent behavior, specifically during the filming of Fear and
Loathing in Las Vegas, where Barkin claims that Depp, in a fit of rage, "threw a
bottle of wine across the hotel room."
Tracey Jacobs’ (Depp’s former agent) version hasn't done anything well to Depp’s
version. The first week of Depp's indictment was devoted to reflecting on how
Heard's accusations had affected his client's career.
 EVA GREEN DEFENDS JOHNNY DEPP

EVA GREEN HAS NEVER BEEN DEPP'S ROMANTIC

PARTNER, SO HER VOICE IS NOT FULLY
AUTHORIZED TO AFFIRM HOW DEPP BEHAVES IN
ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS, BUT SHE HAS WORKED
WITH HIM IN SEVERAL MOVIES.
"I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT JOHNNY WILL EMERGE
WITH HIS GOOD NAME AND HIS WONDERFUL
HEART REVEALED TO THE WORLD, AND LIFE WILL
BE BETTER THAN EVER FOR HIM AND HIS FAMILY."

AT THAT POINT, IN HOLLYWOOD, THE PUBLIC OPINION WAS WITH

JOHNNY DEPP.
 JOHNNY DEPP STRKES BACK

AFTER KATE MOSS'S STATEMENTS IN DEFENSE OF JOHNNY DEPP,

THE ACTOR HIMSELF TOOK THE STAND TO COUNTERACT
AMBER HEARD'S ACCOUNT OF THEIR HONEYMOON. THE ACTOR
BEGAN BY COMMENTING ON A PHOTO IN WHICH HE AND THE
THEN-SPOUSE POSE WITH THE CHEF AND THE HOTEL
RESTAURANT TEAM, ONE IN WHICH HE IS SEEN WITH A BLACK
EYE. WHEN THE LAWYER ASKED HIM ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED,
DEPP BEGAN TO RAMBLE, SAYING THAT "THINGS ESCALATE
VERY QUICKLY" AND, IN RESPONSE TO HEARD'S TEAM'S
PROTEST ABOUT THE VAGUENESS OF HIS RESPONSE, DEPP GOT
SERIOUS AND SAID:
"MS. HEARD PUNCHED ME. DO YOU LIKE THAT ANSWER
 JOHNNY DEPP “WON” THE TRIAL

JOHNNY DEPP IS THE WINNER OF THE TRIAL AS THE JURY, MADE UP OF 5 MEN AND 2 WOMEN, HAS CONCLUDED THAT AMBER
HEARD IS INDEED GUILTY OF DEFAMATION AGAINST THE ACTOR. THIS IS HOW DEPP CELEBRATED:

"SIX YEARS AGO, MY LIFE, THE LIVES OF MY CHILDREN, THE LIVES OF THOSE CLOSE TO ME, THE LIVES OF PEOPLE WHO
HAVE FOR MANY YEARS BELIEVED IN ME AND SUPPORTED ME CHANGED. EVERYTHING IN A FLASH.

FALSE BUT VERY SERIOUS CRIMINAL ALLEGATIONS WERE MADE AGAINST ME IN THE MEDIA, LEADING TO A TSUNAMI OF
HATE-FILLED RESPONSES. EVEN THOUGH NO REAL CHARGES WERE EVER LEVELED AGAINST ME, EVERYTHING HAD BEEN
TURNED UPSIDE DOWN IN SECONDS, AND IT ALL HAD A SEISMIC IMPACT ON MY LIFE AND CAREER.

SIX DAYS AGO, THE JURY RETURNED A VERDICT IN MY FAVOR, AND MY LIFE WAS RETURNED TO ME. I
AM TRULY GRATEFUL. MY REASONS FOR PURSUING THIS CASE, KNOWING FULL WELL THE WEIGHT OF
THE LEGAL APPARATUS THAT WOULD BE OPPOSED TO ME, AND THE INEVITABLE WORLDWIDE MEDIA
CIRCUS THAT WOULD SURROUND MY LIFE, WERE MADE OUT OF DEEP PERSONAL CONVICTION.

FROM THE OUTSET, MY GOAL IN PURSUING THIS CASE WAS TO CLEAR MY NAME AND REVEAL THE
TRUTH, WHATEVER THAT MIGHT BE. TELLING THE TRUTH IS SOMETHING I OWED TO MY CHILDREN
AND TO THOSE WHO HAVE STOOD BY ME. I FEEL THAT I HAVE BEEN VINDICATED AND THAT I CAN NOW
MOVE ON WITH MY LIFE."
INJURIES (lesiones): Physical harm or damage caused to a TRIAL (juicio): Legal process where a case is presented in
person's body. court, evidence is heard, and a decision is made by a judge.

JUDGEMENT (sentencia): It’s the action and effect of RESTRAINING ORDER (orden de alejamiento): Legal
judging, consisting of stating the Law in the specific case. order that requires a person to stay away from another.

CRIMINALISTS (criminalistas): Said of a lawyer: who JOINT STATEMENT (declaración conjunta): Statement
exercises his profession in matters related to criminal law. issued by two or more, who have agreed something legal.

VIOLENT CONDUCT (conducta violenta): A conduct that (TO) SUE (demandar/demanda) : To take legal action
threatens or harms or injures and individual or others. against someone by filing a lawsuit

TESTIMONY (testimonio): Statement made by a person to DEFAMATORY ALLEGATIONS (alegaciones

ensure the veracity of a fact difamatorias): False statements that harm someone's
reputation.

ACUSSATION (acusación): The charge that is formulated DEFAMATION LAWSUIT (demanda por difamación):
before the competent authority against one or several specific Legal action taken against an individual or entity for making
persons, considering them responsible for a crime. false and damaging statements about them publicly.