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Originally Posted by Kizzy
I think your painting of him as some worn down victim is a reach. There's probably more artistic licence used in your post than there is in corrie 
We'll see what the real verdict is. |
I think you're letting your biases colour your view of the case, tbh. I'm certainly not making things up like you're suggesting. Do you think that Depp cannot be the victim here because he is a man? 'Cus that's what it sounds like.
By all accounts, Amber Heard is a monster, she berated him and told him he wouldn't be believed if he went public with everything, she cut off part of his finger with a vodka bottle, she seemed to regularly target his vulnerabilities by needling his addiction issues and she has admitted to being violent towards him. There's evidence submitted in the trial of texts that show Heard begging Depp to come home and him refusing to do so since he didn't want to be attacked anymore. Abusers don't like to give up control, and Amber was losing control in that situation.
She's lied through her backteeth, she used the metoo movement for her own benefit, she co-opted someone else's rape story for her own 'benefit' and her version of events have been disputed by most of Johnny Depp's exes who would have no reason to lie about their own experiences.
Abusers don't become abusers suddenly, there's always a history of it and if Amber Heard was telling the truth, then chances are, the people standing in his corner would have seen or experienced abusive behaviour from him in their relationships with him.
From everything we've heard so far, it feels wrong to say both sides were as bad as each other. You'd have to disregard a lot of evidence to make that narrative work.