Johnny Depp versus Amber Heard, “the death of #MeToo”

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“It doesn’t matter what you say when no one wants to hear it” thunders the American site The Cut. In December 2018, in the wake of the #MeToo movement, actress Amber Heard precisely criticized the insufficient listening to victims of domestic violence, in a column published by the Washington Post. “I had the rare privilege of seeing in real time how institutions protect men accused of abuse,” y she said, without directly quoting her ex-husband, Johnny Depp.

Two months later, the 55-year-old American actor sued her for defamation. Amber Heard, then 33, counter-sued him, “claiming that Depp orchestrated the campaign to defame her,” report it Hollywood Reporter.

The trial began in April. And if the auditions broadcast live have not yet ended, the public sphere has already spoken out in favor of Johnny Depp. Almost five years after the Weinstein affair, which demonstrated how “powerful men use their influence to cover up their misconduct”, remember The Cut, the Depp trial vs Heard donne “the feeling of a terrible throwback”:

“Here is a woman who recounts, in painful detail, how an extremely famous man allegedly assaulted her. Why in 2022 do so many people hate her because of this?”

“Drama queen” and “crocodile tears”

“’He said to me: I’m going to kill you, damn it!’ recalls Heard about an argument, at the end of which she claims that Depp pinned her on a work surface before repeatedly penetrating her with a bottle of alcohol”, describe

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