Can somebody give a paragraph in layman's terms on what this is all about?
Sounds like a couple of Hollywood types having a messy divorce situation. Does anybody remember Farrah Fawcett and Lee Majors? I think that was the last time I paid attention to a celebrity marriage that had an acrimonious split.
I was somewhat excited at the time as I was a 14-year-old and my hormones were in overdrive. I thought that I might have had a chance to console Farrah in her time of need.
For me the last time was OJ & Nicole!
Johnny sued Amber for defamation. Her allegations resulted in him losing assignments in the movie biz.
“Sounds like a couple of Hollywood types having a messy divorce situation.”
Well, the divorce was settled years ago. Depp agreed to pay her 7 million plus absorbing all their community expenses and paying all of Heard’s tax liability on all of that as well.
Then, subsequent to that, Heard wrote an op-ed in the Washington Post where she held herself up as a representative of victims of domestic and sexual violence, implying that Depp was the perpetrator, without actually naming him. He sued for defamation, saying that he never abused her, and in fact, she was the one who abused him.
The evidence in the case seems to weigh very much in favor of Depp’s version of events, with multiple audio recordings of Heard admitting that she herself initiated violence regularly, while he was always the one “running away” to escape her.
Toxic mutually abusive marriage. Drugs, alcohol, lots of yelling and breaking things. Johnny for the most part on the physical receiving end, but Amber telling everyone otherwise. She bad mouthed him to all the right people, he mostly just took it until jobs all vanished and he snapped and decided it was time to defend himself.
I’ll give him credit, he never denied he had/has drug and alcohol problems, that he was also verbally abusive to her.
She on the other hand said everything she could to paint herself 100% the victim, and when confronted with her own poor actions, lied, denied, ignored, or re-directed them.
On a side note, what’s been more interesting is Johnny’s lawyers have been excellent, and Ambers have been a train wreck.
I remember the Cher and Greg Allman hype.
And before that the tabloids could not get enough of Jackie O and Aristotle.
And before that it was Richard Burton and Liz Taylor.
That’s about as far back as I remember. There was always some buzz about the Gabor sisters getting married and divorced at the drop of a hat, mainly Zsa Zsa.
Americans are enthralled with racy gossipy stories about "stars".
In addition Amber took advantage of the whole ME Too movement.
She stated that Johnny hit her on several occasions. He is claiming the resulting bad publicity lost him the Disney contracts which made him incredibly rich.
As part of their divorce settlement Johnny gave her $7 Million. She “pledged” this money to two different charities, but never wrote the checks. So, she may still have some of this money. She does not have the $50 million he is suing her for.
I believe that he just wants his reputation back. However, he is a drunk and drug addict. She is a lying woman.