Public opinion over Depp v Heard was split, but a lot of people have come to Depp’s defence and have misinterpreted the civil libel case as equating to him being cleared of abusing Amber Heard.
Throughout the trial, evidence was presented by Amber’s team about the alleged abuse. Like the text messages from June 2013 presented in court, in which Johnny Depp and Paul Bettany joked about how to kill Heard, with Depp writing: “Let’s burn Amber!!!” Paul wrote back: “I’m not sure we should burn Amber. She is delightful company and pleasing on the eye. We could of course, do the English course of action and perform a drowning test. Thoughts? You have a swimming pool.”
Depp harrowingly replied, “Let’s drown her before we burn her!!! I will f*** her burnt corpse afterwards to make sure she is dead.” Amber accused Johnny of domestic and sexual abuse, multiple times throughout the trial, which he strongly denied.
Despite the UK 2018 case, public opinion and Hollywood largely washed over the fact that allegations of abuse had been made against Depp, painting him as the sole victim in the Depp v Heard case and giving him an almost-instant redemption arc. This isn’t surprising, given how society treats victims of domestic abuse and relentlessly victim blames women. Still, it’s disappointing.
Aside from the opening at Cannes, Depp has just signed a $20 million contract with Dior, the largest men’s fragrance deal of all time (per Variety). He is also directing, for the first time in 25 years, a film that stars Al Pacino and will be shown to buyers at Cannes. So, not only has his career not been hurt by these allegations, it seems it’s been helped.
From Louis CK to Woody Allen, this isn’t an isolated situation. Post the #MeToo movement, many of the men who were called out as alleged abusers have been given second, third, and fourth chances. Whereas women, like Heard, are blacklisted. People are so quick to forgive misogyny, excuse abuse, and witch-hunt women: patriarchy is ingrained, and Hollywood is one of its many mouthpieces.
Johnny Depp getting a standing ovation at Cannes, whilst Amber Heard continues to be ridiculed and abused on social media, paints a dark picture. No case has proven Johnny Depp to be the victim of domestic abuse, which isn’t to say he isn’t, but a UK court has found Amber to be – and yet, the famous, rich, powerful white man continues to be put on a pedestal.
The consequences of the so-called cancel culture remain mythical, as do any lasting changes from the #MeToo movement.
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