Johnny Depp
Amber Heard says jury fell for Johnny Depp’s ‘fantastic’ acting
Heard broke her silence on the trial in a US television interview and spoke about the ‘hate and vitriol’ she received online.
- by Rozina Sabur
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Opinion
You deserve what you get: the Depp-Heard trial was the voice in every victim’s ear
Every so often the mask of male civility slips, and we are afforded a glimpse of the misogyny that streaks through some of the men who walk among us.
- by Jacqueline Maley
Analysis
Defamation
‘Toxic catastrophe’: Johnny Depp won his case but everyone else loses
The verdict is in but the debates still rage around this celebrity trial and its implications for #metoo, for defamation and for the couple’s endless feud.
- by Farrah Tomazin
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MeToo movement
Heard-Depp trial is a reality TV check for #MeToo
Vicious insults against Amber Heard will no doubt make it harder for women to report domestic violence, but that does not mean all women’s accusations against men must be believed. Women, too, are capable of being wrong - and violent.
- by Parnell Palme McGuinness
Is the Amber Heard judgment really the ‘death of #MeToo’?
Experts in the domestic violence sector say the trial is a “tremendously depressing” affirmation of a reality that many women continue to face.
- by Meg Watson
Opinion
Defamation
Johnny Depp’s win could be a loss for women speaking out against abuse
Amber Heard was viciously trolled and publicly vilified in a courtroom battle that will leave many fearful.
- by Marina Olsen
Johnny Depp wins defamation case against Amber Heard
A jury has ruled in favour of Johnny Depp in his libel lawsuit against ex-wife Amber Heard, who had accused him of abuse.
- by Farrah Tomazin
Analysis
Defamation
Don’t call the Depp/Heard trial a ‘circus’; it wasn’t meant to entertain us
When people shout abuse at a real-life human being as if she were a stage villain, they cross a number of lines that really shouldn’t be crossed, if we want civilisation to continue.
- by David Free
The court battle is over, but will Johnny Depp and Amber Heard return to Hollywood?
The bruising court battle between the Hollywood pair has finally come to an end with a jury deciding that Johnny Depp was defamed by his ex-wife Amber Heard. But once the dust settles will either party be able to muster a career revival?
- by Thomas Mitchell
Each count the Depp-Heard jurors considered
Johnny Depp faced a high bar to win his libel lawsuit against his ex-wife Amber Heard. According to seven unanimous jurors, he cleared it.
- by RJ Rico
Inside Amber Heard’s new desert hideaway
Located in the stark, beautiful Mojave Desert, roughly 200 kilometres east of Los Angeles, the rural locale is not a place where you’ll find myriad A-listers.
- by James Robinson