G.it is available in streaming on Discovery +the documentary Johnny Depp vs. Amber Heard also arrives in clear this evening at 21:25 on NINE. Directed by Elisa Capitani, rebuilds the defamation lawsuit filed by the actor in 2020 against the tabloid The Sun. Guilty of having defined the star of Pirates of the Caribbean “Beater of wives”.
Johnny Depp vs. Amber Heard: the background
Coming to a close last spring with the defeat of Deppthe process is one of the most followed in recent decades by the media. In the dock the The Sundragged by Depp the English periodical which has always been much criticized because of a certain coarseness and a sensationalist style precursor of clickbait.
The story begins when Amber Heard – ex-wife of Johnny since 2016 – accused the actor of domestic violence in an editorial published in the Washington Post in 2018. Following which, among the many reactions, there was also that of Sun – who precisely labeled the actor as “wife beater“(” Beater of wives “).
A peremptory judgment that had as an immediate consequence, together with Amber’s article, the dismissal in the trunk of Depp from the role of Gellert Grindelwald from Fantastic Beasts 3 – Dumbledore’s Secrets. Role then passed to Mads Mikkelsen. The lawsuit for defamation against the newspaper and the whole is inevitable Rupert Murdoch editorial teamso as to buffer the destructive effects on his career.
Johnny Depp vs. Amber Heard it starts, however, with a side effect that perhaps Deep had not foreseen, namely the sum merciless of speculations and revelations about her marriage history. Analyzed in his more details macabre and bordering on sadism.
Johnny Depp and Amber in 2016. (Getty Images)
The documentary on NOVE
An increased resonance both from movies, photographs, vocals and other materials ex couple’s personal data, both from the decision of Amber to provide his version of the facts in person, while not being in the dock.
Equally divided into two parts, in the first we assist to the defense argument of Johnny’s lawyers led by the famous David Sherborne: in balance between confessions of abuse of alcohol and drugs and attack on accusations of being violent.
In the second, instead, it is the turn of Amber’s thesis, which tells the progression of the facts told to the Post up to the episode dated 2016: when the actor would have hit her in the face with an iPhone. In the midst of the many tests examined, there is also that of Sasha Wass QCa fierce lawyer who defends the The Sun and, consequently, also Heard.
Merit of documentary – equidistant in the exposition of the elements of accusation and defense – leaves the viewer free to evaluate and make decisions.
Amber Heard outside the London High Court on the final day of the “Depp v. News Group Newspapers” trial, July 2020. (Getty Images)
The conclusion of the criminal proceedings and the retrial
What emerges undoubtedly is the very high degree of toxicity of the couple. The ambiguous sentimental relationship that bound the two, the addictions that Depp clung to – he says – to cope with a midlife crisis., and then the slew of insults, hysterics, teasing and sadism who governed their days. A report of extreme evil – the restraining order obtained by Amber against Depp – and second thoughts – Amber who goes the day after the notification in Johnny’s hotel room to tell him she still loves him.
The doc – shot at the end of 2021 – ends with the victory of Sunfollowed by a sign announcing the upcoming process – again for defamation – from Depp vs. Amber (this time in Virginia). The trial started in early May concludes Friday 27 was equally full of anecdotes and testimonials, including many of Johnny’s exes: Courtney LoveJennifer Gray and (the most anticipated) Kate Moss (called to testify by Heard).
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