I don’t hate myself enough to delve deep into the depp/heard lore. I see that people seem to think he’s absolved, is that real? Do they both suck equally? Tell me how to feel, fellow echo chamber members!
Legally, he got a small slap on the wrist, whereas Amber got hit with with a pretty big fine. Specifically (only know this after looking it up now) Amber got awarded $2mil, and Depp got $15mil.
But the whole trial wasn’t about abuse, it was about defamation. It seems like they both suck and were shitty to each other, and just because it was ‘proven’ that Amber lied about about some of the abuse doesn’t necessarily prove anything about any of her other statements. Even libs who 100% trust US courts can’t lean on it for a verdict about abuse when that’s not what the trial was about.
I’ve seen people say “Oh, but he hit her once, he’d have lost the trial so hard!” to mean that he’s innocent, but I don’t find that very convincing. From what I’ve seen, I think its pretty obvious he was also abusive.
