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This week, American actor Johnny Depp lost a libel suit he filed in London, suing the newspaper The Sun for calling him a "wife beater" in one of their articles, a reference to his relationship with ex-wife Amber Heard. The case was ugly, dragging both actors' private lives into the spotlight. It was complicated, too; each accused the other of abuse.

British libel law works differently from the American version. In the US, the burden of proof for libel is on the person claiming to have been libeled — that is, the plaintiff has to demonstrate that what was written is false (at least in cases involving matters of public concern). In the UK, the burden of proof is on the party accused of libel — that is, The Sun had to prove that the things published about Depp were true. A judge held that 12 of 14 of Heard's accusations of abuse met the threshold for truth in civil court. Depp's attorneys say they plan to appeal. (Depp is also suing Heard for defamation in a U.S. court after she published an op-ed in The Washington Post identifying herself as a survivor of sexual and physical violence.)

On the Internet, it seems that Johnny Depp has a lot of people by his side. Twitter, Reddit, and other platforms are being flooded with memes, supporting the actor. There are, however, those who disagree with them.

The actor issued this statement after losing the libel suit he filed in the UK

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

People that lie about abuse and rape are the worst. If authorities fell for it, they destroy life of a person they lied about, but if they are caught lying, they create precedent that will be used to dimish real victims in the future. Sincerely, f*ck you.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I can get behind every single part of this. Thank you for taking the time and recognizing the destruction it causes to both victims of assault and of false allegations.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I don’t believe her sorry. He was with his ex for decades and she never said anything about abuse and suddenly now she comes along and he’s abusive? Sorry she’s lying.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I agree, he’s been married before and had high profile relationships with Kate Moss and Winona Ryder but they’ve never complained about abuse or anything. She’s a straight up liar. 👎👎👎

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Key point: ANYONE can be the victim of abuse. Men included. She ADMITTED to being abusive. He has it on record. She's been playing the SAME games that abusive men play: ie '"noone will believe you". To all abusers: f**k you.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ridiculous! None of us know these people, so none of us know who is lying.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Audio tapes prove for any real victim, anyone who knows domestic violence that she is the bully. Mocking him, taunting,him, threateting him badly, admitting to starting physical fights, calling him a coward for getting out of these situations, calling him crybaby, making fun of him when he seeks help from stuff when he gets abused by her.......these are facts, objective fact. Just like the fact the she has zero hospital papers or police papers or real photos of injuries. She went to the media instead, to appear in magazines, what do you think why? Cause they were fake injuries, and any doctor would notice that. All her injuries are unrealistic and do not match the description about how she was getting them, too many problems and evidence against them, which actually requires some brain and eyes.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Bro I hate Amber Heard for everything she is doing to our boy johnny depp

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I love Johnny Depp and I feel so bad for what happened to him, F**k Amber Heard

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3 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Amber head is a bitch how dare she abuses my Hollywood crush may bad luck and extreme misfortune haunt her bitchy soul for all eternity and she rots in hell for her crime Johnny Depp forever love him

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This meme on the cover of this page is like the bean dad thing i was on for 30 minutes trying to get a comment on

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

British courts have always favored females in any kind of (alleged) abuse case. Same with divorce the women always automatically gain custody of children.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Who is making this assumption?? Sounds abit ridiculous, I dont think ppl think this

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3 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Amber Heard is an awful person. But she shouldn't quit Aquaman because of that. She should quit because her acting skills are in line with her personality. Also having zero on screen chemistry with one of the sweetest and funniest people on this planet is saying a lot. She so sucked in Aquaman.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If a man gets fired for assumed abuse ... a woman should get fired for CONFESSED abuse. Sign the petition: https://www.change.org/p/dc-entertainment-remove-amber-heard-from-aquaman-2?redirect=false

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

it is so sad that it has gotten to this point, the public is involved, it is difficult, you don't know what goes on behind closed doors, I believe in prayer, and karma !!!

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Wait, this is saying she is lying, but we don't know that she is lying....it directly contradicts itself.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I hope Jonnhy Depp comes out well from this. If Amber Heard has these problems I hope she comes out well too, solves her issues. Not a nice Hollywood story

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's so sad that people actually abuse each other. My heart goes out to all victims

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Chances are she just could not prove it. It's hard to define and prove abuse after all.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Um, I would never weigh in here because I don’t know either one of them and I wasn’t there but HE was abused by HER. She cut his finger off!! There are numerous audio tapes of their arguments and that guy has the patience of a saint. She, meanwhile, is a childish, nasty, trickster who cheated on him (I say this because of actual videotaped evidence) with both Elon Musk and James Franco. I an 100% Team Johnny .

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Amber Heard is not lying. F**k Johnny Depp and all the MRAs promoting this bullshit. One of the authors is a guy who used the "n-word" in his comments.

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This infuriates me. Let's switch the sexes: "Just because Man is an abuser doesn't mean all men abuse." This is literally #NotAllWomen. Doesn't feel good, huh, girls?

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PHOTOSHOP...NOT AN ACTUAL OPINON OF THIS DUDE.

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Does anyone realize this is TOTALLY photoshopped.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Dude, you can't be serious. Were you living under a rock or something? It's a f*cking meme.

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Johnny Depp and Amber Heard met when he was a 45-year-old father of two living with his longtime partner, Vanessa Paradis, and she was 22. A few years later, Depp and Heard married and soon divorced. In 2016, Heard filed for divorce from Depp and also obtained a temporary restraining order. Her allegations that Depp was physically and verbally abusive while using drugs and alcohol were soon widely publicized. She alleged that at the time of filing for divorce, an incident had taken place during which Depp threw his phone at her, leaving her with a bruised face. However, a police spokesman told People that an investigation into the domestic incident radio call found that no crime had taken place.

Depp denied the accusations against him and through his representatives said Heard was "attempting to secure a premature financial resolution by alleging abuse."

Heard testified under oath at a deposition, but she withdrew her request for a domestic violence restraining order and a settlement was reached. According to People, Heard received $7 million from the divorce but donated it to charity. She also canceled her spousal support request of $50,000 a month.

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"Our relationship was intensely passionate and at times volatile, but always bound by love. Neither party has made false accusations for financial gain," Depp and Heard said in a then-released joint statement. "There was never any intent of physical or emotional harm." Their divorce was finalized a year after Heard filed.

The Hollywood Reporter said that a non-disparagement clause was inserted into the settlement that prevented either party from saying anything negative about the high-profile relationship and break-up.

In December 2018, Heard wrote an op-ed for The Washington Post saying she was abused but Depp was not mentioned by name.

In 2019, Depp sued Heard for $50 million for defamation over the article. The suit said that Heard "is not a victim of domestic abuse, she is a perpetrator," and denied that Depp ever abused her. Instead, the suit said that Heard's allegations were part of an "elaborate hoax to generate positive publicity" for the actress.

"The op-ed depended on the central premise that Ms. Heard was a domestic abuse victim and that Mr. Depp perpetrated domestic violence against her," Depp's lawyers said.

In a court filing that attempted to dismiss Depp's defamation suit, Heard recalled multiple instances of alleged abuse that she said occurred during their marriage and referred to him as "the Monster."

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3 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The word "men" isn't supposed to be capitalized. There's no such thing as "men's culture". Men aren't a distinct ethnicity or something. Just use it like normal, instead of like you're trying to get an op ed in the bible or something. Still, f**k Amber Heard.

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In 2020, phone recordings obtained by the Daily Mail were released where Heard admitted to "hitting" Depp.

Heard is heard saying: "I'm sorry that I didn't ... hit you across the face in a proper slap, but I was hitting you, it was not punching you. Babe, you're not punched.

"I don't know what the motion of my actual hand was, but you're fine, I did not hurt you, I did not punch you, I was hitting you."

"I left last night. Honestly, I swear to you because I just couldn't take the idea of more physicality, more physical abuse on each other," Depp said in the recording. "Because had we continued it, it would have gotten f---ing bad. And baby, I told you this once. I'm scared to death we are a f---ing crime scene right now."

Heard responded: "I can't promise you I won't get physical again. God, I f---ing sometimes get so mad I lose it."

Sharon Osbourne has weighed in on Johnny Depp's high-profile "wife beater" trial, saying on CBS' "The Talk" that Depp and his ex-wife Amber Heard were "as bad as each other" and that she could understand the pair's relationship because she once had a similar dynamic with her husband, Ozzy. Many Internet commenters also share this opinion.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

hehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehe

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Haha, he entertains the children with pirates, and the parents with rum jokes.

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3 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

At first I was like they messed up her last name until I realized how it was supposed to be like that.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"Not made with mematic"- I've been laughing at that for some unknown reason

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This feels really accurate. And it doesn't make sense. It seems that the evidence would have been "good" for ratings/clicks.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yeah pretty accurate, I’ve never heard of her until she married Johnny Depp.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Google, unnecessarily: did you mean "How do I help JOHNNY depp?". Thanks Sheldon...oops I mean Google XD ;)

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3 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I know im gonna get downvotes but I feel like they just needed to take one of them off so fast and just ended of with Jonny Depp thats kinda ahole -ish for the fact he's the one who got abused and amber was the abuser and was faking the whole thing.. all i'm saying is aquaman isn't gonnsahave a lot of ticket sales

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Warner bros assumed that he was the abuser because he's a man and now that shes been proven to be an abuser they dont want to look weak by taking what they did back

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Zombie need brains, not bowl with tumbleweed. Zombie not fall for that, zombie rotten brain smarter.

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