The Public Mockery of Amber Heard is the Exact Reason Victims/Survivors Do Not Speak Up

Anne Marie Wells
9 min readMay 19, 2022

It is nearly impossible to exist as a human being with an internet or cable connection and not hear about the defamation trial against Amber Heard.

The case that started out as as whether or not her Op Ed defamed Johnny Depp has now turned into a “who was more toxic to whom” trial, and I am saddened, but 0% surprised that most people are standing behind Johnny Depp as fervently as they are and vilifying Amber Heard as fervently as they are when the truth most likely exists somewhere in the gray area of both of their stories, where it so often exists.

First of all… have y’all actually read her Op Ed?

If you haven’t actually read the goddamn thing, then read it right now.

This is Amber’s Op Ed

Second of all… y’all acting like Johnny Depp’s life is ruined or on the edge of ruin.

Johnny Depp is not going to jail.

Johnny Depp is not going to live a life on the streets.

He won’t even live a life in a middle-class, two-story home in the suburbs of Iowa.

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