Elon Musk shared a brief assertion on Could 27 following the trial’s closing arguments. The Tesla CEO — who was talked about at a number of factors throughout the trial as a consequence of his previous relationship with Amber Heard — replied to a tweet written by MIT analysis scientist Lex Fridman. In response to Fridman’s put up, by which he shared his “takeaways” from the trial, Musk wrote, “I hope they each transfer on. At their finest, they’re every unimaginable.”
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Kate Moss testified through video hyperlink on Could 25, 2022, to dispute a rumor Amber Heard introduced up throughout the trial. Heard claimed she heard Depp had pushed the supermodel down the steps as soon as throughout their relationship. In her testimony, Moss mentioned there was one incident the place she fell down the steps throughout a rainstorm in Jamaica — however Depp was forward of her when it occurred. “I screamed as a result of I did not know what had occurred to me and I used to be in ache and he got here operating again to assist me and carried me to my room and obtained me medical consideration,” she mentioned, including that Depp “by no means pushed me, kicked me or threw me down any stairs.”
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After Kate Moss took the stand on Could 25, Naomi Campbell shared a screenshot of an article about Moss’ testimony to her IG with the headline: “Johnny by no means pushed me, kicked me or threw me down any stairs.’ Supermodel Kate Moss DENIES Amber Heard’s declare that her then-boyfriend Depp pushed her down stairs whereas on Jamaica journey.” Campbell supported Moss’s look in courtroom by including, “YES WAGON TELL IT!! @katemossagency❤️?❤️?” Wagon is Campbell’s nickname for Moss.
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Jillian Barberie took to Twitter to jot down: “Kate Moss. I want she and Johnny Depp have been again collectively!!!! I consider Johnny. I consider he’s an addict like me. I consider he fell in love with a narcissist that desires to be a star. He’s a giver, she’s an abusive taker. Interval. They’re poisonous collectively. #JusticeForJohnnyDepp”
In Could 2022, Courtney Love voiced her help for Johnny Depp in a since-deleted video posted to social media. She mentioned that in 1995 Depp gave her CPR after she suffered a drug overdose and praised how Depp handled her daughter Frances throughout a interval when Love “was on crack.” Love additionally sympathized with Amber Heard, saying, “I have been probably the most hated lady in America … I’ve a whole lot of empathy for what that should really feel like for Amber. … However if you happen to use a motion in your personal private acquire … and also you abuse that second, then I hope justice will get served no matter it’s.” She later claimed she didn’t need these ideas public, saying, “Is it ANY OF MY F—ING BUSINESS? No,” earlier than including, “I need to present impartial help for a pal. I dont need to bully … I need nothing to do with contributing extra on-line bullying to somebody enduring being bullied like noone ever has been on-line. Ever.” She concluded, “I used to be unsuitable … If I damage anybody, please settle for my amends.”
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On Could 23, Meek Mill shared a video from Amber’s testimony by which audio recordings from certainly one of her fights with Depp was performed for the courtroom. He then tweeted, “I do not know what occurred on this case …. However that secret recording somebody you’re keen on can by no means sit nicely for me…. It is a plan for a lawsuit or some kind of extortion.”
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Eva Inexperienced, who appeared in “Darkish Shadows” with Depp, posted a photograph of the 2 collectively on Instagram. She captioned the image: “I’ve little question Johnny will emerge together with his good title and fantastic coronary heart revealed to the world, and life will likely be higher than it ever was for him and his household.”
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Ellen Barkin testified in courtroom as a part of Amber Heard’s protection, showing in a video deposition by which she mentioned Johnny Depp was “only a jealous man” and “controlling” once they struck up a “sexual” relationship within the ’90s. She claimed she additionally noticed him throw a wine bottle throughout a resort room in entrance of a room of individuals — and added he was drunk “a whole lot of the time.”
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Chris Rock reportedly defended Depp throughout a comedy set in London in Could 2022. “Consider all girls, consider all girls besides Amber Heard. What the f— is she on? She s— in his mattress! She’s effective, however she’s not s—-ing effective. She s— in his mattress! When you s— in somebody’s mattress, you simply responsible of every part. What the f— is occurring there? Wow.”
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Invoice Burr sided with Johnny Depp too in Could 2022, stating on his podcast that whereas he is “too large a Johnny Depp fan to observe” the trial, he believes the actor “is f—ing destroying.” He added, “All of those girls’s teams that once they see a lady that lies like this, which actually hurts their place, as a result of there are girls on the market which might be in a relationship that this lady evidently lied and claimed that she was in. And for somebody to exit and lie about it, it hurts the folks which might be truly in it!”
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Howard Stern spoke out towards Johnny Depp in April 22, calling the actor a “large narcissist” by having the trial televised. “He figured I will put this on TV and since I am so persuasive and I am so sensible, and I am such an exquisite man” Stern mentioned. “If he is not acting– He is so overacting as a result of he is writing his personal materials as he goes alongside,” he added, saying “it isn’t going nicely for you, it isn’t going nicely for her, it isn’t going nicely for anyone.”
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After beforehand defending Johnny again in 2016, The Strolling Lifeless alum Laurie Holden doubled down in April 2022. “Glad I did. Would do it once more in a heartbeat,” she tweeted. “Simply blissful that 6 years later the world is lastly catching up, the reality is now being revealed and there will likely be justice.”
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Kathy Griffin confirmed help to Amber after Heard tweeted in regards to the then-upcoming trial in April 2022. “Oh Doll, I’m serious about you and sending all of the love,” she tweeted on the time.
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David Krumholtz, who starred alongside Heard on The Playboy Membership, posted “Medication and alcohol flip males into monsters. I consider Amber Heard. She just isn’t harmless. However she IS a sufferer. The rationale Johnny Depp misplaced profession alternatives is as a result of he was a complete mess … he ruined his public picture by being a extreme drug abuser and drunk.” He defended Heard by saying “she just isn’t psychotic” and “obtained caught up within the bulls—.”
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On Could 17, 2022, Kirstie Alley tweeted: “I do not fairly perceive this trial between Johnny Depp and Amber heard. It appears similar to a s— present. Cannot fairly determine the way it helps both of them. Simply looks as if a typical day within the lifetime of an especially gifted drug addict and an especially lovely narcissist.”
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On Could 6, 2022, Larry the Cable Man tweeted: “I am not saying Amber Heard looks as if she’s performing on the witness stand, however after her final testimony I swear assume I heard her lawyer say ‘Lower!'”
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On Could 2, 2022, Drew Barrymore apologized for calling the state of affairs between Depp and Heard “a seven layer dip of madness” and saying it was “loopy” they have been “providing up this data that no person needed to know.” In her apology, she wrote, “I simply need to deeply apologize and respect everybody who spoke out as a result of this generally is a teachable second for me and the way I transfer ahead and the way I conduct myself. I generally is a extra considerate and higher particular person transferring ahead as a result of all I need to do is be a great particular person and I very a lot respect the depth of this and I’ll develop and alter from it.”
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In April 2022, Ricki Lake shared a throwback photograph of Johnny to Twitter and included the hashtag #JohnnyDeppVsAmberHeard. She captioned the pic: “I completely adored #JohnnyDepp once I labored w/ him on #crybaby. He was type, humorous, inclusive, skilled, a pleasure. Have not been following trial as I’ve been consumed w/ my sick & dying beloved canine, Mama. He was delicate spoken, mild and I beloved him.”
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In April 2022, Eire Baldwin shared a video of Depp on the stand to her Instagram Story. She wrote: “The factor is, I do know girls who’re precisely like this. They’re manipulative and chilly and so they use their very womanhood to play sufferer and switch the world towards the person as a result of we dwell in a society the place it is cool to say males are all of the worst and blah blah f—ity blah.Males can expertise abuse too and this absolute catastrophe of a human being Amber Heard is a horrible particular person and I hope Johnny will get his popularity and his life again. And I hope he’s in like 5 Pirates films.”
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Johnny Depp’s ex Vanessa Paradis launched a prolonged assertion defending him from Amber’s allegations throughout his UK libel case. “That is nothing just like the true Johnny I’ve identified, and from my private expertise of a few years, I can say he was by no means violent or abusive to me,” she mentioned. “I’ve seen that these outrageous statements have been actually distressing, and likewise prompted harm to his profession as a result of sadly folks have gone on believing these false info. That is so upsetting as he has helped so many individuals in his private {and professional} life, with kindness and generosity.”
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In the identical UK case, Johnny’s ex Winona Ryder additionally issued an announcement defending his character. “I perceive that it is extremely vital that I communicate from my very own expertise, as I clearly was not there throughout his marriage to Amber, however, from my expertise, which was so wildly completely different, I used to be completely shocked, confused and upset once I heard the accusations towards him,” she mentioned. “The concept that he’s an extremely violent particular person is the farthest factor from the Johnny I knew and beloved. I really and actually solely know him as a extremely good man — an extremely loving, extraordinarily caring man who was so very protecting of me and the those who he loves, and I felt so very, very protected with him.”
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Javier Bardem, who appeared reverse Depp in Pirates of the Caribbean: Lifeless Males Inform No Tales, defended him throughout the UK trial as nicely. In an announcement he mentioned, “I stand by Johnny as a result of I’ve at all times seen and felt a real caring and loving man in him, a rare and distinctive artist who has listened to anybody who wanted his assist … I like Johnny as a result of he is an efficient human being, trapped within the lies and manipulations of poisonous beings and but smiling and loving us all despite it. How? By way of his music, via his performing, via his silence. This implies quite a bit.”
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Penelope Cruz, who’s married to Bardem and likewise appeared in a Pirates of the Caribbean film — in addition to Blow and Homicide on the Orient Specific — with Depp issued an announcement throughout the UK case too. “I’ve seen Johnny in so many conditions and he’s at all times type to everybody round. He is without doubt one of the most beneficiant folks I do know,” she mentioned, including that she’s going to “always remember the sweetness, safety and kindness” he handled her with whereas she was pregnant filming Pirates.
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In a since-deleted tweet, Sia mentioned she was “simply displaying my public help for Johnny Depp” in 2020. “I imply, I would love him to get clear and cease with the jewellery, however he’s clearly the sufferer after listening to these tapes.”
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J.Okay Rowling defended preserving Johnny Depp within the Unbelievable Beasts franchise in 2017, after Heard’s allegations and the previous couple’s divorce settlement. “Primarily based on our understanding of the circumstances, the filmmakers and I will not be solely snug sticking with our unique casting, however genuinely blissful to have Johnny taking part in a serious character within the films.” After Depp misplaced the UK libel case, he mentioned he had “been requested to resign by Warner Bros,” a request he “revered and agreed to.” Mads Mikkelsen took over the function.
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Paul Bettany, who has been talked about all through the trial as being a pal of Depp’s and somebody who allegedly didn’t like Amber, tweeted out his help of Johnny when allegations first got here out in 2016. “identified Johnny Depp for years and thru a number of relationships. He is the sweetest, kindest, gentlest man that I’ve ever identified. Simply saying,” he wrote. Whereas there have been stories he’d testify within the 2022 case, that hasn’t occurred.
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