Amber Heard loses the lawsuit – a blow to the MeToo movement

Amber Heard used to use the MeToo movement as a “support” after divorcing Johnny Depp, but received the opposite reaction when going to court.

The keyword #MeToo became a trending trend on Twitter after the court announced Johnny Depp won the lawsuit, Amber Heard had to pay her ex-husband more than 10 million USD in damages, June 1 (local time).

Former US president Donald Trump wrote: “Believe all women, except Amber Heard. $15 million in damages to Depp could end the feminist notion that all men are guilty, before proven guilty. She’s as innocent as we’ve seen. She’s terrible.”

The MeToo movement used to be a “support” for Amber Heard in the divorce. Heard’s 2018 Washington Post article, in which she was a “victim of domestic abuse”, turned Depp into a criminal. The actor was boycotted by Hollywood and lost many projects. He sued his ex-wife for $50 million for defamation. Heard countersued, seeking compensation of $ 100 million for the same crime.

Everything was against Depp at first. The series of evidence was given as the actor texted a friend that he wanted to kill Heard, then “had sex with the burning corpse to make sure it was not alive”. The video shows Depp banging on the kitchen cabinets while Heard tries to calm him down. “All I did was say sorry,” Amber Heard said when releasing the video in court. An audio recording of Heard telling Depp to “give your cigarette to someone else”, to which he replies, “Shut up, fat boy”.

Depp admitted head-butting Heard, but it was an accident. When he went to court to apply for a restraining order against Depp in May 2016, Heard had a bruise on his cheekbone after his ex-husband threw his phone at him.

The fact that Amber Heard received a backlash from the public made many people re-evaluate the MeToo movement. Depp’s side released an audio recording in which Heard challenged him to go public with the abuse: “Tell the world! Tell them that Johnny Depp, a man, is also a victim of domestic violence and abuse.” See how many people believe, side with you.” Amber Heard later admitted in court that she beat Johnny Depp, but with the aim of protecting herself and her sister.

Deep support is all over social media. The majority expressed their views on the excessive abuse of the “MeToo” movement by women, while “men can also be victims of domestic violence”. According to the New York Times, when Depp wins, the public can expect similar lawsuits from men who say they have survived abuse.

The Guardian commented: “The public reaction to Johnny Depp and Amber Heard’s lawsuit is a blow to the MeToo movement. It’s not that they are sabotaging the movement, but because Heard is not a perfect victim.”

However, the lawsuit does not represent all cases of this movement. According to The Times, some cases of domestic violence are hard to see clearly. The MeToo Movement said the lawsuit was a prime example of the misuse of social and political movements. “The way MeToo has been framed and dominated in the Depp-Heard lawsuit is a malicious disaster and one of the most serious smears of the movement,” the organization’s statement read.

Meanwhile, Reason commented: “Heard is definitely wrong when he tries to turn his bad marriage into a PR stunt for his personal brand as an ACLU ambassador or as a feminist in the industry. the MeToo movement. However, that doesn’t mean Depp is right.”