Johnny Depp

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gazoo said:
Source:
http://www.thewrap.com/johnny-depp-...by-amber-heard-heres-how-i-know-guest-column/

Actor’s friend, comic Doug Stanhope, says that Heard was “threatening to lie about him publicly in any and every possible duplicitous way if he didn’t agree to her terms”
It’s almost 4 a.m. and I can’t sleep. Not even dozing off. Today, a friend of mine was pilloried in the press for domestic violence. Coupled with a picture of his wife with a bruise, he was murdered on social media.
I watched it happen and I didn’t say a f—ing word.
Even though I knew it was bulls—.

We’d watched it build like this since before they were married. We’d watched her manipulate and f— with him for years. We didn’t say a word. To each other, yes, but never to him.
When your friend is in an awful, abusive relationship — man or woman — and you risk weighing in that their counterpart is a demon, you know the odds are they will jump right back into the fire and then dump you from their life for being honest.
Most of us have been on one or both sides of this coin. Choosing to be blinded, or removing the people who have clearer eyes that can guide you.
The fact that Hollywood and the entertainment industry at large — f—, society as a whole — turns a blind eye to domestic violence is abhorrent.

But the tides have turned in such a way that the mere allegation that such a crime has occurred leaves the person accused as guilty without due process.
My girlfriend, Bingo, and I have known Johnny Depp for a few years now. We have watched Amber Heard f— with him at his weakest — or watched him at his weakest from being f—ed with — for the entire time we’ve known him.
And we didn’t say s—.
Because he’s Johnny Depp.
And we didn’t want to be thrown out of the circle for saying that The Emperor was being Stripped of His Clothes.

It isn’t my place to name people who agreed with us but I couldn’t name one person closely associated with him that didn’t feel the same.
But nobody said s— to his face.
Bingo and I were at Johnny’s house for most of that Saturday until just before the alleged assault. We assumed initially that his dour mood was because of his mother’s death the day before. But he opened up in the most vulnerable of ways that it was not only his mother, but that Amber was now going to leave him, threatening to lie about him publicly in any and every possible duplicitous way if he didn’t agree to her terms. Blackmail is what I would imagine other people might put it, including the manner in which he is now being vilified.
We stopped not saying s—.

Bingo and I together, and then separately, told him how much we were aware of this manipulative a–hole, how his closest circle had all agreed on this since the day we met and that we all feared that telling him outright might alienate us all.
Love makes you do funny things.
I told him the truth and I half-expected to be asked to leave. But I wasn’t seeing Johnny Depp. I saw a naked Emperor. And we told him to get dressed.
Other people came in and out during the afternoon, all verifying that we’d been cowardly, saying things only behind his back for so long.
He seemed dumbstruck that nobody had ever come clean about this and he thanked everyone for being honest.

He still pronounced his love for Amber but was presciently aware that she was going to pull off some kind of ruse to f— him over.
He hadn’t slept in days with anxiety.
You’d call him a paranoid if you didn’t know better.
But he knew better and he was right.
As he finally felt like he could sleep, we left him. From what we now read in the news, later that night the police were called to his house for a domestic dispute. Finding no criminal act had occurred and no signs of physical abuse, the police left.
Everything Johnny had told us that she’d been threatening had actually come to be. It blew up in the news, raced through the Internet like a plague and blew up on Twitter like it was the McMartin child abuse scandal. People are swarming with torches on social media.

I watched it all happen ahead of time and I watched it come to fruition today. And I haven’t been able to sleep again because I didn’t say s— to defend him.
Why?
Because I felt like in defending him I would just come across as a sycophant trying to attach myself to a sensationalized story in order to further my career. A latterday Kato Kaelin. And now as the sun is coming up, I realized not saying s— to defend him is a far worse crime of ego; to leave a friend hanging so you don’t look like a suck-up.
I — and the “we” that were there — aren’t suck-ups or apologists. We were witnesses.
I didn’t jump into the fray because I was weak; it was because I didn’t want to look like a name-dropper.
I’ll name-drop now. Johnny Depp is my friend.

But any one of my friends will tell you I always call them out on bulls—. Abusing women is bulls—. Johnny doesn’t abuse anyone. And he told me that day ahead of time that she’d pull some kind of s— like this.
Johnny Depp got used, manipulated, set up and made to look like an a–hole. And he saw it coming and didn’t or couldn’t do anything to stop it.
He may never talk to me again for saying it but I’d never forgive myself for not coming to his defense out of fear or ego.
I stand up for my friends and I tell the f—ing truth.


Amber Heard‘s representatives have not yet returned TheWrap’s request for comment on this Hollyblog.
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I incline to believe this guy. She's been plotting this all along!
 
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Thank you gazoo for your post . This is getting uglier and uglier by the day.
Didn't Amber say she has a video from one of the times Johnny supposedly hit her? Has it been released yet? It's hard to keep up with this case.
 
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dangerouscurves said:
I understand what you're saying. You're right that emotional and verbal attack are as dangerous as physical attack but don't you think that Amber might have said and done the same things to Johnny? That's why it's called an argument or worse, fight. Just because Amber is a woman doesn't mean she can't say things or do things that are emotionally damaging.

And no, you can't say that Johnny is a wife-beater because it's not proven in the court yet that he beat Amber. Innocent until proven.
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Courts don't always get it right and I doubt they will drag this out for much longer they'll probably settle on something. Even if he didn't hit her he's still a douche for arguing with people the way he did with Amber, Kate and even Winona who has thrown subtle shade over years. I highly doubt Vanessa hasn't seen his temper or him breaking things
 
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I firmly believe that domestic violence is a massively under reported social issue but I am not willing to hang a man high for screaming at his wife. Family can expect that type of taboo behaviour from time to time. She's not a drinking buddy or girl on a third date.

Breaking things is intimidating and definitely Not Nice, but as a wife I would make a note of the bad behaviour and track it as an indicator of distress. Not a deal breaker if it is a Very Rare event. (Once a decade when we have a disaster?)

If he threw a phone and it hit her, I am still willing to consider his story. After all, any honest mother will tell you that siblings easily get to similar levels of violence. Not condoning it. Not excusing it. Just being honest. Have you seen a ten year old with an eight year old sibling on a bad day?

I am willing to go out on a limb and say one episode of one thrown object and shouting, even one episode of breaking things, does not an habitual abuser make. Context is important in understanding human behaviour in my opinion. (Probably one reason why I am happily married after all these years lol) the severity of the physical injury and the duration of a physical abuse episode is actually important in assessing the situation in my view.
Emotional abuse is a different issue, perhaps unquantifiable from either party's position and let's face it she is attempting to destroy his reputation, perhaps his future earning ability and a sizeable fortune at that. Her profile and therefore future earning ability has been ably assisted by her association with him and she is not impeded by any mothering responsibilities. She is still young, she didn't invest too much time. If I were Amber I'd say thanks, cash my cheque and move on...
 
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Reading all these comments in regards to this domestic violence situation really just highlights why people don't come out about the abuse they suffered. The way people put alleged victims on trial is insane. Homegirl is walking around with a bruise on her face and some people are trying to insinuate that this is all part of some great Gone Girl-esque plan, if Amber was truly a "gold digger" she went about everything the wrong way. Also, the career opportunities that Amber had before these allegations will likely go up in smoke, she legit has nothing to gain from going through with these charges (like the overwhelming majority of victims). And to the people coming out of the woodwork claiming that Johnny would never do anything like this (especially those who claim to be fans) need to learn to accept that you may not know someone like you think you do, abusers aren't abusive with everyone they meet. And let's not even get on the obvious misogyny that's taking place ie. the gold digger comment, people claiming that there's something "off" about Amber, the so-called manipulation, etc. Even if Amber's team leaks those videos there will still people angry at her probably alleging that she staged things/set Depp up, I remember that Ray Rice elevator video from not too long ago being leaked and people still had excuses.
 
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floatinglili said:
I firmly believe that domestic violence is a massively under reported social issue but I am not willing to hang a man high for screaming at his wife. Family can expect that type of taboo behaviour from time to time. She's not a drinking buddy or girl on a third date.

Breaking things is intimidating and definitely Not Nice, but as a wife I would make a note of the bad behaviour and track it as an indicator of distress. Not a deal breaker if it is a Very Rare event. (Once a decade when we have a disaster?)

If he threw a phone and it hit her, I am still willing to consider his story. After all, any honest mother will tell you that siblings easily get to similar levels of violence. Not condoning it. Not excusing it. Just being honest. Have you seen a ten year old with an eight year old sibling on a bad day?

I am willing to go out on a limb and say one episode of one thrown object and shouting, even one episode of breaking things, does not an habitual abuser make. Context is important in understanding human behaviour in my opinion. (Probably one reason why I am happily married after all these years lol) the severity of the physical injury and the duration of a physical abuse episode is actually important in assessing the situation in my view.
Emotional abuse is a different issue, perhaps unquantifiable from either party's position and let's face it she is attempting to destroy his reputation, perhaps his future earning ability and a sizeable fortune at that. Her profile and therefore future earning ability has been ably assisted by her association with him and she is not impeded by any mothering responsibilities. She is still young, she didn't invest too much time. If I were Amber I'd say thanks, cash my cheque and move on...
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Exactly! I'm sure she's not the easiest to live with either. If she riles him up she must expect shouting and breaking things. It's just now she's using that to her advantage whereas before she just acknowledged it and moved on. She's not innocent in this situation.
My father regularly slammed doors when my parents were fighting. Not in a million years did he attempt to abuse. People make too quick a connection between throwing things around and hitting people because it's convenient.
 
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Sasha2012 said:
Amber Heard emerged from a four-hour meeting with her legal team in Los Angeles in a more cheerful mood, smiling with relief and hugging a female friend.

The actress, who has filed for divorce from Johnny Depp and accused him of domestic violence, was pictured apparently in good spirits as she left the office building laughing and walked to a waiting limousine.

Heard, who was clasping a laptop computer, arrived at the office at around 3.30pm on Saturday and did not leave until about 7.30pm.

In court documents, Heard details the alleged violence during their 15-month marriage, saying she 'lived in fear' of the Pirates of the Caribbean star and worried that he could return to the L.A. condominium they shared to 'terrorize me physically and emotionally.'

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...busive-husband-Johnny-Depp.html#ixzz4A6jC7Uhu

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I don't understand, didn't she have a red/fresh bruise just yesterday?
 
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I really don't know what to think. People already thought she was a gold digging person, now they will make sure people think she's a liar who made up domestic abuse claims. This is not going to end well for her and I ask myself why would she risk everything with a lie just for money. I mean she had it already plus she got (some) roles but now? Her "career" is finished.
 
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djuna1 said:
I really don't know what to think. People already thought she was a gold digging person, now they will make sure people think she's a liar who made up domestic abuse claims. This is not going to end well for her and I asking myself why would she risk anything with a lie just for money. I mean she had it already plus she got (some) roles but now? Her "career" is finished.
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She didn't have anything. She might be legally entitled to half of his money but he right away rejected this in his filing which would've meant a long fight in court. Now she's trying to speed up the whole thing by claiming he abused her. Either she's downright broke and depends on his money or she's very greedy because either way she would've gotten money. Just not the amount she might have wanted.
 
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