I watched parts of the actual trial and formed an opinion based on that. Simple as that.
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People love soap operas and in hard times they love them even more.
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And this in essence is the quintessential soap opera
Whatever, I knew Iâd be ridiculed, donât care. To me this was actually interesting for the legal process, the different experts from various fields and how they were cross-examined - and it touched on a lot of, imo, relevant societal and medical/psychological issues. But yeah sure, soap opera.
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I didnt mean to ridicule you. I actually agree with what you say. Just saying that the whole defense by amber heard team was trying to turn it into the quintessential soap opera.
And this was what my wife saidâŚshe followed the trial
And i paraphrase her words.
Amber heard only really heard herself.
Wifey was of the opinion that amber started believing the lies that she invented. End of the day , my main grevience in that matter is the harm she has done to genuine victims.
Not that i believe depp is an innocent soul or whateverâŚ
twitter is actually quite good for communities of interest - especially academic communities that straddle issues of public interest.
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I stumbled across Amber Heard lawyer videos on youtube and after being momentarily engrossed havenât paid much attention but I did think the âAmber has the answerâ jingle from an old Aussie ad would make for a good tiktok style video montage. Aussies on here may remember this:
Except that the priority is fleeting moments of interest. the attention span of the average twitterist is what? 2 seconds?
⌠and itâs all the fault of immigration!
And while scouting around redcafe for gems. I saw this thead which has 4k replies
I think itâs fair to say that we guys are in the minority here. Considering that we barely got 30-40 posts on this topic.
Weâre boring old farts who donât understand the world! 
I much enjoy the fact that the Russian War Crimes threads far outweigh talk about this shit.
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But I thought you werenât interested? 
Iâve watched the testimonies of Heard, Heardâs sister, Depp, Moss, the experts for both sides, and some excellent expert analysis and I believe Heard lied about everything and is a bit of a scary lunatic.
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Iâm not interested in the case, Iâm interested at most in the media coverage about it, hence the articles I read pertaining to that particularly. I couldnât tell you who was involved in what otherwise.
Hence that last line, no?
Fair enough?
Itâs obviously nonsense to conflate that trial with something like the war in Ukraine. Obviously not even remotely as important. But so are other things people like to talk about endlessly. Definitely the wrong thread though.
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I saw someofit from the social media side. It might as well have been written in Hollywood. Heard was doomed from Day 1 and her more senior looking, rather bland legal team landed nothing. Heardâs testimonies were considered awful, deceitful and got torn to pieces. Meanwhile Depp was funny, charming and has a fresh and beautiful lawyer who is now celebrity.
Stacked deck and really difficult not to pre judge based on this coverage.
Actually, Ben Rottenborn, one of Heardâs attorneys, did a superb closing argument. It obviously wasnât enough though to undo the damage done by all the evidence the Jury were provided with.
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Speak for yourself!
Iâve been called a lot of things in my life, but no bastard has ever called me old
I disagree with Rottenbornâs premise @Kopstar btw , Doesnât mean it isnât legally sound but Did take a look at his closing argument and the one where
âAmber wins, even if sheâs been abused once, that means she winsâ doesnât set right by me. That in nature assumes that a woman can abuse her partner and get away with it. And if anything harms the case of Amber more than helps it.
Nope. She only needed to persuade the jury she was a victim of domestic violence once for her op-ed not to be defamatory. Itâs irrelevant if she was or wasnât also a perpetrator.