The trial of Johnny Depp vs. Amber Heard is like a magical keyhole into the hidden realities of Hollywood power politics and modern gender relations. It’s like a little wormhole in the Hollywood social fabric exposing things nobody was ever supposed to see.
Johnny Depp chose to initiate a defamation lawsuit against ex-wife Amber Heard, who has publicly accused Depp of abusing her. Either Depp is a stone-cold liar voluntarily embarked on the most audacious stageplay of his entire career, or Amber Heard is a BPD psycho-bitch who played a totally fake #MeToo card to advance her career. Because Depp initiated the suit, at least one of these two inferences seems inevitable—this starkness is one reason why the case is particularly interesting.
I don’t want to pre-judge the matter too confidently before the trial ends—Heard has not testified yet—but to most observers it’s not looking good for Heard.
One former employee testified that Heard pressured him to commit perjury a few years ago, when Heard was caught smuggling dogs into Australia. On another occasion, it seems that one of Heard’s female employees was raped in Brazil, and Heard later used this story as her own.
Other employees have testified to seeing no marks or bruises on Heard during times when, according to her story, she was supposedly marked or bruised.
On the other hand, Vanessa Paradis and Winona Ryder have both testified that Depp was never abusive. There is not much evidence yet of Depp physically hurting Heard, but there is evidence of Heard physically hurting Depp. There is an audio recording of her admitting to hitting him. And there is photographic evidence of Depp’s badly wounded finger, allegedly cut to the bone by a vodka bottle Heard threw at him.
OK, but who cares? Why am I writing about celebrity gossip?
If the jury agrees with how the internet hivemind currently sees the case—Heard is the abuser and Depp is the abused—then this case will surely be the most dramatic and influential defeat of Woke Hollywood ever.
If Heard is found guilty of defamation, it will be the clearest signal yet—to millions of rapt American observers—that #MeToo was not some kind of ethical awakening but rather a moral cover for psychotic female ambition. Amber Heard was explicit: In one of the audio recordings, she mocks Depp:
“Let’s see who believes a white man; a white man of privilege can be a victim over a woman? Go on.”
The Heard mentality might even explain why Hollywood movies suck so badly today: It seems the Hollywood machine rewards the traits and behaviors of hot BPD chicks more than it rewards the traits and behaviors of… great actors and directors.