Johnny Depp, Amber Heard

Honesty, respectability, sincerity — the clothes make the argument.

In the end, this is partly a trial of image, and of how things appear on the outside versus what happens behind closed doors. In court, as in the Paramount wardrobe department. Williams in 1976, that “the State cannot, consistent with the Fourteenth Amendment, compel an accused to stand trial before a jury while dressed in identifiable prison clothes.” The outfit alone was likely to sway the jury toward an assumption of guilt. To acknowledge the role image-making plays in human prejudice when it comes to justice, right and wrong, is simply to recognize all the ways each side is attempting to make its case — the way the parties are appealing not just to those in the room, those actually deciding the legal outcome, but to the court of public opinion. In the courtroom. As a result, an entire subspecialty of the styling profession has developed focusing on courtroom attire. Her hair is done in a series of complicated 1930s updos, braids and buns, the occasional tendril just escaping its bonds. The word “performance” has come up again and again — as though that were, somehow, a surprise. In the other corner: Ms. Heard, similarly suited in classic, muted tones of gray and navy. It’s not exactly Wall Street functionary — the dark shirts and abstract print ties speak to a different cinematographic stereotype — but it’s pretty close to prosperous burgher. It has been the subject of countless TikTok clips, hashtags, impassioned fan postings and a “Saturday Night Live” skit. The silver skull jewelry that has been his signature is toned down; the scarves and desert boots left behind.

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He said the two were like brothers until four years. 'People talked...and it made people reluctant to use him.' The lawsuit was settled in 2018 under confidential terms. Despite their falling out, he never described Depp as violent and said the Pirates of the Caribbean actor was never angry with Amber Heard. And it did.' She said Depp had become a difficult client to work with in the final years of their career together and would 'show up late to projects,' including the production of Pirates of the Caribbean 5. Tracy Jacobs, Johnny Depp's former agent, is the next person to take the stand in the Depp vs. Jacobs said she was let go in 2016 following litigation between Depp and former managers Joel and Robert Mandel, as Depp claimed Jacobs was among the many who betrayed his best interest in the lawsuits that cost the Pirates of the Caribbean actor $650 million. 'I would get yelled at,' Jacobs said. He echoed claims from Depp's former agent, Tracy Jacobs, that the Pirates of the Caribbean actor became difficult to work with and that his star power had dimmed. Joel Mandel, Johnny Depp's former business manager, is the third person to testify in the Depp vs. Adam Waldman, Johnny Depp's attorney, is the next person to testify in the Depp vs.

Testimony continues Thursday in Johnny Depp's defamation suit against his ex-wife Amber Heard. Testimony is expected to end next week, and closing arguments ...

"But then after that when I said, 'why are you doing this?,' he kind of hid it from me for a long time." "I didn't get to have the conversation with him, 'what are you talking about?'" Witkin said. "And it seemed as I increased my level of expressing that concern, there was anger directed, you know in my direction. Witkin said that he had been close friends from about 1982 to 2018, saying Depp was probably his best friend at a point. "The spending levels had grown very, very, very large and require that level of incredibly high income to be maintained," Mandel said. She testified that Depp's "star had dimmed" over the bad reputation. The actor's financial situation became relatively dire between July 2015 and when Mandel was terminated in March 2016, Mandel confirmed. That meant buying additional property, buying additional personal property ... a bigger life and more expensive." "People moderate their behavior, they might moderate their behavior in public because things are inappropriate in particular settings … my experience was that Mr. Depp became increasingly less constrained," Mandel said. Mandel denied accusations that he stole money from Depp or failed to file required tax returns on Depp's behalf during his testimony. Depp's stretches of sobriety helped but that Depp began to express his discontent in an aggressive manner. "But that meant a bigger life, it meant more employees.

What appears to be normal social media activity exposes a much darker reality: fan culture often leads to deeply harmful conversations shaping how people ...

When people assign the label of “ abuser/offender” to some and not others, they are deciding which violence is unacceptable and which is excusable. Fans of Depp claim that his life and career have been “ ruined” by false allegations of violence and that he is the “ real” victim. When this happens, the carceral state (police, courts, laws and prisons) is framed as a necessary intervention that effectively addresses violence through arrest, prosecution and punishment of people who commit violence. When this happens, grand assumptions are often made about someone’s character based only on what is represented in the media. Depp says that by presenting herself as a victim of domestic violence, Heard has tarnished his name, despite not naming him in the piece. #JusticeForJohnnyDepp and #AmberHeardIsAPsychopath, among other hashtags, have been trending over the past several weeks.