But no one should be applauding this verdict – not even people who believe that Heard is a liar and Depp never laid a finger on her
No matter what you think about the saga of Johnny Depp and Amber Heard – whether you believe their relationship was mutually abusive; whether you think Heard lied on the stand; whether believe Depp is wholly innocent of abuse – the verdict in Depp’s defamation suit against Heard should outrage and appall you.
A Virginia jury found that Heard defamed Depp in an op-ed she wrote for the Washington Post, and that Depp’s lawyer defamed Heard when he called her claims of abuse a “hoax.” But the jury refused to find that Depp himself had defamed Heard, and it awarded him much more money than it awarded her, essentially siding with Depp.
Jill Filipovic is the author of OK Boomer, Let’s Talk: How My Generation Got Left Behind
