The defamation trial against Amber Heard by Johnny Depp has turned abuse into online entertainment. For survivors, it’s shattering. LuxAlptraum reports
Photo-Illustration: by The Cut; Photos: Getty Images As the Depp v. Heard defamation trial inched closer to its April 11 start date, I made a strategic decision to mute the phrases “Amber Heard” and “Johnny Depp” on my Twitter feed. As an abuse survivor, I knew that even anodyne-seeming mentions of the trial were likely to bring up uncomfortable memories and painful emotions, and I didn’t want to deal with it. Muting, I figured, would be enough to protect me and my mental health.
While survivors have had a range of reactions to the details of Depp and Heard’s relationship playing out in the courtroom over the last few weeks — some see themselves in Heard, others feel sympathy for Depp, and still others are uncomfortable with all of it — discomfort with the tone of the commentary, and the sheer amount of it, is a fairly common thread.
For Dawson, it’s not merely memories of abuse that have upended her ability to function. “I got sucked into a long Google search about what defamation even means,” says Dawson, who spent several days panicking about the possibility of being sued for tweeting about her own abuse experiences. “I have become really paranoid even just texting my friends about things that I’m processing from my old relationship.
And when survivors are confronted with, say, a makeup brand making a lighthearted joke about the foundation Heard allegedly used to cover bruises or TikTokers doing trial reenactments, our traumatized brains kick into action. “Our brain naturally tries to make sense of information that we get as it relates to us and our past experience,” says Kent. “It’s very normal for us to connect our own experience of trauma or abuse with the constant bombardment of what we’re seeing from this trial.
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