Did Amber Make Gains Under Direct Examination? | Dangers of Idealization | Depp/Heard Case Analysis 

She filmed everything but somehow didn’t film any of these abusive acts. I truly think she is acting, I don’t doubt it was a volatile relationship but I think she is seriously exaggerating these incidents. I believe she actually is the abuser.

She talked about how beautiful his private island was, then proclaimed she was falling madly in love. Sounded more like she was falling in love with the lifestyle.

Heard’s testimony is not only contradicted by Johnny’s account, but also by Isaac, Ben, Alejandro, bodyguards, house keepers, a doctor, two nurses, 4 police officers, videos and photos, and the list goes on and on… it’s so scary how a very trouble woman can destroy a man’s life. Is so damaging not only to him and his family, but to women and victims/survivors around the world.

I've never seen someone cry so hard without shedding an actual tear as Amber Heard. She was lying her ass off. I hope the jury can see it.

It is funny how many times she says other people saw her getting beat up, but no-one has come forward saying they saw anything

AH also excessively used drugs and alcohol so only saying it about JD isn't a correct assessment cause his drug use is being overly assessed and hers is being ignored.

I have seen the entire trial, and found her testimony illogical compared to the evidence we have seen so far. Last night I listened to over 4 hours of audio of those two - including from Australia. The recordings back up JD’s testimony, and repeatedly conflict with Amber’s.

Both of them were recording things extensively, supposedly ordered by their marriage councellor because Johnny Depp felt like he was going insane from gaslighting by Amber Heard. In fact, Amber Heard seems to be the only one who was recording secretly, her evidence do not include metadata which can be due to editing. That's illegal in California, but I think the Depp legal team allowed those to show to the jury that some of these evidence were taken illicitly. Despite all those recordings, not one where Depp is any more violent than forcibly closing some cabinet doors down. Or grabbing a phone once he noticed he was secretly being filmed. No photos of bruises or cuts or wounds. Except some where the bruise seemingly moves from the cheek to the temple, and the coloration doesn't match the timeline. Heard has not put forth any evidence that is consistent with her testimony or condemning enough to make me believe her.

I hope the jury noticed throughout her stories there were no witnesses and she never went to a hospital

A “tear free crying event”. She’s going to need the whole jar of amica cream to treat that burn! 😂

Amber is a liar, she has taken other people's stories and tried to make them hers, because she never lived it she cannot get the emotion right, she has not been traumatised at all. A blind man can see it. Her stories have a lot of fluff to begin an outline of the actual attack, very vague and then a lot of fluff to finish it. She cannot describe what never happened.

Heard's story sounds way more credible told by Dr. Grande than by herself. It shows to me how she failed to convince with her over acting when she took the stand. She actually harms her own defense more than she serve her purpose. I hope the jury will see clear through that.

Whatever the nature of their relationship was, it's now really easy to see that Amber wants nothing but the full destruction of JD. She keeps adding new tales and details to her stack of lies to make that happen. The good news is that they are pretty easy to debunk through their lack of consistency, and I hope that's exacltly what we'll see in the upcoming cross examination. JD's lawyers have a week to come up with the goods, I hope AH gets what she deserves.

This is probably the first time the courts have witnessed a "defamation" case turn into a "defecation" case. 😱

I think she lost ground. She's a liar and a horrible actress. She posed for a picture with a tissue to her face. She cried without tears. She acted hysterical and made crazy stories up. She talks like she's acting out a novel.

My ex is the SPITTING IMAGE of Amber in every single way. Everyone keeps telling me to just forget her and move on and not try to call her out or tell everyone the truth about what she did to me. She did the same thing- lied to everyone about me, convinced everyone that I was the abusive one, when she was the one abusing me, hitting the dogs, cheating on me. I hate it. I hate it all so, so much. Seeing this trial happen is like reliving that hell all over again. And I can't help but hope that Amber will fall HARD, so that I can have some kind of hope that people like her as well as my ex will get their comeuppance.

Does she have any integrity? She's just invalidating women who actually experience spousal abuse, and giving them less credibility. What a witch

I’m not sure if Amber was madly in love with him. I believe she looked at and used Johnny as a cash machine. Just my opinion.

I see her make up artist made a statement that she never had to cover up bruises, cuts or any injuries. The jury get to read that document.

I believe that what Amber is doing here is revenge on Johnny because he left her. The worst time for an abuse victim is when they attempt to leave or after they manage to leave.

I loved the way you used extra flowery words and expressions in a kind of parody of the way JD and AH expressed themselves on the stand. Your talent for parody has been noted.

"Tear-free crying experience " you were so so accurate in your analysis.

I've watched a lot of trials and she honestly reminds me of Jodi Arias in the sense that she constantly, transparently appears to be "selling" a story rather than telling it. It's absurd to watch.

Gotta say - It's unfair - that Johnny is on the spot here. Amber's eyes are always darting to spot what other people are thinking. She has FAR too many narcistic tells.

She told a fairy-tale-turned-into-nightmare-fantasy in an unbelievable exaggerated manner. I think she lost her last bit of credibility. That being said, I don't think Depp was an angel in this overall toxic relationship.

Just compare her current fake crying to the smirks and eye rolls she did in her 2016 deposition. I'm embarrassed to admit I was starting to worry she's telling to truth until I seen that. She was almost laughing and brushed off her hitting Johnny. No fake tears then but now years later. She also seems to be accusing Johnny of things she did.

Biggest red flag to me has been when she said that Johnny would repeatedly punch her in the face… with his rings on. You don’t get repeatedly punched in the face by someone with multiple rings on for years and never have any photo evidence of it or scarring. I mean it’s really just such a ridiculous thing to even claim that it affirms a clear personality disorder of some type. She seems to not understand what it actually looks like when someone is punched, closed fist either with or without a ring. It is absolutely brutal.

After the brutal beating and strangulation and “ sexual assault” she testified that she went to bed and then came down the next morning and tried to give Johnny some coffee… no mention of caring for her own injuries (getting glass out of feet, dealing with her lady-parts) and no mention of being scared that he might start up again- I would not have left my room until I was sure I was safe… like when someone else comes over or he leaves.

When I first heard about Amber’s original claims I believed her because it was during the big MeToo movement and I thought I should believe the woman. I’ve always been a Johnny fan and had a preconceived opinion about what he was like and it was hard to let that positive opinion go. Then he went on the stand and I thought that’s the Johnny I think he is. She’s lying. Then I hear her on the stand and in the beginning I believed her and thought maybe he wasn’t the type of guy I thought he was. He was doing drugs, I’d read he was jealous, and I could see him being infatuated with the young, “beautiful creature”. But the more she started talking and her stories were different than Johnny’s in situations I got so conflicted and understood that one of them is seriously lying. Right now I’m at the point that she’s just making shit up! I no longer find her credible at all. I think that doctor became emotionally attached almost like a mother figure. I found her defending Amber a couple of times like I want to defend my own daughter. (My daughter is nothing like Amber but you know what I mean). I predict Johnny is gonna bring in lots of witnesses to rebut her claims. And, I have a theory that she made those claims in the very beginning to gain sympathy like some other women were getting at that time. She didn’t expect it to backfire on her because people loved Johnny so much. But then again I’m retired and have way too much time on my hands to watch every minute of the court and over analyze.

At nearly 60 years of age, Johnny Depp has dated vast numbers of women. My issue, is that if he were indeed a monster, even more so on substances~there would be a lot of history to that effect. He wasn't perfect, but I am skeptical as to the degree she tries to paint him as an abuser.

I have re-listened to the tapes that JD's team played during his testimony and there is one out there that has not been played in court due to other people being recorded. In this tape Dr Kipper, is there right after the finger fight. Dr Kipper and the nurse Deb are speaking and Dr Kipper states flat out "she did it, his finger is crushed".. Also we hear Amber crying hysterically and claiming over and over that she was so sorry, she loves him, in which Dr Kipper replies, she's feeling guilty now and that she needed something to calm down and they need to get her back to LA as soon as possible. I believe the evidence, she didn't take any photo's as there were no injuries on her. She is really giving women a bad name and it's now possible that real victims will not be believed. I don't think she ever loved him, she was hoping for him to worship her and give her every thing and she would get these great acting jobs and they would become a power couple in Hollywood. When that didn't work, she went in on JD in her anger and shame, painting him as a monster, because, she didn't get the fairy tale she wanted.

As a mother of two children I've seen various bruises and cuts on my children due to them playing a lot outside. They never had injuries that needed medical treatment, just the typical bruises you can get when accidentally running into another kid or tripping. I can't imagine how you can cover the swelling with make-up and how you can have normal facial expressions with bruises on your face that hurt. People would have noticed that you feel pain when moving your face. And whenever we talk, we move our face. I find it impossible to believe she was punched by a grown up man and could hide the injuries from everybody else. I know abused women that tried to hide the abuse, I've seen the way they move. They usually will mention that they fell or by accident got injured while doing chores or that the dog or cat did hurt them accidentally. There's no testimony of anybody claiming one such thing.

Story time with Amber Heard. She is quite unbelievable with her grande stories and lack of actual emotion. Her stories don’t line up and are unsupported thus far.

I don't know why but I have trouble believing someone who cries for hours without shedding 1 tear.

She said he broke glass all around her, that there was glass underneath her, threw her around in it, but did not show*** she ever got cut. THAT was the point where I could say for sure this specific incident at least did not happen.

I have 13 years of recovery from rx drug addiction. I lost my marriage to a wonderful man because of my addiction. He saved my life by divorcing me. That was my bottom. I tend to think Johnny is telling the truth about the abuse. I think the only things he’s abused are substances, himself and lots of inanimate objects. The evidence tends to back him up.

Brilliant analysis. The only missing factor for me is AH substance abuse, declared as 2 bottles of wine daily, mushrooms and MDMA. This exacerbated her personality disorders and brought out even more of her demon behaviour, manifest in violence and aggression IMO. She literally did Johnny's head in with her relentless insecurities, accusations, insults and non stop talking.

The reason I doubt her story is that after they separated/Or divorced she convinced her agent to set up a meeting with him to get back together violating the TRO. Seems kind of funny that someone who was “so violently abused and SA’d” would do that after successfully escaping from him in the first place? I know some women do go back out of fear or economic reasons, but that wasn’t the case here.

Also, let’s keep in mind that more than 4 employees saw Amber throw bottles and objects at Johnny so her throwing a bottle I no stretch. She takes everything she did and twists it around and magnifies it by 100. She always plays it off as she is the perfect wife and so loving and Depp is a drug fueled monster.

Amber’s testimony was patently absurd. The most consistent thing about her testimony was that each story she told was disturbingly exaggerated & difficult to believe.

I would encourage anyone to listen to the audiotapes if you want to understand the case. Dr. Grande did a good job here. What I have found is that if you listen to the tapes online you will see someone talking non stop which is Amber Heard and you will hear snippets of a response and that is from JOHNNY DEPP. He spends most of his time on the tapes listening to Amber rant about trivial matters or about matters that neither Amber or Johnny understand. Amber talked so much on the tapes that, at times, she forgot what she was talking about. Johnny did very little talking and all Amber wanted to do is talk about their problems. And Amber would not be looking for solutions but rather have arguments that went around in circles with no possibility of ever ending. Amber seemed mixed up. The marriage was a train wreck

When you boil it all down… She’s guilty of what she’s claiming Johnny did to her. She feels superior when she stands on the backs of others. So many holes in her story. So many questionable acts.

What amber says makes me feel uncomfortable, almost like wanting to vomit. She lies so much and accuses so violently while lying all the way, that it makes me sick, literally. I pity Johnny Depp for having fallen into the claws of such a monster.

I think Johnny Depp would have to self soothe even more with his addictions just to cope with her erratic emotional and physical abuse. He has given us a lifetime of actions that are completely opposite of her allegations, so to me she’s the worst kind of destructive liar.

My current take on the situation is, that Johnny got high all the time, but was chill and needed some me-time. She drank alcohol most of the time and got mad constantly. Seeing her husband on drugs made her aggressive and she started fights on a crazy borderline level of intensity. He on the other hand, never got physically aggressive towards her. His fight-or-flight instinct got into "flight"-mode most of the times, but sometimes he had to push her away, because she was chasing and beating him. So her perspective is, that he ruined their marriage with his kind of behaviour, because that really triggered her, but her aggressiveness was absolutely out of hand. She was the abuser.

As someone who's survived abusive relationships, it really looks like she's playing a roll instead of reliving memories. Depp on the other hand, does seem to be reliving memories. I DO NOT like Depp, but I strongly believe he's being wrongly accused.

Thank you for recapping her testimony...I tried but found most of it unbelievable and unwatchable.

This "takes two to tango" doesn't apply when dealing with BPD, does it? I really feel Grande searching for the "middle ground" here at the risk of heading into a logical fallacy.

Anyone thinking she made gains during her testimony must be deluded. She’s freakin nuts.

With the way she described the violence and abuse, she would have been much more severely injured by what she claimed was inflicted on her, yet she only took photo evidence of a very minor bruise? As a survivor, I'm calling bullshit. I could never bring myself to seek justice for myself but I still have pictures of what happened to me. She would have definitely had more proof if she is telling the truth.

Wow, this HAS to be THE best breakdown you've ever done and I am just in awe and so blown away!! You brought sooo many brilliant points, things I had not noticed or thought of before! You are by far my absolute favorite for case analysis. Thank you for all you do! You are the best, Dr. Grande! ♡♡

Thanks for the analysis. I can concur it a lot of what you saying. My ex-wife that I have two kids with have borderline of a severe degree. The first one and a half year we were together was amazing. After that everything I did was never good enough or just wrong. I was wrong. She she accuse me of everything constantly fighting. While we’re having sex she wanted me to hit her and strangle her. I didn’t do this because I found it absurd. I never laid a hand on her. She accuse to the authorities for beating our kids and her. Five years later she goes to a crisis center and persuade them that I had raped or beaten there and psychologically manipulated her. It has been nine years of abuse from her I have been diagnosed with PTSD because of this. During the relationship I left to be with friends work long hours. drank a lot just to cope with The hell I was living in. I was hoping when you started talking about borderline that you would put in this aspect that living with a person like this drives even the best of people insane. The Putting you down constant manipulation constant accusations a person like this tear you apart. And the worst thing is nobody around you believe that she or anyone can be like that. Please focus on that aspect when it’s so clear that Amber heard has constructed everything to drive him insane. To get the reaction out of him she wanted, violence so she was the victim Thanks

Of everything she has claimed during her testimony, I'm stuck on the visualization she painted of escaping from behind the bar. Multiple broken bottles of liquor on the tile floor and she's frantically trying to get out of there, slipping on the tile, trying to run away. She said the picture of the area behind the bar wasn't accurate. So, I'm supposed to believe 1: that the house manager cleaned up the tile from all the blood, glass, and liquor that should be there after something like that and then that he added broken glass back to the scene before taking the picture, and 2: that after the incident she didn't take pictures of her feet or seek treatment and was able to walk through an airport unassisted with no one noticing she had trouble walking?

When I was in court with my ex, I was so terrified I could see my heart beating through my chest - and he wasn't even a violent person - just an a#@hole! AH in contrast appears quite confident and relaxed at times. Her voice is strong and she engages her audience. She doesn't seem intimidated by the situation at all.

Her testimony just seems so... cinematic and Broadway-esque, I feel. The way she goes from talking about the physical stuff to talking about the "beautiful floors" just sounds the way a novelist would write for a world-building fiction piece. When people with trauma recount and or relive their traumatic experiences, do they prioritize the cleanliness of their floors or if the weather was nice outside? I sure didn't.

Thank you for that final analysis, it is the first thing that has really made sense to me. I was never a Depp fan, although I found him watchable and enjoyed many of his movies. When the accusations came out I was shocked, but remained neutral and mostly forgot about it after they settled their divorce. I only became engaged when I heard the tapes of them talking. I have been informed many times about what abuse sounds like and it was all there; she presented herself to the world as blameless, but she was clearly abusive. What I didn't understand, until now, was the ups and downs in their relationship; why her behaviour became so extreme and he didn't walk away. This is all very sad, but Depp needs to win this case. He will probably lose because of the legal requirements of a deformation case, but if that happens the media and will never acknowledge that some women do lie and not only men are physically abusive. As Depp said, this never had to happen, he just wanted them to go their separate ways. What a nightmare.

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If anyone believes Heard's performance, they need more help than Amber and Johnny combined

Amber Heard: "I only hit Johnny Depp once to save my baby sister!" Actual audio proofs, about SEVERAL different incidents: "I did start a physical fight!" "I didn't punch you I was fcking hitting you" "I didn't mean to hurt hiiiiiim" (Australia incident, right after the finger was cut) and so on. Ok. Makes sense, you know.

It’s insane how real these incidents sound without her appalling vitriolic, faux-emotive visual. No doubt he has some co-dependence and self-abusive tendencies….but guilty of the things she is now trying to hard to prove? I can’t see how her manipulation of the situation is helping her. And, really, who ‘laughs’ after nearly getting into your ‘aggressor’s’ vehicle 🤔

I've experienced selective amnesia. I forgot the event but since that day on I never forgot that that person was not to be trusted. I only remembered years later when the same thing happened to someone that I really love. Then it was like oh yeah, now I remember. Amber heard is a terrible liar. Coming from a victim of abuse, I found it very difficult to watch her testimony. She came across as phony and arrogant. She came across as the abuser

Anyone else notice that she filed for divorce shortly after learning his bank account is $650M lighter? Johnny never claimed anything other than he loved her. Everything she did screamed manipulation. She’s just gross!

Amber appeared to embellish her testimony on Thursday in an effort to make up for the lack of physical evidence supporting her claims, and the rather obvious hammering she's taking in the court of public opinion. JD has been consistent in what he has claimed, but was clearly out of control and unstable for long periods of time, and must have been difficult to maintain a relationship with. Neither of them come out of this looking like a wonderful life partner.

I think it was super interesting when she was testifying about Johnny's finger loss and how when she woke up, she discovered that he'd "written all over the walls" and the gesture she makes over and over is holding a pen/paintbrush and writing - as in, from her point of view. I feel that if I'd woken up and found my partner had written all over the walls and I was trying to explain this to someone, I would make more of a sweeping gesture, to demonstrate the size or scope of what I was confronted with. I wouldn't be sitting there gesturing as I myself was the one holding the pen and writing. It was very strange to watch, and I think it was the bodily version of a Freudian slip.

She reminds me of my mom. She’s lying, and it’s scary how much. He wasn’t volatile, he was trying to survive the actual abuser in the home.

It’s funny that over the decades of Johnny’s life,this is the only woman who ever was hit by Johnny, yet there is evidence of amber being violent with other partners

None of the physical evidence supports any of Amber's claims. None. She, according to her former assistant, morphed her style of dress, her tastes in music, art and reading to match Johnny's as if she were preparing herself to become his ideal woman. She was a heavy drug user in her own right...long before she met Johnny. Her constant harping about Johnny's drug use is projection. The level of manipulation she displays is off the charts and consistent with Dr. Curry's analysis of Amber's personality. That anybody can believe a word she says in light of the physical evidence (which includes audios of her admitting to assaulting him on multiple occasions despite her claims to only having struck him once in self defense) and her terrible and obvious acting on the stand, defies logic. Some of the audios that have not yet been played for the court shows her level of antagonism, derision and cruelty towards Johnny when speaking to him...in ways no victim of abuse I've ever heard of would dare to do. She is an absolute detriment to real victims of domestic violence.

I’m not sure your analysis is on point. Obviously JD has issues, but when you analysed their cycle you paid no attention to the glaring fact that AH was using substances under his nose and that is not the right behaviour to have if you want your partner to sober up. Also if your partner can’t deal with conflict starting a fight isn’t the right thing to do. It seems to me and to many others that her behaviours actually worsened his issues. Even if he had been violent toward her (which she hadn’t proven yet) he was constantly provoked and thrown off balance. He mainly cope with that by SH and destroying properties, which is not ok, but highlights how he was trying to dysfunctionally cope with the havoc she was throwing at him, rather than delving in DV. It looks like he was trying to be as considerate as his dysfunction allowed to, while she never really tried to shield him from her glaring issue. There are two persons here: both dysfunctional but JD has a huge heart, whereas she lacks any.

I really wanted to give her a chance as I recognized my bias toward Johnny however her testimony seemed odd and incongruent with known facts.

There’s one thing I believe when it comes to Amber Heard: she’s insane.

Johnny seems to be an introvert, and Amber extroverted. Wouldn’t it be normal for someone introverted to seek solitude every so often? It seems to me that with her personality disorder(s) she interpreted his desire for solitude as rejection which would then trigger her, and in turn give him more reasons to stay away and thus ensue a vicious cycle.

As a victim of DV and SA, I feel that AH has been lying. Johnny Depp was truthful. Justice for Johnny.!

Where is the testimony from Amber that she sought medical attention after all of the horrific things she described? Where are the medical records from doctors around the world confirming her ordeal and injuries? Where are Amber's own photos of the multiple injuries she describes (cut up feet, in particular)? One would think that, after all of the surreptitious video and audio recordings she made during the relationship that she would have documented her own injuries as extensively, if not more so. Unfortunately for Amber, the only party who has evidence of domestic abuse is Johnny Depp. This is why she is so difficult to believe.

She has no qualms manipulating a Judge and Jury. Does anyone seriously think she'd hesitate for a second to manipulate someone addicted to alcohol and drugs? I think she knowingly boxed him into a corner and made his life hell. Sick!

Lawyer: *"Was anyone else on the phone with you and Johnny?"* Amber: *"Anyone else on the phone with us? No clue. But I remember thinking about his momentum, and how he toppled me. I remember the dirty carpet and the sound of his boots, I remember every detail about the furniture, and how he taunted me and headbutted me and just pummeled me. Don’t ask to see any evidence of injuries though, I'm easily embarrassed so there's no photos, and I'm an expert with makeup so no one would see any injuries afterwards - but he beat me mercilessly and I remember thinking how he sounded high pitched and different, but was someone else on the phone with us? I wish I could remember..."*

This was very interesting and insightful. I would just add that I have flashes of memory from traumatic events in my past, so I believe amber that it is possible. I had sexual experiences as a child that I only remember in flashes. The flashes have been an extreme source of shame my whole life, so they are very traumatic, but my brain wants to repress them so over time all that remained is the flashes that I can’t get rid of. (They are better now that I have talked to a therapist about them…just FYI).

“They go back and forth between love and hate, which crushes their relationship like a boat being thrown around in a storm. Now both of them are trapped floating on the wreckage of their relationship, and what appears to be a permanent devaluation phase. Limited by their own lack of insight, they are unable to find their way to shore.” Brilliant summary of this messy trial. You are one of the very few people who analyze current affairs with logic and fairness without black and white thinking. I love your videos so much!!

I am a 30 yr survivor of DV and still remember the occurrences and tears well up quickly. I’ve been watching the entire trial, though very difficult at times, find that amber is lying. I’ve seen very few of JDs movies so I’m not looking at this through bias glasses. My ex told me he would destroy me anyway he could and still tries today but I see amber doing this because she lost control and lost a lavish lifestyle. She doesn’t care how she gets it but she wants him complete destroyed.

I've known a few people that really liked to argue, to the point of becoming physical with the other person if they wouldn't engage. I'm not saying Depp wasn't abusive at times, but I definitely get the feeling that Heard is one of those kinds of people.

I wish there was more focus on the substance abuse and the behaviors associated with that. The behaviors Depp was described as having ring true with many addicts. As we know , addiction grows worse over time. I would like to see an expert witness discuss the probable trajectory of alcohol/cocaine usage and the effect that it has on spouse and family.

I’ve tried to be objective when listening to the testimony, but I just don’t believe Amber. I’ve noticed that when people recount dv or other abuse, they typically switch to second or third person. It’s “you get slapped…” rather than “I was slapped”. It’s something I have worked on in therapy, and it is difficult. It’s easier to talk almost as though it happened to someone else. First person takes way too much ownership. Johnny switches tense when he recounts episodes, Amber doesn’t and talks like she is on a bad lifetime movie set.

Let’s hope the Jury questions Amber’s credibility like we do.

As a DV survivor, anytime I would be anywhere near my abuser I would get VERY physically ill. I don't believe her and believe Mr Depp is the abused. Dr. Curry's assesment was spot on. I fear for her baby daughter. I hope that relationship is being closely monitored.

Every time there's an objection, it's as if the director yelled "cut." I wish they could submit her completely dry Kleenex into evidence.

"one could say her acting skills need a little work." you're not kidding. Just watch her in Zombieland, then watch her "testimony" of the traumatic events. Basically identical. Also, how scarily prophetic her role was...

Wait till cross examination!!

I had to testify at the sentencing of someone who abused me (DV and SA). So I’ve been in a very similar situation as what Amber describes, and I’ve been cross examined in court over it. Although everyone processes things differently, Amber’s testimony didn’t resonate with me at all (not that it has to to be true). It was antithetical to how I felt/behaved when having to describe my abuse in court. While describing my abuse, I couldn’t bear to look the jury. Remember-one of the reasons people in DV stay is because its embarrassing to tell people about. There’s a cognitive dissonance between knowing you shouldn’t stay with someone treating you this way, and overcoming the shame to be able to tell people so you can get out. I found it difficult while bearing that shame to look the jurors in the eye. Describing how I was treated, particularly the SA, to complete strangers was humiliating. I still remember the face of the one juror-a woman- who was the only person I snatched a glance at. That was the only person I saw in the jury. Otherwise, I looked at the lawyer as he cross examined me, or my hands, or allowed my eyes to kind of lose focus while setting them at a point in space. Looking the jurors in the eye was psychologically impossible for me. Also, I did not…could not even imagine recalling any of the “romantic” aspects of that previous relationship. I was terrified of that person. There was no place in my mind or heart where I felt called to wax poetic about the way we fell in love. Hearing Amber’s voice soften as she recalled their relationship made no sense to me. She used a lot of rhetorical devises (repetition, dynamic volume etc) that made this feel very much like a stage performance. Lastly, the way she described “moving slowly” as not to incur more of his anger seemed like a pantomime of what actually happens in DV-where victims diminish themselves, try not to share when something said hurts them, speak more quietly, avoid responding to goading comments, avoid eye contact etc. But moving slowly? This is your supposed abuser, not a Trex in Jurassic Park. He’s not triggered by movement. Just didn’t connect in anyway to what ive experienced first hand or what I know about DV. That said, I think its very possible JD was physical with her at points. But as far as who the abuser was in a wholistic sense (physical, emotional etc), I think that’s AH.

AH keeps mentioning in her testimony how JD "kept on punching me" it's like her go to line when shes almost trying to fill up a pause, but surely someone who has sustained so much punching will have significant bruising on their body....yet nothing. Also if she is constantly being beaten up...why oh why does she keep running after JD when he wanted space and distance. I don't know any DV survivor who reacts in this way. Her testimony is inconsistent and contradicted by her audio, that's not even starting on her non-existent tears

When my ex bf headbutted me, it shattered my orbital bone (eye socket) Ms and fractured my zygomatic arch (cheek bone) that needed a metal plate inserting to stabilise it. I also had massive racoon eyes (2 black eyes basically lol) for over 3 weeks. Yet Amber was able to appear the very next evening on a celebrity chat show and claimed to have "covered up" her injuries using a quad colour foundation pallette 🙄🙄. I call bull shyte. See, once I catch you in such am egregious lie, I doubt everything you say after that.

She is obviously projecting everything she has done and who she is onto Johnny because he finally got tired of her.

Before I get into the case, I just have to say that as a person who had BPD (no longer qualify for the diagnosis because of good results with lots of therapy -yay recovery!) I am very concerned about the BPD diagnosis becoming even more stigmatized after the whole world has watched Ms Heard, who allegedly has BPD, in court. She doesn't exactly give it a good name. If she has it, it is quite the extreme case with heaps of comorbidities that have not been addressed (in my amateur opinion). I've never met anyone quite as disturbed, false and cunning as her in all my years of group work together with people suffering from personality disorders.. Even the extremely reactive patients felt shame, had a bad continence, and eventually admitted their mistakes. Now, about her testimony.. I'm always heavily inclined to believe a person (women) reporting SA or DV because it is horrifyingly scary and dangerous to speak up about your abuse, but it's becoming so difficult to believe AH. Something just seems very off about her story, and the way it doesn't match her body language or demeanor. And the way she isn't taking any responsibility for any of the volatile behavior, even though we've heard clear audio evidence of her being abusive. JD has admitted to a lot of bad behavior, but denies the assault allegations. He also seemed genuine on the stand, and his body language matched his words.

TUG showed audio of her reacting while medical staff were at the scene after johnnys fingers was severed, shes full of guilt n needs medication to be calmed down. Also video of her dancing in preparation for a role (2 days later) feet and arms bare, totally uninjured! I really hope the courts have this footage

I am actually worried for Amber Heard's child. In 20 years' time, will we see another "Mommie Dearest" book on the Shelves written by Oonagh Heard. And the story will go on and on.

Thank you. You have made me see this case in a new light. Very objective. I disagree with some of your points, but overall, I agree. The biggest gap I have with your analysis is where we are today. In the end, she set out to destroy him, he did not set out to destroy her. When the divorce was settled they signed an NDA. She broke that NDA when she wrote the op-Ed trying to capitalize on the me-too movement. That is why we are where we are and that is why she should lose this case. If he is awarded $50 million he will break even for all he has done to retain his character as a drunken, drug addled, but talented actor and not a wife beater.

I knew someone who had that bottle experience and needed major reconstructive surgery, blood transfusion, and can't have children. It's a horrific allegation.

MY TRADING JOURNEY WAS A MATRICULATION OF HIGHS AND LOWS, LITERALLY JUST LIKE THE MARKET. YOU UP, YOU DOWN. NOW I’M CONSTANTLY UP, A BIG THANKS TO SCARLETT

The Australian mansion saga was characterized by AH as carnage and that she was a victim, thrown about like a rag doll, yet she walked out of there without some much of a scratch, nobody thought it wise to have her checked out .... yet she alleges she was violated 2x with a bottle , punched in the face and thrown to the floor .......that just does not add up

She tells her story like she relishes telling it. I've never seen a testimony from an actual victim of that kind of violence (as described by her) done in that manner, victims tend to have entirely different vibe to how they tell their stories. It's hard to pinpoint what exactly it is about it that causes that feeling, you know the feeling you get when you know someone is lying or trying to trick you. You can just feel the insincerity in the back of your head from some people, everything about the way they try to convince you makes your skin crawl.

I would think that if she is really crying uncontrollably… why not ask the court for a little break while she recuperates The reason why is because she’s a faker and manipulator. It embarrases me as a woman to watch her on the stand. “ I’m literally embarrassed for her”

I disagree that Johnny was in love with drugs. It sounds to me like, based on all of the testimony I’ve heard so far, that he would abuse drugs as a coping mechanism for Amber’s verbal and physical abuse towards him. Also, none of his witnesses, from the security guards, to his staff, to his agents, to his friends and family, have ever testified that they saw Johnny lose control of his temper while he was drinking or using drugs. I feel like that’s too many people that would be willing to lie on his behalf, especially considering that it seems to me so far that Amber has no one who can testify to seeing Johnny abuse her. She has also not presented any physical evidence to support her claims. No medical exams, no police reports, one photo that’s contested because of the metadata, and that’s all. The fact that you noticed that she displays traits of borderline personality disorder also makes me believe that she is lying on the stand. I hope you will do a recap of her testimony after she has been cross examined, and I would love to hear your opinion on her mental health after that. As for now, I would hope that when you make these videos about the trial, that you take a closer look at the evidence presented before forming your opinions. I know that you want to remain unbiased, and this case is clearly swinging in favor of Johnny, but you neglected to mention that there seems to be no evidence other than Amber’s word that Johnny became violent while drunk or high on drugs.