HEARD & HATED
Amber’s testimony turns Hollywood against her & lets Johnny Depp win
HAUGHTY Amber Heard’s shaky courtroom performance during the $50 million defamation case lodged against her by ex-husband Johnny Depp has insiders saying the bitchy blonde cemented her status as the most hated woman in Hollywood!
Tipsters say backlash from the “Aquaman” beauty’s testimony on the stand has left Johnny getting the last laugh — regardless of any jury decision — because she’s being shunned by influential A-listers, cut from multiple projects and trashed online as a toxic liar and greedy gold digger!
The “Drop Dead Sexy” starlet, 36, has claimed the boozy “Pirates of the Caribbean” hunk, 58, battered her during their 15-month marriage, which ended in 2016. Johnny has vehemently denied ever harming her, but he finally hauled his ex-wife to court after she called herself a domestic abuse survivor in a 2018 newspaper op-ed. Though she didn’t name Depp, he’s argued the public would link him to her stomachchurning charges!
“Amber has painted herself as a victim, but inconsistencies in her testimony and some of her other actions have turned the tide of public opinion against her and made her a villain,” a source spills.
Folks camped out near the Virginia courthouse regularly showered Johnny with cheers, while Amber was met with jeers!
What’s more, an astonishing 4 million people signed an internet petition demanding Amber be dropped from “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom” — and court testimony reveals her screen time has been cut! Amber testified she’s lost lucrative gigs, including the Paramount+ TV series “The Stand,” and said her relationship with the beauty brand L’Oréal was downsized. Meanwhile, hashtags supporting Johnny have generated an incredible 3 billion views on TikTok. Megastar Jennifer Aniston quietly lined up behind
Depp by following him on Instagram. Popular podcast host Joe Rogan branded Amber a “crazy lady” and comedian Chris Rock joked, “Believe all women — except Amber Heard!”
Sources say the huffy hottie also didn’t help her cause when she blamed — and fired
— her PR team for bad headlines and an ugly image fueled by her fight with Deep, sources say. She replaced them with notorious spin doctor
David Shane — an alleged sex pest with a
DUI conviction and a history of arrests!
“This is not the kind of guy you want representing you while you’re making your own sexual and physical abuse allegations,” an insider sniffs. Amber wrote the scathing op-ed at the center of the case as the “official new ambassador for gender-based violence” for the American Civil Liberties Union. But she was only tapped for the post after making a $3.5 million pledge to the organization — and admittedly asked the ACLU to time her article’s publication with the release of “Aquaman.”
“That certainly smelled of self-promotion,” a source spills.
Now court testimony reveals Amber reneged on her big
bucks promise, which was supposed to be funded by her divorce settlement, claiming she needed the cash for her legal expenses.
“Amber made it a point to say she didn’t want Johnny’s money and made a show of donating it to charity,” an insider snitches. “To hear she didn’t follow through on the pledge has done a lot to damage her credibility.”
Spies dish her reputation was also rocked by stunning testimony and evidence, which seemed to counter her claims she was a serial victim during the marriage. On cross-examination, Johnny’s legal team challenged Amber’s charges of abuse by displaying photos of her taken after alleged fights, which showed the actress without any visible injuries.
In one curious instance, she charged Johnny “may have” broken her nose after the 2014 Met Gala in New York, but photos from an event the following night showed her
face looking flawless!
Amber’s disturbing claim that Johnny sexually assaulted her with a bottle also came into doubt after the screen siren confessed she couldn’t “remember exactly” what happened during the alleged attack — or the sequence of events that led to Johnny’s fingertip being cut off.
Meanwhile a “love note” admittedly handwritten by Amber to Johnny and introduced as evidence contained her damning statement, “I want to rip you apart!”
Noted New York defense attorney Peter J. Gleason, who is not involved in the case, observes, “This trial has done incredible self-inflicted damage to Amber.
“I always advise my client to never deviate from the truth when giving testimony. Anytime a so-called victim embellishes facts or gets tripped up in a lie it destroys their credibility completely! “The backlash she’s receiving seems to be completely self-generated.” A showbiz insider snorts, “These days Amber couldn’t catch a cold in Hollywood!”