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For Johnny Depp , the aftermath of the Amber Heard trial was about more than just winning the court case; it was about losing trust. In a candid new interview, he describes how certain people he considered friends turned their backs when he needed them actor is now speaking out about betrayal, loyalty, and life as a "crash test dummy" for the #MeToo movement . He spoke openly about how the media storm affected him, exposing those who abandoned him when he needed them the Depp acknowledged that three people deceived him, saying, "They did me dirty." He discussed in a recent interview how the public's reaction and media hysteria during his defamation trial brought to light the people in his life who supported him and those who did not, as per a report by The Depp also talked about how the trial affected him emotionally on both a personal and professional revealed how one of his agents, with whom he had worked for three decades, spoke against him in court, referring to it as a betrayal of "death by confetti". He added, without naming names, that he had been wronged by three people he deeply trusted. These people were even at his children's admitted it hurt, but he also understood why some people stayed silent, saying that making the right choice was often the scariest thing for them, he told The Sunday his widely reported trial against his ex-girlfriend Amber Heard, in which shocking allegations of abuse and assault were made, the "Pirates of the Caribbean" star made these referred to the worldwide reckoning brought on by the #MeToo movement, which started in 2006 when activist Tarana Burke first used the term, when he said, "I was like a crash test dummy for MeToo, … and I sponged it, took it all in," as per a report by The stated that he wanted to find out who was being cautious from the hundreds of people he has met in that field. "You'd better get woke!"Heard's accusations against Depp first came to light in May 2016, over a year before the Harvey Weinstein scandal sparked the #MeToo movement. After accusing Depp of domestic abuse, Amber Heard filed for divorce and obtained a temporary restraining August of that year, the couple reached a $7 million settlement and formalized their divorce. However, the court cases were far from Heard's 2018 op-ed in The Washington Post, which detailed the hostility she faced for speaking out against abuse, prompted Depp to sue her for $50 million in March 2019, despite never mentioning him by name. According to the actor, the item hurt his career and ex-couple came to a final settlement by December 2022. Depp promised to divide the $1 million Heard would give him across a number of charitable and her daughter, Oonagh Paige, left the Hollywood mayhem behind, at least for the time being, and moved discreetly to Spain in the months that claimed three trusted friends betrayed him during the Amber Heard believes he was a test case for the #MeToo movement and media scrutiny.
