All the stars who supported Amber Heard during the defamation trial

The Johnny Depp vs Amber Heard defamation trials have engulfed people around the world.

Hearda Depp sues for $ 50 million (£ 40.1 million) because he hinted that he abused her in 2018 Washington Post op-ed. Although she did not name him, she claims her allegations affected his ability to work (an expert who spoke at the trial this week claimed that op-ed essentially did not affect Depp’s career).

Heard has filed a counterclaim accusing Depp of organizing a “defamation campaign” against her, describing his lawsuit as a continuation of “abuse and harassment”.

Depp fans are much louder than Heard’s. At the time of writing, The petition was signed by 4.3 million people to remove Heard from Aquaman 2, in celebrities like Winona Ryder and Javier Bardem they explicitly expressed their support for him.

Chris Rock even joked on stage that we should “trust all women, just not Amber Heard” – to a considerable response.

Which public figures support Heard, with closing remarks scheduled for Friday (May 27) before the jury consultation? Check out all the celebrities who spoke for her below …

Kathy Griffin

Comedian Griffin was one of the first stars to support Heard. She commented on the actor’s announcement that she will take a break from social media during the trial, saying: “Oh, doll. I think of you and send all my love. “

Howard Stern

Although the veteran radio host did not explicitly express his support for Heard, he spoke out against Depp. In late April, he said on his SiriusXM show, “He thought, ‘I’m going to put this on TV because I’m so convincing and so smart, and I’m such a wonderful guy … I’m going to be on the charm of American pants at trial.’

“No, you won’t. This is not going to go well. You’re not doing well, she’s not doing well. Nobody is doing well. You sound like two kids fighting. It’s just going very badly. “

Ellen Barkin

In a testimony for the trial, filmed in 2019, actor Barkin claimed that “jealous” Depp once threw a bottle of wine over a hotel room when they were dating in the early 1990s.

The jurors also heard that Barkin witnessed her ex “supervising” them in their brief time together, asking her where she was going and what she was doing, and telling her “don’t do this, don’t do this”.

“Just a jealous man, he’s in control,” she said, remembering to ask him, “Where are you going? Who are you going with? What did you do yesterday? “

Barkin testified about some special time when Depp was said to be “very angry” and accused her of having sex with someone else because she had a slight scratch on her back.

Barkin’s testimony about the bottle incident was previously heard during Depp’s defamation case in the UK with The sun above an article where the newspaper described him as a “beating wife” – which is Pirates of the Caribbean player lost.

Depp has denied that the incident happened when Barkin’s claim surfaced, and testifies that she described him as insulting because she “resented” him.

“Ms. Barkin started a sexual element that lasted for months, really because she was making a movie that I was making at the time, Fear and hatred in Las VegasSaid Depp.

“She wanted a proper relationship with me, but I didn’t want that. I didn’t feel the same way about her as she did towards me and I guess she became very, very angry from that moment on and I haven’t spoken to Mrs Barkin since.

Julia Fox

Uncut gems The Fox star has publicly backed Heard. She commented on Instagram: “Did she hit him? Yes. Was it abuse? No. You have to have the power to abuse it. She was 25 years old. He was obviously always much stronger, both physically and financially. “

David Krumholtz

Actor Krumholtz, who starred with Heard in the NBC drama Playboy Club, posted a series of stories on Instagram that support it. “Drugs and alcohol turn people into monsters,” he wrote. “I believe Amber Heard.”

Since the trial began on April 11, Depp supporters are circling about their favorite moments from the courtroom on social media. The #teamjohnnydepp tag has nearly 80 million views on TikTok, and some criticize the “memeification” of the case.

Follow live updates on the test here in find out who expressed support for Depp here.

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