Detox. No, Johnny Depp is not considered innocent of the violence against his ex-wife.

Where does the intox come from?

While the Cannes Film Festival opened on Tuesday May 16 with the film Jeanne du Barry, by the director Maïwenn, several voices were raised to denounce the 1st role assigned to Johnny Depp. In question: the accusations of domestic violence, against his ex-wife Amber Heard, of which he has been the subject for several years. Asked about this, Jean Labadie, CEO of Le Pacte, there Company Who distribute it movie, assured on France Inter: “When the choice was made by Maïwenn to take Johnny Depp, we followed the trial with a little concern. […] Finally, we must not forget that he was found innocent. So I don’t know why there is still this controversy. »

Why is this wrong?

The case actually gave rise to several proceedings. During the last trial, Johnny Depp had attacked a tribune of his ex-wife, in the washington post, or her evoked “a public figure representing domestic violence”, without mentioning him by name. Amber Heard, had counter-attacked, speaking of “violence physical and sexual constants”. In a verdict delivered in June 2022, a tribunal from Virginia To concluded that the ex-spouses had defamed each other, however condemning more heavily Amber hear, To 10 million dollars of damage, against 2 million for Johnny Depp.

In a previous lawsuit, the actor sued the British newspaper for defamation The Sun, who had published in 2018 the testimony of Amber Heard, with this title: “He is a wife beater” (“He beats his wife”). But in November 2020, the High Court in London ruled estimated that twelve of the fourteen acts of violence mentioned were “substantially” true. And “the vast majority of the allegations made by Ms. Heard against Mr. Depp [avaient] been proven”.