The shock documentary to see from Friday – ‘Johnny vs Amber: from love to hate’
On June 1, Amber Heard was found guilty of defamation by an American jury and will have to pay 10.4 million dollars in damages to her ex-husband, Johnny Depp.
The 59-year-old ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ star sued his ex-wife over a 2018 Washington Post op-ed in which she said she was ‘a public figure representing violence conjugal’. Although he was not named, the actor believed that this platform had destroyed his career and his reputation, and claimed 50 million dollars in damages. The 36-year-old actress, who appeared in ”Justice League” and ”Aquaman”, had counterattacked and asked for the double, believing that she had been defamed by a former lawyer for her ex-husband, who had called her accusations of domestic violence from “hoaxes” in April 2020.
Based on this high-profile trial, the documentary “Johnny vs Amber: from love to hate” will be available in the original version with subtitles from this Friday, July 1, exclusively and for free, on the 6Play platform.
Far from glamorous
Nourished by exclusive testimonies, the film proposes to relive the key moments of their legal battle and to dive backstage into a relationship that has never ceased to unleash the crowds, especially since at the time, the two were engaged: she with her companion Tasya van Ree, he with Vanessa Paradis.
During the six weeks of hearings, the former lovers have continued to throw oil on the fire via statements shock. The members of the jury heard dozens of hours of testimonies and audio or video recordings that revealed details of their tumultuous life together, far removed from the glamor of Hollywood, between 2011 and 2016.
Amber Heard had for example told that Johnny Depp became a “monster” under the influence of an explosive cocktail of drugs and alcohol and refused to follow a detoxification treatment. He would have raped her with a bottle of alcohol a month after their marriage, in March 2015, in Australia, where the actor was filming episode 5 of “Pirates”. That day, the latter had the end of a finger severed and was hospitalized. He claims it’s because of the glare from a bottle thrown by Amber Heard. She says he hurt himself.
Accusations of violence
After a final dispute in May 2016, during which her spouse allegedly threw a phone in her face, she filed for divorce for domestic violence. Since then, she says she became the target of a social media smear campaign that wiped out her career.
His companion had meanwhile denounced “staggering” accusations and assured that it was on the contrary his wife who was violent. He had also accused her of having defecated in the marital bed, on his side. She had assured that it was not her, but their dog…
