Witness was evasive because he allowed her to be. A lot pretty open questions and didn't push her to answer "correct" or "incorrect", instead let her ramble on.
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Johnny Depp v Amber Heard's defamation trial is underway [UPDATE: Verdict reached. Johnny Depp won.]
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Witness was evasive because he allowed her to be. A lot pretty open questions and didn't push her to answer "correct" or "incorrect", instead let her ramble on.
He made several comments about how she continued to provide elongated answers instead of providing a direct answer. He wouldn't have been able to get a simple "yes" or "no" because the witness's agenda insists that she add as much noncontextual information as possible to try to frame Depp as the main perpetrator.
"Did Amber Heard abuse Mr. Depp?"
"There were low levels of reactive violence towards Mr. Depp."
Continued minimization of Heard's role in this. How you gonna pull a simple yes or no from that? On literally every question.
You means ones where we hear Amber and Johnny talking, fighting etc.?
They recorded them. Johnny said in his testimony it was by his suggestion because Amber would say things and later claim she didn't say them.
Vibe I'm getting too. That he was groomer and aggressor from get go and she was too young to know better.
Oh. my. fuckin. god.
That was sooooo bad. One second she's happily talking about her daughter, not worried that she's on trial or anything. Then when asked how she feels she's being sued...she's soooo freaking overdramatic. Like, turn on the fucking waterworks. But in the least convincing manner. It's probably safe to say Amber Heard will never, ever win an Oscar in her life. I literally laughed out loud at that part.
That was sooooo bad. One second she's happily talking about her daughter, not worried that she's on trial or anything. Then when asked how she feels she's being sued...she's soooo freaking overdramatic. Like, turn on the fucking waterworks. But in the least convincing manner. It's probably safe to say Amber Heard will never, ever win an Oscar in her life. I literally laughed out loud at that part.
She would have been 26 at the time that film came out. In what situation would this be considered grooming?
I don't consider it to be grooming whatsoever, she is acting and it feels like she is reading from a script that has been prepared for her.
I just think her angle is to make him look like a man who controlled her from the moment they met and used his power to make her submit etc.
When you compare her testimony to his it's night and day difference, with JD it felt like he was reliving painful experiences.
Heard's feels like someone is telling her how to feel.
I don't really understand the tonal changes. Like when she started talking I thought she was going to cry, and now I feel like she's... almost happy in recollecting?
He did hide that he was a drunk, so basically she didn't know before she married him I would guess.
Thanks for the clarification. I've stopped watching the stream since I really don't want to see Heard's performative testimony.
These mood swings are pretty wild. From very happy to sad to happy again to deeply sad to... at flip of an switch.
It's those pretty wild swings in tone of voice and apparent emotional state. Makes statements seem kinda artificial.
It's those pretty wild swings in tone of voice and apparent emotional state. Makes statements seem kinda artificial.
I'm not saying that Heard is lying or that I don't believe her. But she's answering these questions in a very weird way.
My housemate just commented that it feels more like she's trying to get the jury to feel a specific way about Depp than just answering the question. It doesn't feel natural.
My housemate just commented that it feels more like she's trying to get the jury to feel a specific way about Depp than just answering the question. It doesn't feel natural.
People are conditioned by lawyers to attempt to speak directly to the jury and nobody else. You're not trying to convince the judge or the lawyers -- so this tactic, while it may seem strange to some, is exactly what people are asked to do.
No problem whatsoever, I understand how you feel, I literally have never felt such an intense dislike for someone I have never met to be quite honest.
She is an obvious liar with multiple indisputable pieces of evidence showing she is a serial abuser and I think she enjoys it, that's the sickest part, I don't think she has any remorse.
It would be an absolute disgrace if she walks away from this with any form of credibility, she doesn't deserve it.
Oh yeah, I get that.
What I'm finding interesting/strange is where she's going into detail and editorializing ("he made me feel like the most beautiful woman in the world") and where she's rushing through her responses.
Will say she's not as difficult to follow as Depp was, though...
It feels scripted is what it feels like. Her lawyer even finished one of her answers for her, like they are reading from the same script.
When JD was up there it felt like he was just recalling traumatic memories, it makes me truly feel ill that an abuser is sitting in front of the person she abused and is essentially trying to STILL manipulate that person in front of the world.
This feels like delivery from a CW show with all the lack of tears but the facial mannerisms of there should be tears.
It feels like he was having trauma reliving what he went through while with her it feels like she's going through a normal day.
I'm a bit behind you guys...does the tea ever come back? I wanna know what happens with the tea!
It's a little too exacting. When you're in highly volatile situations like this memory isn't going to be exact, she just must have an incredible memory I guess.
Incongruent affect, and it's actually something any clinician would immediately note when working with someone. Doesn't necessarily mean anything on its own depending on the context, but it certainly gets noticed by a skilled professional.
With the context of what's been publicly shown and stated so far, this is certainly cause for questioning authenticity,
If some people felt things were boring before, then they should look at this. Honestly it feels like she's acting and it's not convincing at all. On some parts she's pretending like she can hardly talk from being emotional, and then the next moment the words come out way to quickly and easily. But maybe I'm biased based on all the things we've read/heard?
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