Hey, Depp Cult: It’s over, and you got nothing that you wanted.
The appeal is settled. That means Depp’s case is dismissed with prejudice and he signed a settlement in which Amber Heard denied liability. After spending 26 million dollars on lawsuits in two countries, all Depp has to show for it is a twice-upheld ruling that he’s a wife-beater and also a piece of paper that says seven idiots agreed with him. He can wipe his ass with that or roll a blunt, it’s his choice.
Amber is free. He can’t relitigate their relationship anymore. She has no gag order, no injunction, no NDA. She did not accept guilt. On Instagram today, she stated that the UK court found she had been subjected to domestic and sexual violence, and he can’t touch her for saying that. He’s toothless.
She’s not paying a cent; her insurance is. Depp spent 26 million and got one million back. What a deal.
Oh, and her countersuit still stands. He still owes her two million. So let’s take a tally: Judge granted Heard a restraining order, UK judgment (upheld twice on appeal) found Depp was a wife-beater and rapist, VA jury found that Depp defamed Heard through Waldman, and now Depp’s verdict against her no longer matters and isn’t worth the paper it’s printed on. That’s Amber: 4, Depp: 0.
Depp will never have a career resurgence, because in his own words, he’s “never getting clean and sober.” Big studios won’t touch him. He’s out of Pirates. He’s out of Fantastic Beasts. He’s already ruining his reputation in the European indie scene with his horrible behavior on set. His music is shit. He looks like his liver is trying to claw its way free of his body.
Meanwhile, Amber’s still Mera in Aquaman. She has about as much screen time in the sequel as she did in the original. She has another film, In the Fire, coming out in 2023. She’s free to resume her activism work. And one day she’ll write a tell-all book and be the star of multiple documentaries about how she was vilified and wronged, and maybe you remoras will feature in those documentaries, dressed as poop or giggling over a victim describing her rape.
(Don’t forget, the Internet is forever! One day your kids will see that, and then they’ll go no contact.)
And let’s not forget that now, thanks to your efforts to unseal court documents, the whole world knows that Depp’s dick doesn’t work.
