{"id":11333,"date":"2025-06-22T21:05:03","date_gmt":"2025-06-22T21:05:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=11333"},"modified":"2025-06-22T21:05:03","modified_gmt":"2025-06-22T21:05:03","slug":"johnny-depp-calls-himself-the-crash-test-dummy-for-metoo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=11333","title":{"rendered":"Johnny Depp calls himself the \u201ccrash test dummy\u201d for #MeToo"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>In a rare interview with The Sunday Times, actor Johnny Depp opened up about his public legal battle with ex-wife Amber Heard, calling himself a \u201ccrash test dummy\u201d for the #MeToo movement.<\/p>\n<p>Depp reflected on the defamation case that stemmed from Heard\u2019s 2016 domestic violence allegations and the highly publicized trials that followed. \u201cEveryone was saying, \u2018It\u2019ll go away!\u2019 But I can\u2019t trust that,\u201d Depp said, referring to the global media fallout. \u201cIf I don\u2019t try to represent the truth, it will be like I\u2019ve actually committed the acts I am accused of.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The actor filed a libel lawsuit in 2018 against The Sun after being called a \u201cwife beater,\u201d which he lost in 2020. In 2019, he filed a separate defamation lawsuit against Heard over her 2018 Washington Post op-ed. A Virginia jury sided with Depp in 2022, awarding him damages, while Heard won one count in her countersuit.<\/p>\n<p>Depp explained his decision to go to trial, saying he was prepared to \u201cfight until the bitter end,\u201d even if it meant sacrificing his career. He also criticized former colleagues for abandoning him, adding, \u201cThere are people\u2026 who did me dirty.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Following the legal battles, Depp faced professional setbacks, including being dropped from major franchises like Fantastic Beasts and Pirates of the Caribbean. Despite the fallout, Depp emphasized his commitment to speaking his truth \u2014 regardless of the consequences.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a rare interview with The Sunday Times, actor Johnny Depp opened up about his public legal battle with ex-wife Amber Heard, calling himself a \u201ccrash test dummy\u201d for the #MeToo movement. Depp reflected on the defamation case that stemmed from Heard\u2019s 2016 domestic violence allegations and the highly publicized trials that followed. \u201cEveryone was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11333","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11333"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11333\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}