Jakarta, CNN Indonesia —
In 2018, when Amber Heard confessed for the first time as a victim of domestic violence, she got the sympathy of the world and Johnny Depp get a lot of criticism. Now, the situation is reversed.
When the trial for the defamation lawsuit filed by Johnny Depp against Amber Heard began on April 11, the world is now defending the actor Jack Sparrow. Or at least that’s what it seems on social media.
One by one the witnesses, including Johnny Depp and Amber Heard, opened their stories that the public had never heard of. Starting from revealing that Johnny Depp had a terrible childhood under the care of an easy-going mother.
Then the story of Johnny Depp’s fingertips who were cut off due to a fight with Amber Heard, until the story behind Depp being kicked out of various projects, one of which was his iconic role as Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean.
The story shook netizens in various parts of the Earth. Slowly but surely, the public will determine who they side with. If usually cases of violence will get the women’s side to get sympathy and support, now it’s the men who get the defense.
This can be seen from the comments in various reports about Johnny Depp vs. Amber Heard. Many comments support the actor and netizens are even demanding justice for what happened to Johnny Depp.
The hashtag “Justice for Johnny Depp” has also surfaced in cyberspace, starting from Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, especially TikTok.
Washington Post On May 4th, #justiceforjohnnydepp has reached 7 billion uploads on TikTok and is regularly trending on Twitter. Meanwhile, the hashtag #justiceforamberheard has only about 25 million uploads on TikTok.
Not to mention the petition circulating on change.org. Petition entitled Remove Amber Heard from Aquaman 2 it skyrocketed as the facts of the trial rolled on. According to monitoring CNNIndonesia.comSaturday (14/5), the petition has now been signed by more than 4 million people.
Even when the trial was on hiatus for the past week, support for Johnny Depp and a slur for Amber Heard continued to adorn the comment section of articles about them.
Now, Amber Heard seems to be a common enemy even though she has cried and exposed all of Johnny Depp’s abusive treatment while they were together while testifying in court.
According to journalistic academic at the University of Oregon, Seth Lewis, the phenomenon of the flood of support for Johnny Depp cannot be separated from the actor’s loyal fans. Especially, fans of Jack Sparrow.
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