Netflix has acquired the rights of the controversial trial of Hollywood ex-couple Johnny Depp and Amber Heard and it will soon release on the online streaming platform.
John C. Depp, II v. Amber Laura Heard was the much-publicized court case that came off the back of years of to-and-fro from the pair of Hollywood heavyweights.
The three-part documentary series will arrive on Netflix in August. Let’s have a look at the series which is based on the court trial, one of the most talked about topics of 2022: on August 16th, 2023
Docu-series
The limited documentary series sets to recount the events of that trial and look at the consequences, including the decision to air it to the public.
Episodes
Episodes two and three specifically examine how online coverage played a role in the trial and how social media reacted to the eventual verdict. Each episode is 47 minutes in length
Release date
It’s been announced via Netflix that the new series will hit the service outside the United Kingdom on August 16th, 2023.
Actual trial
In 2016, Heard filed for divorce and alleged that Depp had physically abused her during their marriage under the influence of drugs or alcohol. Depp denied the accusations and stated that Heard was ‘attempting to secure a premature financial resolution by alleging abuse’. Their divorce was finalised in 2017.
Read more: Did Amber Heard quit Hollywood and move to Madrid?
Later in 2022, Johnny Depp decided to sue Amber Heard for defamation because of an op-ed she wrote in the Washington Post in 2018. In the op-ed, headlined “I spoke up against sexual violence — and faced our culture’s wrath. That has to change.”
Heard claimed that she was a domestic abuse survivor. However, she did not name Depp but the actor ended up losing major filing projects after that oped. Johnny Depp’s defamation lawsuit against ex-wife Amber Heard began on April 11 2022.
Though Heard never mentioned Depp by name in the piece, his lawyers argue that references to him, and Heard’s previous abuse allegations, are clear and have damaged his career and reputation. Heard has filed a $100 million countersuit, claiming Depp and his legal team defamed her by calling her allegations a hoax.
In the final trial, Depp won the defamation suit against Heard and won more than $10 million in damages from his ex-wife.
