I run a small (tiny) business, and really, this law is looooong overdue. Pay people for the work they do or for the hours they work, and stop making excuses about how this will hurt - think of the people working long, hard hours for minimal compensation. If overtime is expensive for the employer in dollars, it is even…

so you’ve moved to “what if women are sociopaths? have you thought about that, huh? i’m just saying, if women were sociopaths that would be really bad.”

No one is mad that you aren’t sure whether he actually did hit her. We’re mad because you said that if he did hit her, it might have been her own fault. And that's a really gross, nasty, victim-blamey thing to say.

Trashing a hotel room during a fight IS domestic violence. Physical violence includes breaking and throwing objects to intimidate someone. At the very, very least, it’s considered a precursor to or a warning sign of domestic violence, but during training for the DV shelter where I volunteer (not the one I link to…

Yeah, like absolutely people lie in ugly divorces, but so far none of the evidence presented on his behalf means anything. So he didn’t hit you, so he’s never acted like that around you, so you never observed it, so what? Especially if you’re talking about substance abuse, then “That’s not the Johnny I know” means…

The people who are”goaded” are still responsible for their own actions. He didn’t “get” those girls to hit him; he knew their patterns and they did what they decided to do.

It’s just un-fucking believable, all of this.

Not quite. Stanhope alleges that Depp TOLD him Heard threatened Depp if he didn’t agree to her terms.

There were a lot of stories like this related to OJ Simpson. Nicole would call the cops, OJ would open the door, and the cops would get autographs and then leave.

johnny was sober when he was with vanessa. he’s been on a binge for the last few years. it’s very, very possible a sober johnny was not violent or even agressive with her.

You’re a bad person for saying she provoked the attack. He is not 5 and has control over himself.

Oh no, you’re the victim! Poor you! Don’t say things like “maybe she pushed him into it,” that reinforces the narrative that women are responsible for their own abuse. that’s not okay.

so your reaction is that she probably asked for it.

This is the strange part. She’s a very young woman who probably grew up idolising johnny Depp and his work like everyone else in their 20s/30s. She knows how well loved he is among his very loyal fans (including friends of mine) so it seems extraordinary that she would lie about this. I just watched his interview on…

“What did you do to provoke your husband into hitting you? Next time don’t antagonize him and maybe he’ll stop beating you up.”

It's entirely possible that he never hit Vanessa and did hit Amber. It's also possible he didn't hit either one, but. Just, from personal experience, my dad was extremely abusive to his first two wives and has never raised a hand to the third one, in over 20 years. Sobriety being at least one factor. I find it weird…

“And who’s to say that she didn’t push him a little farther than usual to garner the reaction of a physical lash out?”

It’s not a matter of ‘weakness’ but bias. Amber is an ‘outsider’ (step-parent who she likely didn’t bond with) and Depp is her DAD. So duh she’s going to support him.

I don’t think it’s really that, I believe her when she says her dad is the sweetest person she knows and that he’s never shown her any other side to him. I also believe it’s totally possible for him to be both a wonderful dad to his children and an abusive tyrant to his wife. As far as I know Lily-Rose didn’t live…

Children often defend their parents. It is also very possible she’s telling her “truth” but it isn’t what Amber experienced.