On a single day, more than a year before they were even married. It also appears to be before there was any violence involved in their relationship. So the threats look to be separate from the rest of it. Him being overly dramatic.

Just to add one question. If you’re actually intending to murder your partner and fuck their corpse, do you text your mates about it first?

Whatever is keeping Keith Richards alive, is beyond scientific understanding. Depp seems like a self-destructive fanboy, trying to emulate his idol.

He’s currently being sued for turning up on set and punching a random crew member repeatedly

The reason that I refer to them as empty threats is that he had no intention of carrying out those actual threats. He wasn’t actually going to kill her and rape her corpse. You know that. Half the time he seems like it’s only luck that he’s able to keep himself upright.

There are only bits of interviews with him that I’ve seen in recent years. In an analogy which shows my age, he seems like a 45rpm record being played at 33rpm.

her parents were paying her cell phone bill well into her thirties

 These texts however are explicit threats to murder her and rape her

From the tape in the Mail article:

Neither of them is blameless. That’s the point that I’m making. Everyone was happy to pile in on Depp (including myself), while many have avoided criticising Heard for the same behaviour. This site has done the same. It’s the double standard that I’m calling out.

Where I said about Heard’s claims being called into question, I’m referring to where she showed up to court with what was apparently a painted on bruise. It being called into question by witnesses and video not showing the bruise on the days leading up to the court appearance.

It does have a bit of a double standard about it. Especially after everyone was so happy to pile in on Depp when Heard made her claims against him.

Neither of them are blameless. It’s just that the media went after Depp so hard when Heard made accusations, which have since been called into question. Now there is tape of Heard admitting to hitting Depp, and the media at large seems to be mostly tumbleweeds on the subject.

He’s definitely an addict. That’s going to make him say and do shitty things to the people he claims to care about.

I haven’t seen that.

Unfortunately, the Daily Mail were the ones who obtained the tapes, and broke the story. So I can understand why other more reputable outlets might be cautious of giving them credit. That said, as you pointed out, it’s real so it should have been reported. Especially after the media was so happy to trash Depp over…

She admits to hitting him. Mocks him for running away from physical abuse, and for saying that he is the victim of domestic violence. She also claimed that nobody will believe him, which was pretty true, until the tapes came out.

Sounds like he was completely wasted, and ranting to a friend after being the victim of physical abuse. He definitely has substance abuse issues, which he needs to address.

That’s a good point. I hadn’t thought of that.

Exactly this. Apart from no longer having official royal duties, and a change in financing, not that much has changed.