How the Depp v. Heard Trial Became a Meme

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🗓️ 12 May 2022

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Including an unsettling trend reenacting Heard's testimony of domestic violence.

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0:00.0	I'm Brandy Zadrasni, I'm a reporter for NBC News, but this week I'm sitting in for
0:06.5	Brook Gladstone.
0:08.7	Johnny Depp is suing Amber Heard, his ex-wife for defamation, and she's countersuing him
0:13.4	for the same.
0:14.7	And never has the term media circus been more out.
0:17.8	Johnny Depp!
0:18.8	Johnny!
0:19.8	There is a Johnny Depp supporter right there, right behind the court, right by that garbage
0:24.8	can with alpacas.
0:34.8	It all started back in 2018 when Heard wrote an op-ed for The Washington Post in which
0:48.1	she identifies herself as a survivor of domestic violence.
0:52.0	Same year, Depp sued a British tabloid for defamation, over headlines that accused him
0:56.9	of being an abuser.
0:58.4	But he lost that case.
1:00.3	Given that all of this stuff has been in the ether for years, you might be forgiven
1:04.6	for thinking that there'd be less coverage about this latest trial.
1:08.7	But you'd be wrong.
1:10.5	The ratings for court TV, which is broadcasting every salacious moment of the trial, have
1:15.4	more than doubled.
1:16.8	Prepare the live visuals with Depp's massive online fanbase, and you've got a case being
1:22.0	watched billions of times over.
1:24.5	In fact, the Justice for Johnny Depp hashtag has upwards of 10 billion views on TikTok.
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