What Next - Depp v. Heard
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🗓️ 5 May 2022
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Johnny Depp’s defamation case against ex-wife Amber Heard is making headlines—not just for the spectacle taking place within the courtroom, but for its implications for victims of domestic violence.
In a case of domestic ugliness, is it possible to know the truth? And does trying to uncover it through legal action serve anyone’s best interests?
Guest: John Culhane, professor at the Delaware Law School.
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| 0:48.8 | All right, on with a show. |
| 0:50.0 | I want to start with the alpacas. The Washington Post says they're named dolce and inti. |
| 1:00.9 | Then there's a pair that goes by truffle and teddy. And these fuzzy animals, they look a lot like |
| 1:05.6 | llamas. They've been showing up in front of the Fairfax County Courthouse. They in, day out. |
| 1:11.0 | They're owners call them emotional support animals. They are there for the Johnny Depp defamation trial. |
| 1:25.6 | To me, the alpacas are kind of metaphor because this trial is a bit of a circus. |
| 1:32.8 | I just feel like there's so many distracting details about this case. Do you have a favorite? |
| 1:39.8 | Well, the severed fingertip is up there. John Colhane is a professor at the Delaware School of Law. |
| 1:47.3 | He calls reporting on the dep trial. One of the crazier things I've done in my long career. |
| 1:54.8 | And about that severed fingertip, it is Johnny Depp's. He reportedly lost it when his then wife |
| 2:01.2 | through a bottle of vodka at him. He was using the blood to write graffiti. Oh, and the poop. |
| 2:07.8 | The poop. Whether it was Yorkie or human poop, we may never know for sure. |
| 2:12.5 | Johnny Depp is alleging that his wife pooped on a bed to express how angry she was with him. |
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