Fans Angry, Divided Over Amber Heard’s Johnny Depp Abuse Allegations

“It’s hard enough for abuse victims to speak as it is. Let alone be judged by press and ‘others,'” tweets one supporter

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Johnny Depp fans and Amber Heard defenders went toe to toe in TheWrap’s comments section and on social media as allegations and counter-allegations flew around the couple’s split last week.

Defenders of Johnny Depp raised the specter of a “Gone Girl”-style scenario, saying they believed the allegation that Heard was blackmailing the actor. But plenty of Heard supporters said that her claim of domestic abuse should be trusted, and not only because she produced a photo of her bruised face.

“So tragic a woman has to share a picture like this to be believed.,” tweeted Elizabeth Plank, along with a picture of Heard’s bruises allegedly inflicted by Depp.

“Disgusted some people are questioning ‘s integrity,” tweeted another user. “It took an awful lot of courage to come forward.”

But reader Bridget Void strongly disagreed: “Do you honestly think that Johnny has no history of abuse with women until one day when he’s 52 years old? Come on! Either you have it or you don’t. Also, why were there bruises on Amber’s face the day of court, but there was nothing there the day it actually (supposedly) happened, according to cops?”

Said another pro-Depp defender, Dave Ferrara: “The cops left and dismissed all accusations, and that’s pretty significant considering that they usually make an arrest if they get even a whiff of violence. It’s also pretty significant that Johnny’s ex- Vanessa Paradis – is defending him, especially considering that he supposedly dumped her to be with Amber Heard.”

The truth is no one outside of the two principals really know what happened, but the intense emotion is one reflection of the passion that celebrities can spark among their fans. TheWrap’s recent coverage has sparked thousands of comments in the last two days. 

Heard said that Depp came to their Hollywood home on May 21 drunk and high, and proceeded to hit her in the face with his phone. She arrived in divorce court last week with visible marks on her face.

Stanhope, however, told a different story on Sunday in a guest column for TheWrap.

“Bingo and I were at Johnny’s house for most of that Saturday until just before the alleged assault,” he wrote. “We assumed initially that his dour mood was because of his mother’s death the day before. But he opened up in the most vulnerable of ways that it was not only his mother, but that Amber was now going to leave him, threatening to lie about him publicly in any and every possible duplicitous way if he didn’t agree to her terms. Blackmail is what I would imagine other people might put it, including the manner in which he is now being vilified.”

The column sparked a denial from Heard’s lawyer, Peter Sample, who called Stanhope’s allegations “absolutely and unequivocally false.”

On Tuesday, Heard filed a statement with the Los Angeles Police Department. Her lawyers released a statement explaining that she initially refused to give police an official statement in an effort to keep the divorce proceedings out of the press, but “Johnny’s team has forced” her to take action.

Many took to Twitter to voice their support for Depp in these allegations as well, with some saying Heard is “after a pay day” and that Heard’s statements are all a big hoax.

See samples of the support for Heard and against Depp – and vice versa – below.

https://twitter.com/KirstyStricklan/status/736430197055066112?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

“Bruises don’t show until a day or two… people seem to think when you’ve been injured, you automatically bruise, which isn’t true. How many times have you been asked, ‘how did you get that bruise’ and you don’t recall?” —  by Dave Rave

https://twitter.com/StevenHampson/status/737743258584002560

https://twitter.com/feministabulous/status/736314265879990272?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

https://twitter.com/jayeddyy/status/737744528816365568

https://twitter.com/ibbyispissed/status/737743384710897664

https://twitter.com/SammiDubb/status/736300774343376898

https://twitter.com/kristinseversxo/status/737671745486872576

https://twitter.com/thefashionhorn/status/737650712696520705

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