What happened to Johnny Depp vs Amber Heard?

'Depp v. Heard': Answers to your burning questions after watching Netflix's new doc Just 14 months after the Amber Heard and Johnny Depp defamation trial ended, Netflix is revisiting the livestreamed he said-she said battle that captured not only a nation, but seemingly the entire social media universe.

Was Johnny Depp on an Ambien?

Johnny Depp testifies at the Fairfax County Circuit Court in Virginia. (Pool via AP: Jim Lo Scalzo) In one recording played to the court during the trial, Ms Heard and Mr Depp argue about an earlier encounter. "I was upset and there was a lot going on and I was on an Ambien," Ms Heard said in an excerpt played to the court.

How did influencers react to the Johnny Depp-Amber Heard verdict?

When the verdict came down in the Johnny Depp-Amber Heard trial Wednesday afternoon, thousands of online influencers scrambled to respond. Twitch streamers reacted to the news in real time, YouTubers posted analysis videos. Instagram meme accounts joked and celebrated Depp’s win. TikTokers broke down the most meaningful moments from the decision.

Did Johnny Depp libel a 'wife-beater'?

Actor Amber Heard listens in the courtroom at the Fairfax County Circuit Courthouse in Fairfax, Virginia, April 25, 2022. Some of the allegations brought forward in the trial have been heard before, during a 16-day trial in the U.K. in the summer of 2020, as Depp sued The Sun ’s publisher for libel over a headline calling him a “wife-beater.”