{"id":56,"date":"2016-11-27T14:17:51","date_gmt":"2016-11-27T14:17:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blog.buprojects.uk\/2016-2017\/lizzymckibbin\/?p=56"},"modified":"2017-01-22T12:50:54","modified_gmt":"2017-01-22T12:50:54","slug":"amber-heard-psa-speak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blog.buprojects.uk\/2016-2017\/lizzymckibbin\/2016\/11\/27\/amber-heard-psa-speak\/","title":{"rendered":"Amber Heard PSA – Speak Up"},"content":{"rendered":"

In May 2016, Amber Heard filed for a restraining order and divorce from Johnny Depp. This was following allegations that he had abused her both physically and verbally.<\/p>\n

On November 26th<\/sup> Heard teamed up with the website Girlgaze to do a PSA on domestic violence. Following the \u201cwitch hunt\u201d \u2013 what Heard\u2019s close friend IO Tillet Wright described the media\u2019s treatment of Amber \u2013 it is unsurprising she is using her platform to speak up.<\/p>\n

Heard initially refused to speak to the police as she did not want to damage Depp’s career and did not want \u201cthe victim to be cast as the villain\u201d. Since the allegations came out, Amber has received waves of abuse at the hands of the media and those using social media sites. There have been comments such as \u201cSure. On Saturday and Sunday she was protecting his career. On Monday she shifted gears and is now in scorched earth mode, doing everything in her power to destroy his career, reputation, name, and life. Makes sense.\u201d And \u201cShe\u2019s a gold digger who planned this from the start.\u201d<\/p>\n

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With these kind of comments, does it really surprise us when people don\u2019t come forward about\u00a0their\u00a0abusers? This kind of victim shaming is the reason that only 1 in 4 women in the US report the\u00a0abuse. To go through such a terrible ordeal is bad enough, but to then be doubted and branded a gold digger and a liar from the moment you speak up must be terrifying.<\/p>\n

Later on in the divorce proceedings, photo\u2019s emerged showing Depp to have changed the tattoo on his knuckles that once read \u201cSlim\u201d (his nickname for Amber) to \u201cScum\u201d. Heard also sued Depp\u2019s close friend for defamation after he wrote a column titled \u201cJohnny Depp Is Being Blackmailed By Amber Heard \u2013 Here Is How I Know\u201d. Following this very public split and endless victim shaming, both Heard and Depp released a statement. \u201cOur relationship was intensely passionate and at times volatile, but always bound by love. Neither party has made false accusations for financial gain. There was never any intent of physical or emotional harm.\u201d They came to a settlement in which Amber was awarded $7 million, all of which she donated to a domestic violence charity.<\/p>\n