so i think it's going to be very hard
for the jury here to make sense of that
welcome to watch mojo and today we're
counting down our picks for the top 10
expert reactions to the amber heard
johnny depp trial within the context
that we are hearing it without the
contact she's giving us it sounds like
she's the aggressor and there's really
no way around that for this list we're
looking at what doctors attorneys and
other professionals have analyzed from
depth fee heard this naturally excludes
any experts who have testified in the
trial which experts have you been
following during the trial let us know
in the comments
number 10. krista hagai raymie the
co-founder of the la-based firm raymie
law this lawyer practices in areas such
as personal injury and protecting
children who've been mistreated at
school speaking with insider raymie
argued that heard went rogue on the
stand when she brought up kate moss
seemingly alluding to an unproven rumor
that depp pushed the model down the
stairs in the 90s raymie theorized that
heard's quote attorneys did not want her
to say that based on her experiences
raymie noted that trauma victims often
remember things in fragments whereas
heard's testimony has been more detailed
there's a lot of narrative
in um her responses and that is what i
am struggling with discussing depp
raymie said his smirking throughout the
trial would make her cringe if he was
her client and he has been doing this
quite a bit during amber her testimony
she also suggested that depp lose the
colored glasses calling them quote
distracting i think they're distracting
and although it is part of this image i
don't think it works here number nine
jerry crotey a former law enforcement
officer jerry crotty now serves as a
computer voice stress analyzer watching
depp's testimony regarding a bottle and
his missing finger crotty didn't detect
any stress in the actor's voice other
than when he said quote shattered
everywhere no stress associated with
anything he's saying
until he gets to the part where he talks
about how it shattered everywhere and
then all of a sudden
there's this extreme amount of stress
analyzing another clip where heard gave
a conflicting account about the finger
incident crotty noticed a lot of stress
in her statement crotty speculated that
heard was mixing a little bit of the
truth with embellishments and things she
made up there's a lot of stress in that
statement that
she's probably sprinkling in a little
bit of the truth and she's also
embellishing it between the two accounts
crotty believes that depp is telling the
truth about what happened to his finger
however karate detected more stress in
depth's testimony when he denied abusing
herd especially when he used the words
quote striking and quote struck both of
those words
caused a lot of stress number eight
mitra ahurian mitra ahorian is the
founder of an entertainment law firm
representing actors directors and others
in the industry following the trial
closely ahorian told variety quote this
lawsuit was brought for johnny to win
the court of public opinion but she
doesn't believe either side is going to
win nevertheless ahorian told the
guardian that depp is quote definitely
winning in the court of public opinion
even if some of the clips being shared
don't paint him in the most positive
light talking with the independent
ahorian said that dappquote did really
great as a witness regarding heard
ahorian said that quote she has a
greater chance of winning if she can
show that the statements she made were
true but noted that proving malicious
intent is difficult
number 7. dr darcy sterling you might
know this clinical social worker from
the e-network's famously single
concerning depth v heard sterling has
mainly focused on the claims of quote
mutual abuse a term that some
professionals believe is a myth in the
realm of domestic violence sterling
explained to entertainment weekly that
when a victim acts in self-defense
against a partner it's not quote mutual
abuse however sterling added that quote
abuse is not always perpetrated
exclusively by one partner throughout
her 27 years as a relationship therapist
sterling often sees problems on both
sides with depp and heard sterling says
quote both partners were egregious in
their behaviors and neither seems to
realize their culpability sterling
believes depp is more likely to win
since he's a quote white straight
wealthy male
number 6. lieutenant robert shaffer this
loveland police department lieutenant
has worked in the field of linguistic
statement analysis since 1998. listening
to heard reflect on an alleged incident
involving a bottle schaefer noted that
the aquaman actress seemingly has a
tendency to quote abandon information
that wouldn't serve her well abandon
information which means she'll start a
thought
and then not finish it and then begin a
second thought with this testimony
schaefer felt hurd was attempting to
quote mislead the listener that doesn't
mean this event didn't actually occur
but schaefer believes it happened
differently than the way heard described
it analyzing depp's account of his lost
finger schaefer deduced that he was
being quote generally truthful with some
quote sensationalizing he had the
impression it was a little bit of uh
he sensationalized he was more critical
of heard's testimonies based on her word
choice and use of present tense yet
schaefer thinks depp lied about having
no substance issues on film sets i think
he's lying
uh yeah and they might disagree with me
number five dr jill huntley taylor upon
completing her phd in social psychology
this legal analyst went on to launch
taylor trial consulting sharing her
thoughts on the trial with entertainment
weekly taylor believes that heard could
benefit from the me too movement
although depp was also quote making his
own me too claim in an insider piece
taylor noted that heard was taking a
quote riskier approach with such extreme
claims if the jurors believe herd taylor
thinks they'll seek to quote award her
and punish depp if they don't buy herds
testimonies though the jurors quote will
punish her in taylor's eyes
credibility and quote evidence will be
the deciding factors taylor has also
analyzed the potential messages behind
wardrobe choices sensing that heard was
trolling depp by replicating his bee
attire yeah i mean i guess trolling is
the best way to put it number four dr
zev ezra cohen the director at
principium psychiatry dr cohen
specializes in analyzing psychological
trauma with accusations on both sides of
depth be heard cohen gave his thoughts
on the mutual mistreatment debate cohen
believes quote a relationship can be
mutually abusive although the situation
is difficult to untangle according to
cohen the more powerful person in a
relationship isn't always the
perpetrator just because someone is
physically stronger and wealthier
doesn't necessarily mean they're without
vulnerabilities cohen feels that depp
has come across sympathetically to the
jurors although his quote enormously
privileged life may work against him
cohen isn't sure what the verdict will
be but thus far he thinks depp has
successfully conveyed the toxicity of
the relationship and possibly proven
herd's claims false
number 3. dr louise mahler a body
language and voice expert dr louise
mahler studied the behavior of both
actors on the stand since both are
actors though mahler noted that we may
never know the whole truth that said
muller said heard lacks credibility for
several reasons in addition to
questioning heard's unusually specific
recollections mahler argued that her
breathing came off as manufactured and
that her apparent tears were part of a
calculated strategy it is a calculated
strategy her high breath is trying to
bring her to tears that doesn't mean the
relationship was without violence but
mahler suspects that herd is
exaggerating events not that i'm saying
that there hasn't been violence but it's
all been estimated to a ridiculous
extent whereas heard came off as
inconsistent muller says that depp has
gotten his character down with a simple
and slow delivery depp's consistency has
built his credibility to an extent
though mahler suspects both have chosen
an act and johnny depp has chosen a
simpler act so his act is just
consistency and slow number two janine
driver communications expert and
best-selling author janine driver
believes there are signs of deception in
herd's testimony drivers cited heard's
use of present tense over past tense and
the way she dropped pronouns when she
accused depp of hitting her she drops
the pronoun and when people are being
deceptive vinnie people will have a
change in pronouns driver thinks depp's
testimony is reliable finding his speech
and body language consistent with past
interviews driver believes some of her
statements but she's confident that depp
wasn't the aggressor in this toxic
relationship she is lying through her
teeth in my expert opinion similarly
another leading body language expert
susan constantine noted signs of trauma
in depth testimony and argued that heard
has been over performing on the stand so
i'm i'm really getting a very strong
grasp on
his past traumas
moving forward and the behavior that
he's acting out
is directly linked to trauma before we
unveil our top pick here are some
honorable mentions judah engelmeyer the
herald pr founder believes depp is
showing studios that he can win
audiences over amber melville brown the
withers law specialist thought the week
off would allow herd's testimony to sink
in
bedrock spidey acallion the mentalist
has put their body language under a
microscope the second reason this
happens is shared grief or seeking pity
which is more or less the same thing
ruth glenn whatever the verdict the
ncadv president and ceo doesn't believe
in quote mutual abuse
john katz quote i want a verdict against
both of them the attorney says before we
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number one devin stone in england the
party accused of defamation has the
burden of proving that their claim is
quote substantially true now that's the
opposite in the u.s where the defamed
person has the burden of proving that
the libel of statements are false
analyzing the trial from a legal
standpoint on his channel legal eagle
lawyer devin stone focused on the burden
of proof in the case in 2020 johnny depp
lost a defamation lawsuit in england
against newsgroup newspapers for libel
which he initiated in response to the
sun labeling him a quote wifebeater in
his november 2020 opinion justice andrew
nichol concluded that the sun had met
its burden of proof and that the sun's
allegations that depp engaged in
unprovoked attacks and violent conduct
against his then wife that caused her to
be in fear for her life were true quote
on the balance of the probabilities as
stone explains in the uk the defendant
just has to prove that their claim is
quote substantially true in the u.s the
burden is much higher requiring depth to
prove that herd's allegations are false
and made with malice new evidence has
come to light since the uk trial but
stone noted that depth faced a very
steep uphill battle and that takes us to
the good old us of a because what makes
depp's defeat so notable is that the
odds of prevailing on a libel claim are
much higher in england than in the us do
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