WE WILL CONTINUE TO UPDATE YOU
THROUGHOUT THE HOUR TONIGHT AS
MORE INFORMATION BECOMES
AVAILABLE, BUT WE BEGIN WITH A
TRIAL EVERYONE TONIGHT IS
TALKING ABOUT, AND IT IS NOW
OFFICIAL, THE CIRCUS IS FINALLY
OVER, AT LEAST FOR NOW, A
NORTHERN VIRGINIA JURY HAS
AWARDED JOHNNY DEPP $15 MILLION
IN HIS DEFAMATION SUIT AGAINST
EX-WIFE AMBER HEARD.
MAO THE SAME JURY THEN AWARDED
HEARD $2 MILLION IN HER
COUNTERSUIT, IN OTHER WORDS
BETWEEN YOU AND NETTED
$13 MILLION, CLEARED HIS NAME OF
THOSE #MeToo ACCUSATIONS FROM
A "WASHINGTON POST" OP-ED.
THE CIVIL CASE INVOLVED THE
WILDEST ALLEGATIONS OF DRUG USE,
JEALOUSY, PHYSICAL AND
PSYCHOLOGICAL ABUSE, VERBAL
ABUSE, AND ONE RATHER UNUSUAL
CLAIM SURROUNDING HUMAN FECES IN
A BED, NEITHER CELEBRITY, I CAN
TELL YOU THIS, EMERGED
UNSCATHED, IT LIKE IF YOU BINGE
WATCH ONE OF THOSE NETFLIX
SERIES, IT’S DARK, IT’S
ALL-CONSUMING, NO REAL WINNERS
FROM THE CIVIL TRIAL.
FOR EXAMPLE, HERE’S ONE SMALL
LOOK INTO THIS COUPLE’S
TUMULTUOUS RELATIONSHIP.
>> I DID NOT PUNCH YOU.
I DID NOT PUNCH YOU.
I DID NOT LEAVE GO DECK YOU.
I DON’T KNOW WHAT THE MOTION OF
MY ACTUAL HAND WAS BUT YOU ARE
FINE I DID NOT HURT YOU, I DID
NOT PUNCH YOU, I WAS HITTING
YOU.
WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO?
>> Sean: NOW IT WOULD APPEAR
FROM WHAT WE JUST SAW THAT AMBER
HEARD WAS THE ABUSIVE ONE IN THE
RELATIONSHIP.
HERE IS ONE MORE EXAMPLE OF THAT
ALLEGED ABUSE.
TAKE A LOOK.
>> SHE THROUGH THE LARGE BOTTLE, AND IT MADE CONTACT AND
AND IT MADE CONTACT AND
SHATTERED EVERYWHERE, AND I
HONESTLY DIDN’T -- I DIDN’T FEEL
THE PAIN AT FIRST AT ALL.
I FELT NO PAIN WHATSOEVER.
WHAT I FELT WAS -- I FELT HEAT.
I FELT HEAT AND I FELT AS IF
SOMETHING WERE DRIPPING DOWN MY
HAND.
AND THEN I LOOKED DOWN AND REALIZED THE TIP OF MY FINGER
REALIZED THE TIP OF MY FINGER
HAD BEEN SEVERED, AND I WAS
LOOKING DIRECTLY AT MY BONES.
>> Sean: AND HERE IS MORE
TESTIMONY FROM DEPP CLAIMING HE
WOULD RUN FROM ROOM TO ROOM IN
ORDER TO GET AWAY FROM
AMBER HEARD, WHICH MADE HER,
WELL, LET’S SAY A LITTLE
UNHAPPY.
TAKE A LISTEN.
>> I THINK THAT I ENDED UP
LOCKING MYSELF IN ABOUT, AT
LEAST NINE BEDROOMS, BATHROOMS
THAT DAY, AS SHE WAS BANGING ON
THE DOORS AND SCREAMING
OBSCENITIES AND WANTING TO HAVE
A PHYSICAL ALTERCATION.
>> Sean: NOW KEEP IN MIND,
DURING THE TRIAL, HEARD ALSO
LEVELED SOME VERY GRAPHIC
ALLEGATIONS AGAINST JOHNNY DEPP.
BY THE WAY, VIEW OR WARNING,
WHAT YOU ARE ABOUT TO HERE IS
PRETTY DISTURBING.
TAKE A LOOK.
>> AND THAT IT BECAME CLEAR TO
ME HE WAS LOOKING FOR SOMETHING.
HE CLEARED THINGS OFF THE BED.
I WENT INTO THE BATHROOM, AND AS
I COME OUT, HE ASKED ME WHERE IT
IS.
AND HOW LONG I HAVE BEEN HIDING
IT.
AND I’M WAS LIKE, WHAT ARE YOU
TALKING ABOUT?
AND HE SAID YOU KNOW WHAT I AM
[BLEEP] TALKING ABOUT.
YOU KNOW WHAT I AM [BLEEP]
TALKING ABOUT.
BE HONEST WITH ME.
WHERE ARE YOU HIDING IT?
AND HE STARTS, YOU KNOW, WHAT
FEELS LIKE PATTING ME DOWN OR
SAYING HE HAS PATTING ME DOWN, I
CAN’T RECALL, BUT HE RIPPED MY
DRESS.
THE STRAP TOP PART OF MY DRESS,
HE IS GRABBING MY BREASTS, TOUCHING MY THIGHS, HE RIPS MY
TOUCHING MY THIGHS, HE RIPS MY
UNDERWEAR OFF, AND THEN HE...
PROCEEDS TO DO A CAVITY SEARCH.
HE WAS LOOKING -- HE SAID HE WAS
LOOKING FOR HIS DRUGS, HIS
COCAINE, HIS COKE.
>> Sean: NOT ULTIMATELY JURY
DID NOT FIND MOST OF HEARD’S
OUTLANDISH CLAIMS TO BE
CREDIBLE, EVEN AFTER THESE TEXT
MESSAGES FROM JOHNNY DEPP TO A
FRIEND.
LISTEN TO THIS.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO APOLOGIZE TO
THE COURT AND TO THE JURY FOR
SOME OF THE LANGUAGE THAT I’M
GOING TO HAVE TO USE TODAY, BUT
UNFORTUNATELY, WE ARE GOING TO
SEE A LOT OF DOCUMENTS WITH
LANGUAGE LIKE THIS.
AFTER YOU SAID LET’S DROWN HER
BEFORE WE BURN HER, MR. DEPP,
USE THAT I WILL [BLEEP] HER
BURNT CORPSE AFTERWARDS TO MAKE
SURE SHE IS DEAD.
THAT IS WHAT YOU SAID.
>> Sean: NOW NEEDLESS TO SAY,
REGARDLESS OF WHO YOU BELIEVE OR
WHAT YOU BELIEVE, ONE THING IS
OBVIOUS.
THIS WAS NOT A HEALTHY
RELATIONSHIP IN ANY WAY,
ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE ALLEGATIONS
OF REVENGE DEFECATION. WATCH THIS.
WATCH THIS.
>> I RECEIVED SOME NEWS THAT WAS...
AS ABSURD AND GROTESQUE AND
CRUEL, AND THEN I WAS SHOWN A
PICTURE OF WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS.
>> WHAT WAS THE PHOTOGRAPH OF,
MR. DEPP?
>> IT WAS A -- IT WAS A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE BED, OUR BED,
PHOTOGRAPH OF THE BED, OUR BED,
AND ON MY SIDE OF THE BED, UM,
WAS HUMAN FECAL MATTER.
SO I UNDERSTOOD WHY IT WASN’T A
GOOD TIME TO GO DOWN THERE.
>> Sean: THERE ARE SO MANY
TAKEAWAYS YOU CAN GET FROM THIS
TRIAL.
I GUESS YOU CAN START, DON’T DO
THESE KIND OF DRUGS, IT’S NOT
GOING TO END WELL.
AND ALSO COME AGAIN, AS A
PUBLIC, WE ARE REMINDED, NEVER
RUSH TO JUDGMENT.
WE DO BELIEVE IN THE PRESUMPTION
OF INNOCENCE, DUE PROCESS IS
CRITICALLY IMPORTANT ALWAYS, AND
JUST BECAUSE SOMEBODY DOES MAKE
AN ALLEGATION DOES NOT MAKE IT
TRUE.
WE SAW THIS WITH
JUSTICE KAVANAUGH, WE SAW IT
WITH CLARENCE THOMAS, WE CITED
THE UBA RAPE CASE, DUKE
LACROSSE, NICHOLAS AND MEN,
CAMBRIDGE POLICE, FERGUSON,
MISSOURI, BALTIMORE, AND HERE
WE GO AGAIN, SO MANY PEOPLE DID
RUSH TO JUDGMENT.
IN A STATEMENT FROM HIS
SPOKESPERSON, DEPP CELEBRATED
THE VERDICT, THANKING THE JURY
FOR GIVING HIM HIS LIFE BACK
AFTER THE "FALSE AND VERY
SERIOUS AND CRIMINAL ALLEGATIONS
THAT WERE LEVIED AT HIM VIA THE
MEDIA."
MEANWHILE, AMBER HEARD, NOW DOWN
$13 MILLION, WAS LESS UPBEAT.
"THE DISAPPOINTMENT THAT I FEEL
TODAY IS BEYOND WORDS.
I AM HEARTBROKEN THAT THE
MOUNTAIN OF EVIDENCE STILL WAS
NOT HIGH ENOUGH TO STAND UP TO
THE DISPROPORTIONATE POWER,
INFLUENCE, AND SWAY OF MY
EX-HUSBAND."
SHE CONTINUED, "I’M SAD I LOST
THIS CASE, BUT I AM SADDER STILL
THAT I SEEM TO HAVE LOST A RIGHT
THAT I THOUGHT I HAD AS AN
AMERICAN TO SPEAK FREELY AND
OPENLY."
OF COURSE, NO ONE HAS THE RIGHT