It was the first-ever major court proceeding covered by TikTok, and now, Netflix is giving us a bingeable version of Johnny Depp and ex-wife Amber Heardโs defamation trial with a brand new docuseries.
In lieu of what the people have actually been demanding from the streaming giant โ like Mindhunter season 3 and just a few more episodes of The Santa Clarita Diet โ this three-part affair will arrive on the scene to examine what happens when โthe court of public opinion overshadows realityโ.
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โFor the first time, the three-part series presents Depp and Heardโs testimony side-by-side, using 200 hours of live-streamed trial coverage from the mainstream news and citizen commentators on TikTok and Twitter,โ notes the official description.
โUltimately, Depp v. Heard interrogates the role social media played in the trial, raising provocative, uncomfortable questions about how the conversations happening outside the courtroom may have influenced the outcome.โ
โDepp was the one who wanted the cameras in the courtroomโฆ she didnโt,โ an unidentified voice in the trailer above revealed, before adding: โI would argue itโs a PR campaign disguised as a defamation case.โ
As the vast majority of you may recall (whether by choice or through cultural osmosis), at the conclusion of the โsix-week frenzyโ informed by an unnecessary level of media coverage and public speculation/interest, the court would rule in the Pirates of the Caribbean starโs favour on all three counts of defamation concerning the 2018 Washington Post op-ed Heard penned alleging domestic abuse.
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Depp was awarded $10.35 million in damages as well as a historic contract renewal with Dior in the aftermath; while Heard was awarded $2 million in damages for one of her three defamation counterclaims.
Netflixโs Depp v. Heard, which has been directed by Emma Cooper (The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes), premieres on August 16th โ check out the trailer above.
