🧵 A thread on companies and brands who participated in the global humiliation of Amber Heard and profited from the Depp v. Heard trial.
Milani Cosmetics, a makeup brand, made a TikTok video suggesting Amber is a liar after their product was used as a prop in the trial. This encouraged millions of people to participate in the smear campaign against her.
In her testimony Amber stated that the Milani Cosmetics product was not the one she used, but a prop to explain colour correcting. The brand has been blocking anyone who calls them out.
Lidl, one of the biggest supermarket chains in Europe, mocked Amber Heard in a recent German ad.
Starbucks stores all over the world placed tip jars labelled “Johnny Depp” and “Amber Heard”, encouraging their costumers to ‘vote’, usually decorating Depp’s jar with hearts and some even wrote “Justice for Johnny”.
Luxury and celebrity favourite skincare brand “Dr. Barbara Strum”, is owned by Barbara Strum, who is married to Adam Waldman, the lawyer who worked for Johnny Depp and created the smear campaign against Amber Heard.
Major trigger warning for sexual assault.
An adult sex toy retailer called “Twisted Fantasies” created a liquor bottle shaped Dildo after Amber Heard’s rape.
Australian bakery “Dessert Boxes” made a hand shaped cake for Amber. They cut the “finger” using a vodka bottle which they included in the box. The bakery said “We'll cut off the finger with a vodka bottle, throw that in for her, too”.
Dozens of @Etsy shops are exploiting a DV survivor for profit. They use pictures of her from crying while recalling her trauma, parts of her rape testimony and are ridiculing her. Etsy has done nothing about it.
Redbubble has been allowing dozens of shops to mock a domestic violence and sexual assault survivor for profit.
Duolingo, a language learning app, made a ‘joke’ under a TikTok video of Amber Heard testifying. The employee who commented it apologised from her own Twitter account, however the brand never made a statement or gave an apology.
Amber Heard said in an interview that Johnny Depp is such a good actor that he managed to convince people that a fictional character he played had scissors for hands. Redbox made a tweet to mock her about it.
Little Darlings, a Las Vegas strip club, made a billboard suggesting Amber Heard should audition since she “Needs to earn $10.000.000” to pay her abuser.
A period product brand, @itsaugustco , posted a video on their TikTok account where they used a trial that involved domestic violence and sexual assault to joke and attract costumers.
Dior kept working with Johnny Depp even after a High Court ruled that he was found to have abused Amber Heard by the Civil Standard in 2020, which has not been overturned.
Dunkin Donuts also used a trial that included domestic violence and sexual assault as a way to appeal to costumers.
Multiple coffee shops and restaurants participated in the “Amber Heard” vs “Johnny Depp” tip jars.
Many businesses and shops put signs saying “Amber Heard is not welcome here”.
“Bad Monday”, a clothing brand, is selling a t-shirt writing “My Dog Stepped on a Bee”, which is part of Amber’s sexual assault testimony.
The person modelling the t-shirt is also mocking Amber’s facial expressions.
The app @BitLifeApp included “Amber Heard” as an answer to the question of who could be considered “creepy and manipulative”.
A popular concert related page, @Concert_Crap, used pictures of Amber Heard testifying about being raped to make a ‘joke’ on how it feels when their favourite band is on tour and skips their country.
A cake shop called ‘Rock City Cake Company’, made some questionable pastries called “Amber Turds” with Amber Heard’s face on them.
The “Madieval Torture Museum” posted a picture of Amber on their facebook page, writing “When you leaned how lies were punished in the Middle Ages”.
Tattoo shops and artists participated in the global humiliation of Amber Heard as well.
“Hollywood Horror Museum” participated in the smear campaign against Amber as well, and when they received criticism about it they acknowledged that what they did is “gross and offensive”, but they still kept ridiculing a DV survivor.
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