🧵 Domestic violence experts are worried about the dangerous myths spread about DV and rape during the Depp v Heard trial. Here are some of the victim-blaming myths spread by social media debunked by facts, data, and evidence (sources in the ALT text).

(Kamilla’s THREAD) Myth: “A real victim would never hit their abuser.” Reality: According to studies, 23 to 71 percent of victims used violence against their abuser at some point in the relationship. Although violence is unacceptable, it is a common reaction to suffering long term physical abuse.

🧵Since we’re all feminists again, can we revisit the Depp v Heard case? Here’s a thread of the most damning evidence against Johnny, most of which was suppressed or ignored by social media. This is a long one. (Major warning for graphic and disturbing content).

(By Kamilla)

Johnny sent texts about wanting to rape, drown, burn, and “smack around” Amber before they even got married.

🧵A super long list of truly awful, bizarre, and downright weird shit “nice guy” Johnny Depp did that most people don’t know about. #JohnnyDeppIsAnAbuser

(Kamilla’s THREAD) Johnny went on missions with bestie Marilyn Manson to buy nazi memorabilia. Manson has several Nazi inspired tattoos and it wasn’t the first time he went to go buy some fucked up nazi shit. The two have matching tattoos and Manson is Johnny’s daughters godfather.

#IStandWithAmberHeard as she takes the necessary step towards moving on from this nightmare... and with her voice intact. I find it telling that Depp put no gags at all on her, which makes one wonder why he sued her in the first place. (To globally abuse her, which he did) I love how Amber Heard is using her voice here to make it clear that the US trial was a joke and that it was a traumatic experience for her that she cannot endure for a third time. I believe her. #IStandWithAmberHeard #AmberIsFree

Kamilla's🧵THREAD. What #that man did to his ex wife is nothing new. It’s called DARVO and it’s used by abusers to portray themselves as the victim, usually by framing the victim’s reactive violence as abuse. Here are a few other cases in which DARVO was used. In 2009, Chris Brown assaulted Rihanna in a car. He punched her repeatedly in the arm and face, and put her in a headlock causing her to slowly lose consciousness. He maintains that he did this because Rihanna was hitting him.

🧵Camille Vasquez, in one of her smear campaigns against Amber Heard, recently suggested that Amber shed no tears in court. This is a lie. To see it, firstly, here is a zoomed video of Amber in her 2nd day of testimony. You'd be blind to not see the tears. #IStandWithAmberHeard Here's the video without being zoomed. I can still see the tears, can't you? For those that are skeptical, this is from the second day of Amber's testimony, which was the 15th day of the trial on May 5th. Go check it out. (Source: Sky News YouTube channel) #AmberAppeals

Kamilla’s🧵THREAD on why experts on domestic violence believe Amber Heard, what DARVO is, and how Johnny Depp was about to get away with it.

Throughout this trial, Johnny Depp and his lawyers used a manipulation tactic that domestic violence experts refer to as DARVO. DARVO stands for “Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim & Offender.” DARVO in simple terms is when an abuser claims that they are the one who has been abused.

JD fans like using the "I hit you" recording as evidence that Amber Heard is the "abuser". But, besides this, what this and other "incriminating" recordings of Amber show is that what she says on the recordings can be relied upon as truthful. Think. So:
#IStandWithAmberHeard
1/ when she tells JD in one recording that he "beat the shit" out of her, you better believe that she's telling the truth. Otherwise, why believe the "I hit you" recording and refuse to believe her here? Even more to her credibility is that JD does not deny it in the recording.

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🧵According to the #JusticeForJohhnyDepp "real victim" gate-keeping brigade, a "real victim' would not, for instance, fight back, "goad on" their abuser or belittle them, or buy them a knife as a gift. Yet, using this same bogus logic, one can't help but ask: TW: Self-harm threats.

1. Is this how a "real victim" behaves? Forcing his "abuser" to cut him and also threatening to cut her? JD fans like to excuse this with the idea that JD had been pushed too far by her, but wouldn't one say the same about the times that AH reacted?