Camille Vazquez was 37 when represented a powerful man in the film industry in a trial, where she victim blamed survivor Amber Heard and participated in the world wide global humiliation of Amber.

Sit down, Camille Vazquez, a thread exposes the victim blaming myths. TW: SA.

https://twitter.com/thetimes/status/1646860859816427520

That there has to be more than one victim. This myth centers the perpetrator and reduces the voice of the victim. It reinforces the patriarchal structure, of the powerful man victimizing countless women.

A battle of the experts thread comparing Dr. Hughes to Dr. Curry. As a forensic psychologist It would be a plus to be board certified in it. Dr. Hughes is.

A thread deep diving into the misogyny in Johnny Depp's global humiliation text about Amber Heard. Depp sent this text to his agent Christian Carino in August 2016. TW: SA. Depp starts with: She's begging for total global humiliation. She's going to get it.

A 🧵looking at the sexual violence questions during the second day of Camille Vazquez's cross exam of Amber. TW: SA. There is a long line of questioning where it is clear Amber and Camille are not on the same page. Camille hasn't directly said it but she is asking about the logic of Depp assaulting Amber after he smashed the phones if he had injured his finger while smashing the phone.

A 🧵 looking at Camille Vazquez's cross exam of Amber. This is just the first day of the cross exam. I'm going to do a follow up thread of the second day of the first cross exam. Camille plays the audio with infamous, and oft-misquoted: "tell the world Johnny". Camille emphasizes the misquote.

A 🧵looking at how Amber's bisexuality factored into Depp's abuse of her. TW: homophobia/transphobia/SA. There are two main premises here: Depp holds deeply misogynistic views of women and Amber's bisexuality was a big deal to him.

Why Johnny Depp writing in blood/paint on a mirror "She loves naked photos of herself, so modern, so hot" is the smoking gun for the Australia incident. A short 🧵. TW: SA. At some point after Depp attacked Amber during the March 2015 incident Australia, he wrote in a combination of blood and paint all over the house. Depp referred to these writings as "reminders" to Amber in the Virginia trial.

In honor of Depp appearing on #Abuserxfenty, a 🧵looking at how Depp treated Amber's clothes during their relationship. TW: SA. In late spring of 2013 during the incident in Hicksville, Tennessee Depp ripped the strap of Amber's dress and tore her underwear while patting her down and then sexually assaulting. This was a dress that Amber had just dyed and loved.

Depp stated in his second UK witness statement that Amber's claims of abuse is a mirror to the abuse she subjected him to. A 🧵looking at why this is a locigally unsound statement for him. He wrote that statement in December of 2019. This is a year after Amber's Op-Ed ran in the Washington Post with the title "I spoke up against sexual violence - and faced our culture's wrath. That has to change".

A 🧵examining texts between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard. The abuse is just as clear in his texts to Amber as they are in texts to his drug buddy Paul Bettany. 3/12/2013, A text that centered around an event where Depp hit Amber which caused her to bite her teeth through her lip and blood on the wall, Depp tells Amber there is a book called "Disco Bloodbath".

Ben Chew admitted that he found Amber Heard credible during her deposition. Which is why he and those on Depp's side had to go out of his way to attempt to discredit Amber and anyone on her side. A 🧵about many of the strategies Depp's side used to accomplish this. #DARVODepp There are a lot of reasons this is harmful, a particularly insidious one is that in refuting their words Amber's side has to repeatedly bring up what Depp's side injects and expend energy refuting it instead or not refute it and have that used against them later.

In the company of Men: A 🧵 on the relationship between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard's father David Heard. Background on Amber's relationship with her father. Amber's father was physically to Amber and her sister, Whitney, growing up. He also abused their mother, Paige Heard. Amber's father has struggles with addiction as well.

A short 🧵 on Depp mistaking that Amber was shooting London Fields prior to the Australia
Incident in March 2015 and accusing her of cheating on him with Billy Bob Thornton, who she had starred in London Fields which was in production in 2013. Amber had been shooting the Danish Girl right before the Australia incident.

A 🧵 dissecting Depp's testimony regarding Amber taking off his boots. He used Amber taking off his boots as an early example of Amber's need to control him. Depp portrayed Amber as the nagging wife. #GiveAmberHeardHerVoiceBack Depp's initial testimony in the Virginia trial regarding Amber taking off his boots when she would sit him down on the couch when he got home.

A 🧵looking at how the power dynamics in the Johnny Depp Amber Heard relationship do represent a #MeToo situation. TW: Sexual Harassment/Grooming

#IStandWithAmberHeard Depp's team argued that Amber's relationship with Depp was not a #MeToo situation.

🧵Due to Johnny Depp's/Adam Waldman's smear campaign, there is a perception Amber Heard's word is not credible, especially regarding sexual violence. This perception is not reality. She has said many things that corroborate the sexual violence Depp perpetrated against her. The most important factor to understand in understanding how Amber has talked about sexual violence, is the effect shame has on silencing victims. Shame walks hand in hand with victim blaming.