In addition to favoring social media users, the tweets claimed that Heard’s statement in court was allegedly borrowed verbatim from the film ‘The’. the talented mr. ripley, Social media users spread rumors that Heard was “acting out” during her testimony and claimed that she stole lines from films and passed them on as hers.
One popular claim states that Heard stole almost word-for-word lines from the 1999 film. The viral tweet shared a screenshot of the dialogues between the characters and claimed that Heard repeated the same to describe his supposedly painful situation with Johnny.
OMFG. Check it out. What did she say compared to Amber Heard on the stand yesterday and the lines from The Talented Mr… https://t.co/41fz580KO1
— ranty (@AuditTheAbsurd) 1651741695000
However, snopes.com did a fact check on the viral posts and declared them to be ‘false’. According to the report, Heard did not say these words during the hearing and neither did he make a ‘opening statement’, as claimed in the tweet.
None of the tweets shared the video of the actress making her statement in court or posted tapes of her on any media portal. The tweet raised suspicion as the videos of the test are publicly available.
“We saw Heard’s testimony and did not hear him pronounce an alleged excerpt from ‘The Talented Mr. Ripley,’ read the report on the fact-checking site.
Amber Heard: “I felt like the most beautiful person in the world when I was around Johnny—then he’d disappear”… https://t.co/jInSkXCOg1
— Alana Mastrangelo (@ARmastrangelo) 1651779758000
Some other Twitter users went a step further and made videos of Amber’s testimony in court and added scenes from the film. Gwyneth Paltrow And Matt Damon and asked the audience to “watch the clip side by side.”
Depp previously testified at trial that she never killed Heard and argued that she was the one who was the abuser.
The “Pirates of the Caribbean” star has filed a $50 million lawsuit against 36-year-old Heard, saying he defamed her when she claimed to be a victim of domestic abuse. Heard has contested $100 million, arguing that Depp defamed her by calling her a liar.
The legal case hinges on the December 2018 opinion piece Heard wrote in the Washington Post. Depp’s name was never mentioned in the article, but his attorney told jurors it was clear Heard was referring to him. Their divorce was finalized in 2017 after less than two years of marriage.
Depp, once one of Hollywood’s biggest stars, said Heard’s allegations cost him “everything”. A new “Pirates” film was shelved, and Depp was replaced in the “Fantastic Beasts” film franchise, a “Harry Potter” spinoff.
Hurd’s lawyers have argued that he told the truth and that his opinion was protected by free speech under the First Amendment of the US Constitution.
A state court judge in Virginia’s Fairfax County is overseeing the trial, which is in recess until May 16. Closing arguments are scheduled for May 27.
Less than two years ago, Depp lost a defamation suit against Sun, a British tabloid that dubbed her a “wife beater.” A judge of the London High Court ruled that he had repeatedly attacked Heard.
Depp’s lawyers have said he filed the US case in Fairfax County because the Washington Post appeared there. The newspaper is not the respondent.