'It's not protected speech if it's false': Celebrity lawyer on Depp-Heard trial | ABCNL



ABC News’ Linsey Davis spoke to celebrity divorce attorney Christopher Melcher about the Johnny Depp-Amber Heard jury deliberations, and what the trial could mean for the actors’ future careers .

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44 comments

  1. Lying won't help. Making numerous allegations without an iota of proof doesn't help either.

  2. ABC look devastated like the outcome is against their narrative. 🤔

  3. Well, she lied. Really, what more is there to say?

  4. The verdict didn’t set women back. Amber’s disgraceful deplorable behavior set women back . Please ……no one use her as a spokesperson for the abused, its so offensive.

  5. She can get her what back too? Don't you worry about your doubt, that woman will never make a movie, although she can continue with her carrier as a pro gold digger with unfortunate men and women.

  6. Amber Turd should be going to jail for ruining Johnny's life. There should be a law in place and enforced consistently for people getting jail time for making false allegations on innocent people. There are many innocent people in prison right now because they were falsely accused of sexual violence and the courts believe the women and many times it is without any evidence. Much like what Amber Turd tried to do with Johnny. This is not only a big win for Johnny but a big win and a big step in changing the ways of the courts of just believing women solely because they are women and to make women think twice in making false allegations because they need to provide real evidence in court.

  7. Her career is done. She has a history of bedding male cast members in movies she has been in..in the past..and it was all to set one up for her financial gain. She cannot be trusted to see the situation around her as it is and not of her making. She is also not that great of an Actor. She did this to herself and I do not feel one bit sorry for her.

  8. Oh YouTube cut my comments AGAIN!

  9. Have fun stripping, amber turd

  10. The evidence in the trial showed she is a monster, a lying psycopath. She and her free loading parasite friends who lived off of Johnny Depp need to face legal consequences. She turned in fake evidence and lied under oath. Hope she loses acting jobs and sponsorships. I don't want to go near any brand or movie studio that gives her money. She is the setback to the Me too movement, not Johnny. He's the victim and $10M isn't enough for the abuse he put up with. He won't get his life back.

  11. Demage which this women has done to actual victims of domestic violance is beyond fixable, this is so sad.

  12. Wa wa wa wa wa, Amber. You only have yourself to blame.

  13. Seven weeks. Amber Turd is all done! Strange how the top three television channels barley covered this but everyone else in the world did. They're only interested in morbid things

  14. Come watch the official anthem music video based on the trial #justicefordepp !

    https://youtu.be/aG6UXVQ77P4

  15. We need a movie about this asap 🎥🍿

  16. Amber Heard is facing a perjury investigation in Australia with the FBI assisting the Australian authorities regarding the smuggled dogs incident, she is facing a possible perjury investigation in the UK since she lied in court about charitable donations, and now she may possibly face a third perjury investigation in the Virginia courts. She's a proven liar, very likely pathological and a narcissist. Full stop. 🎤🎤🎤

  17. Can we please talk about how amazing it is that Johnny didn’t give up on this defamation case even after they lost in the U.K., they brought the case to America and Ambers lawyers tried to dismiss the case based on the verdict reached in the U.K. but the judge said what they decide there does not set precedent here! Johnny got his fair trial in front of a non-bias, non-bought out jury and WON. 🥳

  18. If you could say anything and everything you want and file it under free speech, there’s no way hate speech or defamation wouldn’t be protected.

  19. speech is protected , just like right to defend yourself, but its not protected if it harms others, like if you murder someone for reasons other than self defense, youll go to prison. She used her voice to harm someone out of malice, so this is the consequence.

  20. Johnny depp has a future in Hollywood. Amber’s career is OVER!!!

    She’s almost 40… in Hollywood that’s death to a woman… & also…. Remember… the world 🌎 hates her… no one wants to see her…so there’s that 😒🤣

    Can sum1 PLEASE take that baby away from her & get her a REAL psychiatrist???

  21. I like how she says this while being called a liar by women even outside the courtroom, yes you have freedom of speech but it doesn’t mean you can defame someone

  22. JOHNNY SHOULD THE PUBLIC FIGURE AMBASSAOR FOR DV VICTIMS. CONGRATS ON THE WIN!!!!! KARMA BACK AT ABUSER CRIMINAL AMBER TURD. JUSTICE FOR YOU AND THE REST OF DV VICTIMS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!🤟🙌💪👍🤟🙌💪👍 LOSER AMBER TURD. BYE KAREN LOOOOOOL!!!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  23. She needs to go to jail for lying under oath, she is a disgrace for lying and false allegations Real domestic violence is real, she doesn’t stand for abuse women or men, she had here own agenda to destroy JD reputation and career.

  24. I don’t know who will want to see amber at movies or tv after this….

  25. Gtfoh amber. You faced justice. For all the men abused by their bpd partners, for johnny, for my brother and nephew 🥂

  26. Johnny is talented. Amber's not. Nobody wants her back in hollywood

  27. Now will Disney, Warner Bros and the Sun apologise to Mr Depp or FOREVER be cast as judging someone guilty even when proven innocent?

  28. What’s with this lady’s lips??

  29. Amber should get out of Hollywood and become a politician. Her lying with confidence is an important trait in becoming a successful Republican.
    Trump should hire her. In fact, if Trump divorces Melania, he should date Amber.

  30. No doubt with her lies she made hard for the real abused woman's to came forward

  31. Many congradulatios to Johnny, his legal team and the fans for this excellent news! JONNY WONNNNNNNNNNNN!

  32. Congratulations Johnny! Restart, Rebuild, Refill Your Life 👏🏼

  33. Ahh yes I'm a woman therefore anything bad people say about me is because of the Patriarchy…

  34. I love watching the metoo bowel movement cannibalize itself 😝

  35. It's not free speech if its false unless you're the former president, and then its just free speech. Speaking of free speech, even if she loses Amber is still the ambassador to the ACLU on women's issues. So there's always that.

  36. If someone was truly abused and hurt physically and mentally by someone for many years, you think they would put a restraining order on them and never try and see them again! Oh and then show up at his house asking to come in and be with him? You will never see my eyes again… JD says, and then sit on the stand and say he wont even look at me? I think you wouldn't want him to look at you… But that's not the case. She is the abuser! JD wanted so many times to get away from her and she just wouldn't leave him alone. The way she "acted" is not of someone who was "abused" But she WAS the abuser and JD wanted to get away from her. The way I see it.

  37. Free speech is free speech if i say abc is a bunch of losers its free speech even if it isn't true up to you to weed out.

  38. The burden was on him to prove it didn't happen. He proved no such thing.

  39. As American [white] women scream(ed) RAPE! to destroy the lives, and families, of [African American] black men, they chose to dishonor the sacred word of every sexual assault victim; past, present, and future. “Defeat is one thing, disgrace is another.” – Winston Churchill, The Supreme Imperialist

  40. I actually love how the world had come together for this trial_/Case. Absolutely brilliant. I do believe Johnny Depp I would like him to get the justice he deserves

  41. Except it is violence they both were towards each other