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“Watch the Full NBC Documentary About Johnny Depp-Amber Heard Trial’s Social Media Influence”

NBC News is airing a new documentary about the impact of the infamous Johnny Depp vs. Amber Heard defamation trial on social media, especially on TikTok. Depp sued Heard for an op-ed she published in 2018, in which she described herself as a survivor of domestic violence. Depp argued that Heard defamed him and broke their divorce agreement when she made those claims, which he called false, and sued her for $50 million. Heard countersued for $100 million, claiming Depp’s attorney defamed her by calling her abuse allegations an “elaborate hoax.”

Depp ultimately won the widely publicized trial and was awarded $10 million in damages. Heard also proved one count of defamation and Depp was ordered to pay $2 million. The couple’s relationship was far from perfect, as everyone learned during the televised trial, but Depp really came out as the absolute winner, at least on social media.

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The Pirates of the Caribbean star initially faced backlash when Amber Heard obtained a restraining order against him, but since 2019, when his attorney Adam Waldman leaked the tapes in which Heard admits to hitting Depp multiple times, public opinion has shifted in his favor. And the trial resulted in even more pro-Depp sentiment, with several prominent influencers and TikTokers bashing Amber Heard and even mimicking her testimony even as she recounted incidents of sexual abuse. The TikTok, YouTube, and Facebook videos and posts about the Depp-Heard trial have racked up millions of views, and NBC’s documentary aims to examine why the trial took social media by storm.

Titled A Marriage on Trial: Johnny Depp, Amber Heard, and Truth in the Age of Social Media, the documentary is now airing on nbcnews.com, Peacock, and YouTube. The official description of the 30-minute documentary reads:

“The Depp v. Heard defamation trial evoked two distinct reactions – those who couldn’t get enough and those who received more than they wanted. The new deep-dive documentary explores why the trial overwhelmed social media, specifically TikTok, and what viewers missed if social media coverage was their only news source. In the wake of a verdict that surprised legal experts, NBC News examines how the trial evolved into the TikTok trial and what the verdict means for future domestic abuse cases.”

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Although Amber Heard and Johnny Depp sued each other for defamation, the trial played out like a domestic abuse case, with each side making shocking accusations about one another. Emotional testimony about rape and spousal abuse, a severed finger, disturbing texts, and feces on the bed were unearthed during the trial, and the whole world watched.

Netizens made a mockery out of a couple’s intimate moments, and the pandemic and the Ukraine invasion were all sidelined for two months. Since the verdict, Heard and her legal team have frequently blamed the social media influence on the jury for their loss. They even sought a retrial recently after alleging that a jury member wasn’t who they said they were, but to no avail. The jury swore an oath each day to refrain from looking up either of the two on social media, but Heard’s lawyer argues the jury couldn’t escape the online chatter around the trial.


NBC’s A Marriage on Trial reiterates the same and features interviews with Heard’s attorney Elaine Bredehoft, National Coalition Against Domestic Violence CEO Ruth Glenn, American University law professor and gendered violence expert Jamie Abrams, and several NBC reporters.

While it doesn’t have any representatives from Depp’s legal team, the documentary doesn’t offer any commentary on the trial itself, just on its sensationalism on the internet. You can check out A Marriage on Trial below.

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