Johnny Depp’s victory, a pendulum swing after the #MeToo movement?

He wanted at least to triumph before public opinion. Johnny Depp also won a much tougher battle in court. On Wednesday, a Virginia jury found that Amber Heard had defamed her ex-husband, writing in an editorial that she was “a public figure representing domestic violence”. She will have to pay him just over $10 million in damages. According to the jury’s decision, Johnny Depp also defamed Amber Heard via a statement from one of his lawyers, and will have to write him a check for two million dollars.

Sara Azari, a lawyer from Los Angeles, believes that this decision could mark a swing of the pendulum after the #MeToo movement. Already, singer Ryan Adams, accused of harassment by half a dozen women, has welcomed this verdict. And Marilyn Manson, accused of rape and violence by his ex-girlfriend Evan Rachel Wood, had attacked for defamation last March. And other “cancelled” men could follow.