Solène Delinger 3:03 p.m., September 07, 2022
A documentary on the trial between Amber Heard and Johnny Depp in the spring of 2022 will be broadcast from September 19 on the Discovery + platform.
Entitled "Johnny vs. Amber: The US Trial", the two-part program will look back on this highly publicized case of domestic abuse and defamation.
The ultra-media coverage continues.
Three months after the end of a trial that made headlines around the world, the legal battle between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard will be the subject of a documentary.
The latter will be broadcast on September 19 on the Discovery+ platform.
Entitled Johnny vs Amber: The US Trial, it will give the floor to the lawyers of Johnny Depp and Amber Heard, to legal experts, to relatives of the two former spouses and to journalists.
The documentary will also show unseen behind-the-scenes footage of the trial held in the spring.
The version of the facts of the two parties
"This documentary provides a forensic account of the key evidence and the turning points of the case on both sides, allowing viewers to form their own opinion on who to believe", specifies Discovery + in its synopsis, relayed by the media NME .
The first episode of the documentary will focus on the gray areas of Johnny Depp's life, the abuse suffered during his childhood, his addiction to drugs but also his "version of the facts which shows that he himself was a victim of domestic violence".
The second episode will be devoted to Amber Heard's version of the facts with for the first time a "detailed description of the alleged sexual assault", specifies NME.
It will also be a question of the harassment suffered by the actress on social networks since the affair broke out.
Amber Heard sentenced in June 2022
The program follows the 2021 series
Johnny vs Amber
, which aired on Discovery+, which chronicled Johnny Depp's defamation lawsuit against
The Sun
in 2020. Amber Heard was ordered in June 2022 to pay Johnny Depp $10 million .
The star was being sued for defamation after an article in which she accused her ex-husband of domestic violence.
The actor, for his part, had to pay him 2 million dollars.
Amber Heard has since decided to appeal this decision.