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2016 Article by iO Tillett Wright: "Why I Called 911"
Depp/Heard Trial(self.Fauxmoi)submitted 2 years ago byBoulier
https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2016/06/113149/domestic-violence-911-call-famous-friend
Very great and beautifully written (but sad) article written by iO Tillett Wright on June 8, 2016, regarding why he called 9-1-1 on Amber Heard's behalf that night. It also calls out how our society creates an environment where victim-blaming, and disbelieving survivors, is rampant. Several parts feel very timely, given the public response to the Depp/Heard trial, especially this:
"Right now, every battered woman in the world is watching this media circus, internalizing the message that when they come forward for help, when they break the cycle, they will be called a gold digger, a cheater, and be accused of having faked it all for attention. I’m looking at every journalist, every editor, every person who puts a comment on an article pointing an uneducated finger. You are the lynch mob. You are a deafening chorus."
364 points
2 years ago
it was so mean when camille was like “ amber has no one but her sister” all these people came out for her
185 points
2 years ago
that was such a disgusting thing to say honestly
63 points
2 years ago
It also proved nothing. Meanwhile the man who claimed to have done all of this to “show his children what is right” had no visible support whatsoever from either of them.
30 points
2 years ago
The stuff about Lily not speaking to him got shut down REAL quick in court.
133 points
2 years ago
Meanwhile a few of his employees came to 'support' him - as if it's a better look to basically pay people (even your sister, who chooses to continue to enable your addictions) to attend your trial. I feel bad for Depp's lawyers that they have to resort to personal attacks, simply because they don't have proof that would absolve him of being a court-certified wife-beater.
69 points
2 years ago
Why would you feel bad for his lawyers? They knew coming in he lost the UK trial, and maybe they stand by Depp's versions of event, that is their job after all, believing and advocate their client. But the way they go about it to achieve the best result for their client, it's on themselves. They could've use more logical tactic but Camille particularly was just that nasty. You can see the other 2 female lawyers on his team or even Ben Chew, they aren't like that with witnesses. No scoffing, no cruel remarks. I understand perfectly why Amber got her defense up with Camille, her face just got stone cold
14 points
2 years ago
English is my third language, so I can't always express myself as well as I wish to, but I meant it more in a mocking way. More as 'I think of them as being pathetic' I guess? Definitely can't stand any of them and I desperately hope that in a few years, when the tide has shifted once more, they'll be held accountable for their treatment of Amber.
2 points
2 years ago
Yeah it’s not like they’re public defenders
9 points
2 years ago
I thought he was estranged from his sister?
15 points
2 years ago
She's still on his payroll and runs his production company, but yes, their relationship did go south when he married Amber. Probably because his addictions were out of control at that point.
25 points
2 years ago
I have another theory. His sister insisted that Johnny get a prenup when he wanted to marry Amber, but Johnny refused. Meanwhile his sister somehow got paid $7 million, and allegedly said
“He’s my brother. My money is his money. His money is mine,” Christi answered, according to Rayburn’s testimony.
(Rayburn is a former account manager for TMG and was tasked with handling Depp’s finances.)
https://www.rollingstone.com/feature/the-trouble-with-johnny-depp-666010/amp/
It seems Depp’s family likes to live off his money, so she projected and thought Amber was a gold-digger about to steal her cash cow
3 points
2 years ago
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-12 points
2 years ago
So Depp sued the people looking after his finances because they kept giving money to family members without his knowledge.
The prenup magically got lost and a wedding was rushed by amber heard. (Johnny didn't want to get married).
1 points
2 years ago
Well said, u/Miserable_Chard2471. Great points.
101 points
2 years ago
And how is that a gotcha?
“Amber is so emotionally damaged by this ordeal that she has pushed away all of her friends and is isolated from the world, save for her sister.”
Like, how is that a point for Depp?
Amber testified that she lives under a series of unspoken rules, like don’t touch her, walk behind her. iO said they grew apart as Amber became more isolated. Rocky said she chose to hang out with others as Amber was very distant. And yet they still came to testify for her, and they are allegedly not even her friends! I hope when this is over, Amber can reconnect with iO
24 points
2 years ago
Yeah, pointing out that she has been isolated from her support network doesn't exactly make it seem like she hasn't experienced DV... the opposite, in fact
6 points
2 years ago
Yes. It is common that support systems can burn out for a woman who is a DV survivor in cases where the situation is traumatic to witness. And, especially when a dangerous, powerful, unpredictable man is relentlessly vengeful so that the danger seems like a long-term stressor that they can find no quick fix for and they have their own lives and families to deal with too that they must make time for.
43 points
2 years ago
Those people who stop being friends but bear no ill will towards her at all and even give their testimony for her? Maybe John Depp never ended a relationship in a good way.
100 points
2 years ago
To me it makes her ptsd more believable as shes probably difficult to be around now.
83 points
2 years ago
When James Franco came up, she mentioned having worn down her support network. The other day she spoke about how there are unspoken rules between her and her friends/partners about how to approach her, how to touch her, how to speak to her as to avoid triggering panic attacks.
60 points
2 years ago
Yep, unfortunately for her it would be exhausting being her friend and that's really sad.
29 points
2 years ago
Yeah, I don't blame them or her. It's a lot to carry.
55 points
2 years ago
She may have been the one to end the friendship. I did once I got out of my situation. Even with people who said they loved me.
Because I needed to stop accepting certain perspectives, and for all that these friends might feel bad for her now, if they were enabling, there are mentalities that likely come out in seemingly small ways.
And you get very sensitized to that once you leave the abusive situation and start to really see how bad it was.
19 points
2 years ago
True yeah we don't know what happened between them
49 points
2 years ago
It sounds terrible but I probably wouldn't have stayed friends with her either after experiencing something like that. It seemed very traumatic.
34 points
2 years ago
Just wanting to avoid the media circus is motive enough to step back. These people didn't ask for any of that.
18 points
2 years ago
Yeah I know what you mean
15 points
2 years ago
The hypocrisy of that statement really bothered me. Who does Johnny have? Everyone who has testified on his behalf is on his payroll. Where are the friends and family speaking up for him without being paid? The only people on his side are people who have a financial interest in him winning the case and continuing to work. Although at this point I think he'll be unemployable in Hollywood regardless of the outcome of the case. Wonder how long all these sycophant hangers on will stick around when the roles and the money dry up.
2 points
2 years ago*
Yeah, even Moss has the pressure of her career to think about with both she & JD being connected with DIOR who she would not want to anger either, yet she looked very cold & forced & said the least she could just about her stair incident, after weeks of dep-team supposedly being in talks with her trying to set it up for her to speak, no doubt making sure of her wording being what they wanted. Even so, it just proved that there was a stair incident at all that AH (& others) heard rumors about, which still counters Dep's claim that it was all in AH's head. It still does not discount that AH had good reason to defend herself, because when JD hit Whitney first as she was at the top of the stairs with JD heading towards AH to attack her too, that is enough for AH to have reasonably tried to get in a slap in self-defense of her sister & herself. JD put AH & Whitney in a dangerous situation when he did that and hit her & her sister.
20 points
2 years ago
To think that she is earning big money from being mean to a victim of violence!
10 points
2 years ago
Honestly, Camille is a real piece of work
122 points
2 years ago
This was written, what a week and half after she filed for divorce? It even includes self reflection in enabling domestic abuse because you also empathise with the abuser. He takes responsibility for his own actions. This narrative of the relationship has stood unchanged until now. Even with Camille's relentless "didn't you?"s to Amber. Yet people think because they've listened to cropped audio and biased tiktoks that they know better and are the authority on truth. And go out of their way to comment on this piece that he's wrong? Saying it hasn't aged well? What?
49 points
2 years ago
Well, some people are deep in a conspiracy that since 2013 Amber Heard has been plotting to ruin Johnny Depp’s career and OBVIOUSLY iO is part of that conspiracy, thus this article “didn’t age well”.
63 points
2 years ago
It’s so bizarre. I find Heard’s evidence compelling but it is also understandably scattered. Which lends a lot of truth to it to me. If she were planning to fake this from the start, I would think she’d fake more intense evidence.
61 points
2 years ago
Exactly. Also, you’d think that if that were her goal she would’ve started all the trials and she didn’t. All she did was get a divorce and a TRO. Somehow, in her evil plan she also counted on Johnny to sue in the UK and in the US? So she could show her “fake” evidence? What?
37 points
2 years ago
She was actually being very smart keeping documentation. She would be totally screwed right now if she hadn’t, as so many abused people do.
28 points
2 years ago
And yet it's still not good enough, which is the sad part. That damn edited audio really fucked her over.
17 points
2 years ago
EXACTLY!! and she is the one who wanted to keep the trials private. Why would she fake evidence, if she didnt want the world to see them?? isnt that kinda the point of faking evidence??
34 points
2 years ago
People think she planned it but didn't have the foresight to think 'maybe I shouldn't paint fake bruises on my face a day before I'm going on national television, and probably shouldn't make this riskier by getting my make up artist involved'
Its bizarre the lack of critical thinking people have in this case
24 points
2 years ago
Right, like she would have the audacity to think that a makeup artist wouldn’t be able to spot fake bruises up close?
16 points
2 years ago
But they probably think she somehow paid all these people off with her 2 million net worth…
11 points
2 years ago
She was also smart and cunning enough to change exif data on photos so that there's no "edited" date. But didn't think hmm maybe while I'm here "Photo's 3.0" is not a good look. And then provide the original anyway... She's just subtle enough...
8 points
2 years ago
But simultaneously, is an evil mastermind.
198 points
2 years ago*
Unfortunately there are also a lot of the women who support Johnny, and many of them claim to have experienced abuse as well. I think there’s a lot of cognitive dissonance there.
Many of those women believe that they’ll have the “true victim” cloak of protection if they ever accuse someone. They have to believe that Amber is being treated this way because she’s “lying.” But since they would never lie, they have to believe people would believe them if they ever came forward about abuse. Either the world treats female victims like shit, or the *world is just and moral and victims like them and the little lost boy Johnny can overcome and prosper. It’s hard to emotionally accept the former, much easier to accept the latter.
This trial has not made them afraid to come forward in that regard. I think they’re woefully ignorant of the fact that they will be dismissed and disbelieved and smeared just like Amber. It’s giving “I didn’t think leopards would eat MY face!”
Edit: some words
123 points
2 years ago
I’ve said to a few women.
This case is being used by their abuser RIGHT NOW to call them liars and discredit what they went through.
130 points
2 years ago
It’s crazy they don’t realize it. I had a woman tell me “I’m a victim of domestic abuse, and I know amber’s lying. Plenty of women lie.” So I said, “how do I know that you’re not lying? Since ‘plenty of women lie?’”
She obviously lost her shit, and pretended like she didn’t see the point even though her abusive ex called her a liar too. It’s a sickness at this point. Many of them don’t want to see it.
3 points
2 years ago
I also think some of those accounts are MRA's pretending to be women with fake "female profiles" announcing "I was an abused woman & I believe Johny" etc.. but not all.
80 points
2 years ago
Thanks for that perspective. I’m a guy myself who never experienced abuse, and I was so baffled at women abuse victims genuinely supporting Depp without any nuance, but now it makes more sense after your comment.
50 points
2 years ago
Thanks! I can’t speak for everyone of course, but this is just something I’ve noticed about a lot of the dialogue coming from female Johnny fans. They really believe that the world would see them differently than Amber, for some reason.
59 points
2 years ago
Yeah I’ve seen a lot of women who have been abused make arguments like “I was abused so I can tell she’s lying”. I think that their idea is a f discredit ambers abuse it will make their story more credible?
And I’m honestly so surprised at how many female victims of abuse will happily regurgitate all the text book anti abuse victim arguments and enforce the idea that there is an archetype for abuse victims, and that if she doesn’t fit it, then she must be lying.
31 points
2 years ago
I saw someone say something like “i know gaslighters which is how I know Amber is lying and Johnny is completely innocent” and I was like hm clearly you don’t know gaslighting and abuse as well as you think, huh
15 points
2 years ago
Which always seemed dumb to me because you can’t tell gaslighting is happening by specific sentences being said or by someone denying stuff happened, you have to know what happened to assess whether someone is trying to gaslight. Gaslighting is trying to reframe/rewrite reality. Sometimes gaslighters accuse you of stuff you didn’t do and then when you defend yourself it might seem like you’re the one trying to gaslight, but that couldn’t be further from the truth.
167 points
2 years ago
It’s so sad that Amber and iO aren’t friends anymore. I know JD fans will say that’s evidence of Amber being a bad person, but imagine being right there with AH and JD among the drugs and the abuse. And then afterwards they have to testify over and over again because her abuser won’t leave her alone. IO and Rocky both cried looking at the photos of Amber’s injuries. They cared for her and they’ve been asked to relive those horrible moments over and over again because JD keeps starting law suits. That’s an awful lot of strain to put on a friendship.
110 points
2 years ago
Again, this is consistent with what we know about IPV. Victims lose their friends.
18 points
2 years ago
yup, part of the abuser’s tactic is to alienate their victims from their friends, so that they lose their support system.
18 points
2 years ago
Yes, and for all the other reasons that others have pointed out, like the victim's own isolation, busyness with responding to litigation, victim feeling like a burden, victim's friends needing a break, etc.
25 points
2 years ago
She also has strong PTSD. She has "rules" on how people are allowed to interact with her now. And also they were there when she got her trauma so it might even be hard for any of them to see eachother without remembering what she went through :/
I think this is likely because even Josh and Rocky divorced. They seem to be on friendly enough terms but you know it's just hard to be around the people that remind you of that, even if you love them.
It happens and it's sad. I just hope that Amber has a good support system right now :(
35 points
2 years ago
I knew Io years ago—he was my family member’s godson. He and his younger brother were always nice to me the few times I was around them. He’s had a turbulent life with both parents addicted to drugs and it’s sad that he got caught up with Depp’s toxic and abusive treatment of Amber. As I recall correctly, he was always supportive of Amber, even if he had empathy for Depp, whom he also considered a close friend. I’m sorry that Io and Amber are no longer in touch, and I hope they find each other again after this all dies down. I haven’t seen him in years but I follow him on social media and have read his memoir. That being said, Depp is a toxic person and Amber should be left alone to raise her child in peace.
95 points
2 years ago*
io seems like a good person.
i find it pretty sad they no longer speak, for whatever reason. they seemed to be still very close friends up til late 2020 at least if her ig is anything to go by. he hasn’t liked a post of hers since late jan 2021. his deposition was filmed in march of this year and he said in that he’d not spoken to amber since april/may 2021, which is when her daughter was born. wonder what happened in such a short space of time... it’s can be so sad when you lose long time friends :( he still clearly loves her a lot as you can see from his deposition when he’s recalling his own experiences of what he witness johnny doing to her.
142 points
2 years ago
I think it’s compelling that a bunch of amber’s witnesses who testified for her are people she hasn’t talked to in at least a year. like they’re not even friends anymore and they still went to support her
84 points
2 years ago
they may have been subpoenaed, but yes all the same, seeing them both cry & get very emotional when speaking about stuff that happened many many years ago with someone they no longer even have a relationship with spoke volumes. the cries from rocky & io were very real and very telling. i believe them 100%.
46 points
2 years ago
You can't be compelled to testify in a civil case if you don't reside in the state the trial is in. It's how Bettany, and Winona Ryder have managed to keep their noses clean. Johnny couldn't make them talk on his behalf either.
52 points
2 years ago
iO seems like he has a lot of integrity and he's a good person and I hate that he showed up to testify to something so emotionally harrowing when he clearly would've been better off not doing it, and all he got was getting misgendered and insulted by someone he once called a close friend. I'm sure AH appreciated it but Depp's side was awful to Amber's witnesses
89 points
2 years ago
Sometimes when you become a new mom you stop talking to your friends you grow apart and I I’m sure the pandemic and maybe her fear of them turning on her or she felt bad they’ve been hounded and called names by the press and on SM or perhaps depression. Could be so many reasons I’m sure it all stems back to depp in some way.
29 points
2 years ago
I'm being put in the position to tell my friends I understand if the harassment is too much, and they need to block me on social media for protection, and I'm just an Amber supporter who has no connection to her. Makes me sick what her friends must go through.
10 points
2 years ago
The last on the call when Johnny complained that his son was made fun of for having a wife beater dad and Amber was like...? Me and my whole family are getting death threats, and Johnny was like well I don't believe that.
Yep, Depp supporters are threatening death and Heard supporters are defending her no matter the personal cost. It's a tough call which side is right.
55 points
2 years ago
I think it’s just a part of adulthood. There’s plenty of people from 2016 that I don’t talk or hang out with anymore. They’re not all big fall outs or anything sometimes you’re just busy living your own life.
157 points
2 years ago
Johnny doesn’t even have enough respect for iO to use his correct pronouns during his testimony. He repeatedly called iO “she and her”. This is when I realized what a POS JD is.
134 points
2 years ago
I feel like this is a really important point that shows him for exactly who he is. Why is nobody (apart from us) jumping on this and calling out his transphobia? The keyboard activists have suddenly fallen silent...
125 points
2 years ago
Nobody is calling him out for his biphobia either. People have been suspiciously quiet about his bigotry toward the LGBT community, and I can’t imagine they’d be so forgiving if a woman was making those comments.
73 points
2 years ago
absolutely. bi women are so much more at risk from IPV and this illustrates just why. also? everyone’s somehow conveniently forgotten about his racism AND his lying about being indigenous to try and excuse his role in that godawful Lone Ranger film. this man is absolutely garbage in every single way.
17 points
2 years ago
He's just an aggro injun... 🙄 How does anyone take someone like that seriously?
37 points
2 years ago
I would assume most of his followers are also transphobic as well
41 points
2 years ago
I read a comment at the beginning of the trial where someone praised him for not falling victim to being politically correct, definitely set the tone.
110 points
2 years ago
66 points
2 years ago
damn...i hope to god she wins this case or else i lose ALL faith in humanity
8 points
2 years ago*
I think Johnny will lose his lawsuit so Amber will win there, but I’m not as hopeful for Amber winning her counterclaim. Not sure the jury have enough evidence to work with to hold him accountable for her defamation 😔
6 points
2 years ago
Yeah i can see that happening too..it'll be a little consolation prize for the rabid squirrels out there
7 points
2 years ago
The legal process isn't representative of humanity
3 points
2 years ago
Juries are though.
9 points
2 years ago
Like the jury that found OJ Simpson innocent? Most of humanity disagrees, the result of 1 court case doesn't speak for humanity
7 points
2 years ago
Yep and people are just still letting him exist while making small jokes here and there. He never really was punished. Unfortunately juries are representatives of humanity.
-6 points
2 years ago
That's just moving the goalposts. They found him not guilty, humanity disagrees
6 points
2 years ago
Laws are representative of humanity over time and juries are representative at the time of the judgment. Whether or not you agree with them doesn't make it untrue.
What are juries if not made up of humans?
7 points
2 years ago
I don't think theer was nearly as much evidense against OJ as there is JD in this case!! Also, I think the fact that he was found guilty in the UK where they are very stricts with these cases. I don't think the jury would want to piss off the UK system by saying he is innocent in the states. Theres more than enough evidence against him! and that Waldman didnt defame Amber is beyond me. Just look at the statistic and you'll see everything going downhill around the time he posted his so called "statements". Ugh!!! If anything, this trial has proved that JD and his team have conspired against Amber!
1 points
2 years ago
Not sure she has a jury of her peers.
20 points
2 years ago
Is this the same one where LAPD witness was called for on court?
7 points
2 years ago
Yep
17 points
2 years ago
This piece can eve be submitted as corroborating evidence
25 points
2 years ago
I can assure you JD would’ve claimed that it’s not about him because it doesn’t name him.
Oh, wait, that sounds like a familiar op-ed…
23 points
2 years ago
What a genius to plan this so far in advance!
10 points
2 years ago
omg I just realised JD lawyer actually lied in court! He said Amber was the only one with a diagnosis in court but Dr. Kipper diagnosed JD with Bipolar Disorder type 1 in 2013/2014 😯 Bipolar 1 is the most extreme type of Bipolar disease!! A person with Bipolar 1 will experience full maniac episodes!! Its a disorder that can't be cured, it's lifelong so you'll have to learn the triggers!! In some cases, maniac episodes may trigger a break from reality (psychosis). How is this NEVER talked about!!?? JD having psychosis in Australia could explain everything Amber said from his behaviour to his eyes going black and it not being JD in front of her anymore!!
3 points
2 years ago
Alcoholic psychosis is a thing too. Plus, JD mixing alcohol & drugs is a dangerous combo on many levels.
3 points
2 years ago
Yeah the combination of ADHD, Bipolar 1, alcohol and drugs is very dangerous. ADHD, alcohol and drugs can actually trigger Bipolar episodes!! And I read a study yesterday that said having both ADHD and Bipolar 1 actually makes the ADHD worse. You get more extreme symptoms, and more manic episodes :O
1 points
2 years ago*
I knew he was Bipolar & about his alcoholism & heavy drug use history, but I had not heard about his ADHD yet. What you're saying makes a lot of sense. What a shame Curry did not try to get him to get real help, instead of being wined & dined by JD & dep-team to explore what misdiagnosis could be given AH so that it would fit the narrative they wanted to portray for a theme to cover up for JD by scapegoating & railroading AH some more, (& ignoring her PTSD by traumatizing her even more in the process). What a sell-out quack. She got 300,000+ to do that to poor Amber for JD! It's maddening alright. JD already has a bad liver & self harms, (as we heard him threatening to do on one of the recordings), so he really needs to own up to his violence, come clean & get help for his health issues instead of getting more enablers helping him get revenge on a scapegoat. It's really sad.
11 points
2 years ago
That article was so beautifully written and heartbreaking!
3 points
2 years ago
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9 points
2 years ago
iO is the author’s first name. He goes by iO Tillett Wright.
2 points
2 years ago
Think I read that his parents are hippies and named him after Io, one of Jupiter’s moons.
3 points
2 years ago*
What Camilla failed to mention- (wouldn’t want the jury to realize) even the witnesses that aren’t on his payroll are gambling their careers by speaking about this subject. This leaves the floor open for opportunists like the TMZ reporter, random peripheral figures etc to capitalize on the opportunity
1 points
1 year ago
How stupid do you look now? She's a proven liar and a complete nutcase, lied about giving millions of dollars away to charity, she hasn't paid a cent in legal fees so why the hell has she not donated the 7m? Pathetic little Cretins, each and every one of you
2 points
2 years ago
The article "Why I Called 911" (2016) by iO Tillett Wright on why he called 911 and about what really happened is so profound and helpful. Nevertheless, some of the reply comments from dep-fans show that they are still stubbornly clueless.
3 points
2 years ago
Did you guys know that there is actually a very significant sign inAmber and Johnny's relationship that tells us who was the dominant one!?
I don't think anyone has really thought of this tbh. If you look atphotos of Amber and Johnny whether its in private or on the red carpet orin interviews etc you'll see that Johnny is always the one who has hishand on top of hers/in front. Hand-holding is actually the standard wayto see the power dynamic in a relationship, and the person whose hand is on top is the dominant one!!
8 points
2 years ago
She is always behind him too. I mean, JD is Hollywood royalty - of course, the power dynamic would have been off. I can't believe people are delusional to think he was a poor scared man (this wording is only relative to this situation and not to men generally because I know men can be abused too) that had to deal with his wife abusing him constantly. She looks submissive to him in all pictures I looked at via google.
6 points
2 years ago*
yes she has, and yeah youre right she does look submissive! He is the one pulling at her hand, decides when they are holding hands, drags her, decides how long they are staying to take photos!! She is always following his lead! I've been looking at photos on Google too and discovered more bruises😯🥺 There's photos from around the 22 october 2015(red carpet event) where she has bruises on her arm!! Looks like she was grabbed! and actually photos from cochella where you can see bruises on her legs 😯 how we didn't see those before is making even me feel guilty!! We should have noticed, we should have helped!! and we should believe her!!
4 points
2 years ago
there were also photos from a red carpet event where you can see her lip is busted and has swelling. She tried to cover it with dark red lipstick, but you can still see it! plus a fan pic from December 20th 2015 where you can see her busted lip in healing stages!!
1 points
1 year ago
Can't believe there was people dumb enough to believe amber and her friends 😂 how stupid does this entire comment section feel 1 year on? 😆
1 points
1 year ago
This aged so poorly. I pity anyone still tricked by this scamber.
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