{"id":35145,"date":"2022-06-03T15:29:05","date_gmt":"2022-06-03T15:29:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/i-testified-in-the-heard-vs-depp-trial-the-backlash-has-been-horrific\/"},"modified":"2022-06-03T15:29:05","modified_gmt":"2022-06-03T15:29:05","slug":"i-testified-in-the-heard-vs-depp-trial-the-backlash-has-been-horrific","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/i-testified-in-the-heard-vs-depp-trial-the-backlash-has-been-horrific\/","title":{"rendered":"‘I Testified in the Heard vs. Depp Trial. The Backlash Has Been Horrific ‘"},"content":{"rendered":"
I heard the news that Johnny Depp had won his defamation lawsuit against Amber Heard as the verdict was being read on June 1. I was very disappointed, first and foremost for Ms. Heard, who should have received much more of an outpouring of support than she did.<\/p>\n
I have been a practicing psychiatrist for around 30 years and have previously provided medical malpractice expert witness testimony. But before the Johnny Depp vs. Amber Heard defamation trial, I had never provided witness testimony in any high profile cases.<\/p>\n
I was asked to be an expert witness on this case in 2019, so I’ve actually been on the case for about three years and had been privy to every single detail of what’s been happening for that period of time.<\/p>\n
But when I signed on initially, the impression I had was that it would be a closed trial; there wouldn’t be cameras and fans in court. Paparazzi outside the courthouse was never a problem, that’s something I can handle, but the situation obviously took a different turn once the trial became a national, televised event. That said, I had a job to do and I did my job.<\/p>\n
Before the trial, I had one 50 minute Zoom meeting with Amber Heard and I had lunch with her between sessions on May 23. She was very nice, very cordial and very polite.<\/p>\n
I was very comfortable with the subject matter; I’m well versed on trauma and substance abuse and I was well versed on the facts of the case. But cross examination is something you’re never fully going to be prepared for, because you don’t know exactly what they’re going to do or say. It wasn’t as if I was stunned that I was going to be cross examined, though I was a little uneasy about being on national television. What I couldn’t prepare for, was the reaction from the public.<\/p>\n