Following Johnny Depp’s victory over Amber Heard in a long-running series of charges, we are seeing the growth of #MenToo on Twitter as a response to #MeToo.
On Wednesday, a jury awarded Johnny Depp $15 million in damages in his defamation case against his ex-wife Amber Heard.
Fans of actor Johnny Depp used the hashtag to convey their conflicted feelings about his victory.
The #DeppyHeard jury stand with victims of domestic violence. #MenToo.
Johnny Depp was awarded $10 million in compensatory damages and $5 million in punitive damages.
Amber Heard was awarded $2 million in compensatory damages. #JusticeForJohnnyDepp— Anonymous (@YourAnonCentral) June 1, 2022
https://twitter.com/maaaatttt23/status/1532080512667471873?t=qeTAlFJUStPltP-KK_-Tkw&s=19
You took OUR rapes, OUR beatings, OUR Stitches, OUR broken bones OUR survival and used them to ruin A man, HIS family, HIS career, You Lied, but the truth has been seen by the world
Shame on you#MenToo https://t.co/4VRZXtlYmA— Donna. Politically Homeless (@brewbich) June 1, 2022
Johnny Depp put his career. Pirates 6. Fantastic Beasts 3. EVERYTHING on the line.
It took YEARS too but he WON.
He PROVED that #mentoo can be domestic abuse survivors.
— ThatUmbrellaGuy (@ThatUmbrella) June 1, 2022
You did it. You pathed a way to a better future. Thank you Johnny! #MenToo.
Fuck #BelieveAllWomen pic.twitter.com/fIyh2DNzDD— HatterTheMadd (@HatterTheMadd) June 1, 2022
I’ve spent the last 13 years in criminal defense. I’ve seen good men have their lives destroyed by false allegations. Jobs lost; children taken away; their lives absolutely ruined. All it takes is an accusation. #MenToo
— Eric Matheny 🎙 (@EricMMatheny) June 1, 2022
In his defamation claim, Depp was awarded $10 million in compensatory damages and $5 million in punitive damages.
Heard was also given $2 million in compensatory damages by the jury.
#MenToo is a movement that aims to defend men from being falsely accused of sexual assault and having their lives turned upside down.
The #MeToo campaign started as a long overdue awareness of the lengthy history and pervasiveness of sexual abuse against women in India.
Sexual assault is really about power, which makes both men and women vulnerable.
Proponents of #MenToo argue that crime knows no gender, which is accurate in theory but nonsensical in practice when it comes to sexual violence.
