<mediadc-video-embed data-state="{"cms.site.owner":{"_ref":"00000161-3486-d333-a9e9-76c6fbf30000","_type":"00000161-3461-dd66-ab67-fd6b93390000"},"cms.content.publishDate":1654113995821,"cms.content.publishUser":{"_ref":"00000162-07c2-d172-a563-4fea7f950001","_type":"00000161-3461-dd66-ab67-fd6b933a0007"},"cms.content.updateDate":1654113995821,"cms.content.updateUser":{"_ref":"00000162-07c2-d172-a563-4fea7f950001","_type":"00000161-3461-dd66-ab67-fd6b933a0007"},"rawHtml":"
var _bp = _bp||[]; _bp.push({ "div": "Brid_54113764", "obj": {"id":"27789","width":"16","height":"9","video":"1023911"} }); ","_id":"00000181-1ce6-de8b-afe9-fee63c340000","_type":"2f5a8339-a89a-3738-9cd2-3ddf0c8da574"}”>Video EmbedGoing viral after the verdict in the defamation trial between actor Johnny Depp and ex-wife Amber Heard is a tweet from House Republicans.
The Wednesday tweet from the verified account of the House Judiciary Committee GOP features a GIF of a heroic-looking Depp as pirate Captain Jack Sparrow from the “Pirates of the Caribbean” movie series.
https://twitter.com/JudiciaryGOP/status/1532081904601669632
Within 30 minutes, the tweet had been retweeted nearly 2,500 times, most of them quote tweets. Many of the comments were negative, criticizing the account for sending such a tweet and calling for it to be deleted.
A jury found Heard, who is herself an actress, guilty of defamation for a 2018 op-ed she wrote for the Washington Post claiming she was a “public figure representing domestic abuse.” Depp was awarded $10 million in compensatory damages and $5 million in punitive damages.
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In addition, Heard was awarded $2 million in compensatory damages regarding comments made by Depp’s attorney about her allegations.
