Johnny Depp Cancelled

When Benefit of Doubt Goes to the Accuser

Johnny Depp — the iconic star of films such as Donnie Brasco, Edward Scissorhands and Finding Neverland — has become the latest victim of cancel culture.

Warner Bros has asked him to resign from the Harry Potter prequel franchise, Fantastic Beasts, whilst he has reportedly been fired from The Pirates of the Caribbean Franchise, where he played the unmistakable role of Jack Sparrow.

This comes on the back of his failed libel case against Britain’s Sun newspaper. The Sun had claimed that Depp was abusive towards his ex-wife, actress Amber Heard (34), something Depp contested. Despite the evidence to the contrary in a 129-page ruling, Depp argued that he was not abusive and rather, that he was abused by Heard. Depp alleged that the abuse extended to punching, kicking, staged attacks and a black eye he sustained after being late for Heard’s 30th birthday dinner.

A recorded telephone exchange between the two, in which Heard argues over the semantics of what constitutes a punch and suggests that she “hit” him instead, provides weight to Depp’s argument. As does Depp’s ex-wife, Vanessa Paridis, and ex-girlfriend, Winona Ryder, echoing Depp’s claims that he would never hit a woman. “I do not want to call anyone a liar but from my experience of Johnny, it is impossible…