Twitter's trial observers seem to proceed their backing of actor Johnny Depp as his defamation case towards ex-wife and Aquaman star Amber Heard enters its twelfth day. The highest tweets driving probably the most engagement are on his aspect.

Depp filed a $50 million lawsuit towards Heard after she penned a 2018 Washington Submit op-ed about violence towards ladies.

In 2016, Heard had accused then-husband Depp of home violence and obtained a short lived restraining order towards her Rum Diary co-star, which led to a highly-publicized divorce after 15 months of marriage.

Depp and Heard during defamation trial
Amber Heard (R) speaks to her authorized group as Johnny Depp (L) returns to the stand after a lunch recess through the $50 million defamation trial on the Fairfax County Circuit Court docket in Fairfax, Virginia, on April 21, 2022.JIM LO SCALZO/POOL/AFP through Getty Photographs

Heard obtained on-line help again then, particularly with the onset of the #MeToo motion circa 2017. Web commentators held up her story as exemplary of a cultural tendency to dismiss ladies who come ahead with tales of abuse.

After shedding a 2020 libel case towards U.Ok. tabloid The Solar for calling him a "spouse beater," Depp—who was dropped from his roles within the Incredible Beasts and Pirates movie franchises as a result of debacle with Heard—is now seeing an outpouring of help.

This shift seems to have occurred after various leaks documenting the couple's tumultuous relationship circulated on-line, together with audio recordings of arguments, deposition movies, and a graphic picture of Depp's bloodied finger, which he stated was partially severed after Heard threw a vodka bottle at him.

As of Friday, the highest 5 tweets mentioning "Johnny Depp," "Amber Heard," or each posted for the reason that trial started in Fairfax, Virginia on April 18 are siding with Depp towards Heard.

The posts' rankings have been decided by their engagement through numbers of retweets, likes, and replies. Whereas these variables quantify the recognition of a tweet, engagement doesn't essentially quantity to an endorsement of its content material.

Many of the tweets empathized with Depp's reactions and demeanor as he took the stand.

In a publish retweeted over 119,000 instances and appreciated practically 640,000 instances, person @johnnyhellodepp shared a video of the Edward Scissorhands star listening because the courtroom heard a recorded argument between the previous couple.

Within the audio, Heard admitted to having "hit" him.

"Johnny Depp's response to the court docket lastly getting to listen to the audio tape by which Amber Heard admits to abusing him," the tweet reads, utilizing the hashtag #JusticeforJohnnyDepp.

A Johnny Depp fanpage with the username @GellertDepp reacted to the identical second, tweeting: "FINALLY YHE [sic] WORLD CAN F***ING HEAR THIS. AMBER HEARD ADMITTING TO ABUSING JOHNNY DEPP. CLEAR AS DAY ON TAPE!!!"

It garnered greater than 66,500 retweets and 497,300 likes.

Twitter person @tasteofsanity shared a picture of Depp pinching the bridge of his nostril throughout his testimony.

"Amber Heard's legal professionals simply made Johnny Depp take heed to a recording of himself expressing the need to self hurt," they wrote. "This was the purpose she drove him to, and he is reliving all of it now. He deserved so significantly better.

"Maintain him in your coronary heart at the moment, with all those that've suffered abuse."

The tweet racked up over 73,000 retweets and 667,000 likes.

One other viral tweet by the identical person, at over 86,000 retweets and 515,000 likes, reads: "Amber Heard offered an edited video of Johnny Depp slamming cupboards to TMZ and the entire world immediately took her aspect.

"Johnny Depp supplied 80+ CCTV movies, hours of audio, and greater than two dozen eyewitnesses, and other people nonetheless wanna rock up and say 'I believe it was mutual.'"

A publish retweeted over 118,000 instances and appreciated by roughly 625,000 customers contained an edited compilation of clips from Depp's cross-examination by Ben Rottenborn, Heard's lawyer.

The video collated moments by which Rottenborn was agency in his questioning of Depp, and instances when the actor reacted facetiously.

The tweet, by @mculokii, captioned the video as "johnny depp coping with clown rottenborn at day 7 court docket trial."

The Depp-Heard trial noticed kinfolk, mates and associates of the superstar exes take the stand.

Although star-studded names equivalent to billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk and actor James Franco have been anticipated to make appearances, current reviews instructed they may seemingly skip out on testifying.