Airing of all sorts of dirty laundry about his reputation and behavior and lost a similar lawsuit in uk. depp assaulted heard a dozen times including several that put her in fear for her life. the current case stems from a 2018 op-ed that heard published in the washington post headlined, i spoke up against sexual violence and faced our culture s rath. that has to change. heard an actress and aclu ambassador on women s rights had filed for divorce in 2016 and asked for a restraining order, citing abuse. she wrote that after speaking out she lost a movie role and endorsement deal and received death threats. quote, i had the rare vantage point of seeing in realtime how institutions protect men accused of abuse. though she never named depp in the piece, he argues it damaged his career that her allegations led to him being denied a sequel to pirates of the caribbean and denies all claims of abuse and his attorney called her