The 2022 defamation trial between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard produced a number of shocking accusations — and a whole lot of online misogyny, according to advocates like those in The Guardian, who fear the tone of online joking about Heard may shame other victims of domestic abuse into staying silent. One such stunning insinuation appeared in a leaked deposition that went viral online during the trial, though it was ultimately left out of the courtroom; the video, leaked by The Daily Mail, featured the allegation that Cara Delevingne was involved in a “three-way affair” between Heard and billionaire Elon Musk.
Josh Drew, who was married to one of Heard’s friends, can be seen in the video agreeing that, while Heard was still married to Depp, “the three of them, Amber Heard, Elon Musk and Cara Delevingne, spent the night together.” The rumor pulled Delevingne into the online furore surrounding the trial, as speculation in Page Six and other outlets suggested Delevingne might have to testify about what, exactly, went on there. Musk, perhaps attempting to head off too much conversation, told the same outlet that the whole thing was made up. “Cara and I are friends, but we’ve never been intimate,” Musk claimed. “She would confirm this.”
Delevingne was not called to give testimony; perhaps, as one observer noted, the courtroom realized it would be irrelevant. “What does that have to do with anything in this case?” they wrote.
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