Heard mentality once more… – The Eye Journal

Articles revealed in The Eye are written by a staff of contributors and edited by the multi-award successful former BBC information and present affairs reporter, Phil Parry.

A foul-mouthed monitor on a rock album recorded by star actor Johnny Depp who was labelled a “spouse beater” in court docket for brutal assaults on his ex, places centre stage how his image was utilized by an enormous division retailer in Cardiff, and that officers there failed to supply a press release explaining the controversial coverage.

Mr Depp recorded the monitor on the album known as 18, of ageing rocker Jeff Beck which was launched on Friday, and he sings: “i believe you’ve mentioned sufficient for one motherf***ing evening”.

The evaluations, although, haven’t been good.

One critic mentioned: “The perfunctory covers on this collaborative album serve to indicate simply how unhealthy Depp’s personal songwriting is, as he rants about how terrible it’s to be him”.

Within the tune “Unhappy Motherf***in’ Parade” he croons: “You’re sitting there like a canine with a seven-year itch”.

It has been reported within the UK press that this can be a direct reference to his acrimonious libel battles together with his ex-wife, Amber Heard.

The Sunday Instances (ST) reported: “Depp blasts away post-courtroom blues with hate tune for Heard”.

Within the authentic UK libel listening to, Mr Justice Nicol dominated that Mr Depp attacked Ms Heard on a dozen events throughout their relationship, and that an article in regards to the assaults in The Solar (TS), was “considerably true”.

It was present in court docket, that Mr Depp put his ex-wife in “worry for her life” on three events – together with throughout a “three-day hostage state of affairs” in Australia in March 2015, the place £120,000 price of injury was brought on to their rented dwelling.

Nevertheless, he was awarded $10 million in compensatory damages and $5 million in punitive damages by a court docket in Virginia USA, over a first-person Washington Submit article 4 years in the past from Ms Heard, through which she had claimed she was a survivor of home abuse.

His former spouse had authored an opinion piece within the newspaper, which Mr Depp claimed was clearly about him, regardless that he wasn’t named.

For her half, Ms Heard launched a $100 million counter-claim in opposition to Mr Depp, alleging that he orchestrated a smear marketing campaign in opposition to her.

Regardless of the libel trial judgement within the UK court docket, the large division retailer John Lewis (JL) continued to make use of a big image of Mr Depp to promote Dior’s Eau Sauvage within the fragrance division of its Cardiff store, and the ONLY response from the JL PO has been: “Hey Phil, Thanks to your e mail and getting in contact. We’ll look into this for you – please might you let me know what your deadline is?”

It was additionally dominated within the UK court docket case, that

1. In early 2013, Mr Depp slapped and knocked Ms Heard to the bottom after she made a joke about his “Wino Without end” tattoo.
2. In March 2013, Mr Depp flew right into a rage whereas excessive on medication and hit Ms Heard so exhausting he made her lip bleed.
3. In June 2013, Mr Depp attacked Ms Herd in a trailer at Hicksville – throwing glasses at her and ripping her gown.
4. In Could 2014, Mr Depp screamed at her on a non-public jet after taking medication and boozing earlier than kicking her within the again or bum.
5. In 2014, Mr Depp grabed Ms Heard by the hair, slapped her and pushed her to the bottom on a detox journey to the Bahamas.
6. In January 2015, Mr Depp once more attacked Ms Heard whereas on medication – this time slapping her and pushing her to the bottom. He then stood over her yelling.
7. In March 2015, Mr Depp launched right into a brutal three-day assault in Australia – leaving Ms Heard with a damaged lip, swollen nostril and cuts throughout her physique. He trashed the home in a violent rampage and pushed her to the bottom, choking her and spitting in her face.
8. In March 2015 within the couple’s LA dwelling, Mr Depp grabbed Ms Heard in entrance of her sister and repeatedly hit her.
9. In August 2015 on the couple’s honeymoon, Mr Depp pushed Ms Heard in opposition to a wall by grabbing her by the throat.
10. In December 2015, Mr Depp chucked a glass decanter at Ms Heard at their LA dwelling in a drug binge. He additionally slapped her and dragged her by way of the condominium by her hair – ripping a bit out. He then hit her once more at the back of the top and headbutted her within the face and screamed “I’ll f***ing kill you”. Mr Depp then pushed her face right into a mattress and repeatedly punched her at the back of the top.
11. In April 2016 at Ms. Heard’s birthday celebration, Mr Depp assaulted her after receiving “grim information” about his funds.
12. In Could 2016, Mr Depp chucked a cellphone at Ms Heard – injuring her eye – earlier than pulling her hair and hanging her.

The decide within the UK libel case introduced by Mr Depp, dismissed two allegations made by Ms Heard, however didn’t conclude she had been untruthful. These had been that:

1. In December 2014, Ms Heard claimed Mr Depp was “violent in direction of” her, and later branded himself a “f***ing savage”. That is, maybe, acceptable provided that the male fragrance Mr Depp advertises is ‘Sauvage’.
2. In November 2015, she mentioned Mr Depp “threw her across the room” and pushed her over a chair.

With this background, the silence by JL over the coverage of utilizing a big image of Mr Depp, to advertise the sale of male fragrance, appears weird within the excessive.

Regardless of his victory within the American court docket, Mr Depp’s movie profession has not but absolutely recovered.

In an interview with the ST final 12 months he mentioned he was the topic of a Hollywood boycott.

It seems that our Editor Phil Parry may additionally have been boycotted by the JL media relations workplace, regardless that they mentioned “We’ll look into this for you”…

The reminiscences of our Editor, Phil Parry’s, astonishing 38 12 months award-winning profession in journalism (together with a number of the large establishments he took on) as he was gripped by the uncommon neurological disabling situation, Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia (HSP), have been launched in a serious e-book ‘A GOOD STORY’. Order the e-book now!

Regrettably publication of one other e-book, nonetheless, was refused, as a result of it was to have included names.

Tomorrow – we study the vicious Conservative management race, because the extraordinary contest strikes into a final voting for MPs, earlier than they rise for the summer season recess, and the ultimate two candidates face scrutiny by peculiar members of the get together.