

Depp under a guilty by association theory” and to “raise in the jury’s mind” that “birds of a feather flock together.”ĭepp’s relationship with Disney was apparently on the rocks due to his alleged wild behavior, Heard’s team seemed to suggest in a motion that sought to include testimony from Depp’s former talent agent Tracey Jacobs.
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In response, Depp allegedly wrote back that Manson shouldn’t take “NO SHIT” and advised him to stay calm to avoid giving “her what she wants which is TO MAKE YOU SCREAM, FLIP OUT AND FEED HER NARCISSISM!!!” At another point, Depp apparently referred to Heard as his “ex cunt” and said her behavior was “textbook sociopathic.”ĭespite Heard’s team claiming that Depp’s own lawyers had submitted those messages as trial exhibits, Depp’s attorneys claimed that Heard wanted to include the communications between Depp and Manson to “smear Mr. I don’t know if you are back, but I need asylum somewhere because I think the cops might be headed my way.”

“I got a serious police amber type scenario with L’s family,” Manson allegedly texted Depp, according to the unsealed documents.

Manson, who is facing serious accusations of physical and sexual abuse from more than a dozen women, including his former partner Evan Rachel Wood, had allegedly texted Depp in 2016 to say his now-wife Lindsay Usich had “pulled an Amber and filed a police report” against him, calling her an “Amber 2.0.” More details of Manson and Depp’s friendship were successfully kept out of the trial, as text messages submitted by Depp’s own team show the men referring to Heard and her abuse claims, according to court filings. “How could they make a judgment, how could they not come to that conclusion,” Heard said of jurors’ deeming her claims of abuse as defamatory. The trove of documents indicates the sheer amount of information from both sides that the jury was restricted from hearing, something Heard had voiced her frustration with shortly after the verdict, saying she had a “binder worth of years of notes” that allegedly supported her claims of abuse. Meanwhile, Depp’s camp had tried to argue they should be permitted the possibility of using nude photos of Heard to rebut her claims of abuse and labeled Heard’s team attempt to include mention of his medications as a ploy to embarrass the actor. (Manson has denied all claims of physical and sexual abuse against him.)

They also were limited in referring to Depp’s close friendship with accused abuser Marilyn Manson, as unsealed docs show alleged messages between the men referring to Heard and her claims of abuse against Depp. Heard’s side was unsuccessful in excluding from trial certain audio recordings and photos used by Depp’s team that they claimed had been manipulated, and were unable to show certain texts that they claimed offered proof that Depp had been physically violent with Heard. The docs reveal even more damning allegations the two sides had tried to make part of the six-week televised trial. However, in “Say10,” Manson’s usual finesse is abandoned entirely, making for a shallow, unsubstantial music video.Now previously sealed pretrial motions and documents - amounting to more than 6,000 pages - were made public over the weekend by a legal blogger and first reported by The Daily Beast. The singer is known for his artistic use of shocking imagery that serves to reveal Manson’s deeply insightful nature. In the past, Manson has used controversy to make bold political statements and to draw attention to the undeniable darkness of the world. Therefore, the issue with “Say10” is not the explicit content, but rather the excessive and utterly meaningless use of obscene imagery. Shocking imagery is, and always has been, quintessential to Manson’s style. What originally presented itself as a captivating plot quickly degrades into a cheap scheme to garner sex appeal that repeats itself throughout the video. The video primarily consists of Manson and Depp sitting in thrones surrounded by naked women. But these elements are not enough to redeem the unsubstantial and meaningless content. On the surface, the “Say10” music video is well made the shots are artistic and capture the twisted nature of the song, while the lighting and color contrast serves to create striking images. Marilyn Manson recently released his new music video, featuring Johnny Depp, for “Say10.” But instead of an artistic masterpiece, the video only proves that friends don’t always make ideal collaborators.
