As the Johnny Depp-Amber Heard trial continues in Fairfax, Virginia, Wednesday brought testimony from Christian Carino, Depp’s former agent with Creative Artists Agency (CAA).
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Ellise Shafer Evan Rachel Wood is opening up about her experience being “publicly gaslit” for coming forward with abuse allegations against Marilyn Manson.On a new episode of Jameela Jamil’s podcast “I Weigh,” the actor dove deep into the “re-traumatizing” but necessary process of being involved in a sexual abuse investigation.Manson and Wood were publicly in a relationship from 2006 to 2010, and Wood named Manson as her alleged abuser in February 2021. Soon after, the Los Angeles Police Department announced that Manson was under investigation for domestic violence.
Wood has recently released a documentary on HBO, “Phoenix Rising,” which follows her journey to pass the Phoenix Act — a bill that extends the statute of limitations in domestic violence — in the California senate. In conversation with Jamil, Wood detailed her experience of being questioned about the alleged abuse.
“After being involved in a large investigation like the one I’m involved in now, I really started to understand why people pull out of investigations and why victims recount their statements and why they go forward and then pull back,” Wood said. “Because man, it’s no joke having to go through the things that have happened to you in excruciating detail.
Questions you’ve never been asked. And to have to go back there over and over again, to be publicly gaslit on a large scale or even a small scale, it’s very, very re-traumatizing.”Wood continued, “I sit here knowing I’m not lying, knowing I’m telling the truth, but people make you feel crazy.
So I have to sit there and meditate and go through the things that have happened to me and go, ‘Did this happen to you? Yes. Did this happen? Yes.’ And I go through the details and replay them in my head just
.As the Johnny Depp-Amber Heard trial continues in Fairfax, Virginia, Wednesday brought testimony from Christian Carino, Depp’s former agent with Creative Artists Agency (CAA).
defamation suit against ex-wife Amber Heard, mentioning his interactions with Marilyn Manson.The actor has been permitted by a Virginia judge to pursue his case against his ex-wife, suing her for defamation over a 2018 Washington Post op-ed in which she wrote about surviving domestic violence.Heard did not mention Depp by name in the article, but Depp’s lawyers have argued that it falsely implies she was sexually and physically abused by Depp during their marriage. Heard has also filed a counterclaim against Depp, arguing he has created a smear campaign against her.During his cross-examination in the ongoing trial this week, Depp was asked by Heard’s lawyer about his drug use with Manson, with the intention of further delving into the actor’s history with substance abuse.“We drank together, we’ve had cocaine together maybe a couple of times,” Depp said.
Johnny Depp got a laugh from the courtroom as he said every hour is “happy hour” and recalled doing drugs with Marilyn Manson, giving him a pill to stop him from talking so much. The defamation trial between Mr Depp and ex-wife Amber Heard began on Monday 11 April in Fairfax, Virginia following Mr Depp’s lawsuit against his ex-wife in March 2019. Mr Depp is arguing that she defamed him in a December 2018 op-ed published in The Washington Post titled “I spoke up against sexual violence — and faced our culture’s wrath.
Johnny Depp returned to the stand Thursday to resume cross-examination by ex-wife Amber Heard’s attorneys, who focused on Depp’s drug use and text messages the actor sent referring to Heard as an “idiot cow,” “worthless hooker,” and “filthy whore.”Heard’s lawyer J. Benjamin Rottenborn showed text messages from a 2013 exchange between Depp and actor Paul Bettany, in which Depp wrote: “Let’s burn Amber!!!” Bettany responded: “Having thought it through I don’t think we should burn Amber …”Depp texted: “Let’s drown her before we burn her!!! I will f— her burnt corpse afterwards to make sure she’s dead.”A 2014 flight from Boston to Los Angeles was also mentioned several times.
West Side Story co-star Ansel Elgort during their press tour.The actor, who played Maria to Elgort’s Tony, recently shared in an interview with ELLE that it was a “real gut punch” to have to answer for the actions of “an adult male who can speak for himself.”Ansel Elgort was accused in June 2020 of sexually assaulting a girl in 2014, when she was reportedly 17 years old while he was 20.Elgort denied the allegations, maintaining he has “never and would never assault anyone” and claimed he had a “brief, legal, and entirely consensual relationship”.“I reverted back to this brain space I was in [back in] June of 2020, when the accusation surfaced,” Zegler said, discussing the press tour where she was asked to comment.“We were in the middle of the first wave of lockdown, and there was nothing to do but doomscroll. Those days were some of the worst mental health days I’ve ever had.“I was sitting there having just turned 19, on the precipice of what was promised to be the biggest moment in my life, and was being held accountable [by the public] for accusations that not only had nothing to do with me but were made about a situation that was said to have occurred [five] years prior to when I had met and worked with this person.”The actor went on to say there is “inherent discomfort” with realising that many people believe you can speak for “an adult male who can speak for himself”.Zegler went on to say how disappointed she was, saying she believed it came from a place of people not caring about her own feelings.“In the grand scheme of things with this woman who has come forward with these allegations, I cannot imagine what she had to go through,” she continued.
The Johnny Depp-Amber Heard defamation trial continued on Tuesday, April 19 with Depp taking to the stand to testify in the $100-million lawsuit.
Rachel Zegler is getting real about how it felt to be asked about her co-star, Ansel Elgort's allegations of sexual assault. In the latest issue of , in which Zegler is the cover star, the actress called being asked about the allegations «a gut punch.»“It was a real gut punch, honestly,” Zegler said of being asked to answer for her male coworker. Zegler, Ariana DeBose, and Rita Moreno were questioned about the allegation during a roundtable with . In 2020, a woman accused Elgort — who plays Zegler's love interest in the film -- in a since-deleted post, of sexually assaulting her in 2014, when she was reportedly 17 years old, and he was 20.“I reverted back to this brain space I was in [back in] June of 2020, when the accusation surfaced.
“I was sitting there having just turned 19, on the precipice of what was promised to be the biggest moment in my life, and was being held accountable [by the public] for accusations that not only had nothing to do with me but were made about a situation that was said to have occurred years prior,” actress Rachel Zegler told Elle Magazine about the allegation her West Side Story co-star, Ansel Elgort, had sexually assaulted an underage woman when he was 20. Elgort has denied the allegation.
While taking the stand in his libel trial against Amber Heard, Johnny Depp addressed his ex-wife’s claims of domestic abuse.
In an interview with Elle Magazine, Zegler discussed the anxiety that she felt in June 2020 when reports first surfaced that Elgort had been accused of raping a 17-year-old girl in 2014 and she began to get questions from reporters and on social media about him, whom she shared the screen with as Maria and Tony in Steven Spielberg’s take on the classic Broadway musical.“I was sitting there, having just turned 19, on the precipice of what was promised to be the biggest moment in my life, and was being held accountable [by the public] for accusations that not only had nothing to do with me but were made about a situation that was said to have occurred [five] years prior to when I had met and worked with this person,” Zegler said. “With no thought to the fact that I was also 17 when I met this person, 17 when I worked with them, 17 and 18 when I had to do love scenes.”“[There is] inherent discomfort that comes with that realization that there are tons of people who think that you have to answer for the actions of an adult male who can speak for himself,” she continued.Elgort has denied all wrongdoing and was not present at this year’s Oscars, where “West Side Story” was nominated for Best Picture and won Best Supporting Actress for Ariana DeBose’s performance as Anita.
Ahead of the theatrical release and subsequent Oscar nominations for Steven Spielberg‘s remake of the musical “West Side Story,” the film hit a major obstacle. Lead actor Ansel Elgort was alleged to have committed sexual assault against a 17-year-old girl in 2014.
sexual abuse allegations against costar Ansel Elgort. “It was a real gut punch, honestly,” Zegler, 20 told Elle magazine of constantly being asked about the Elgort’s controversy. “I reverted back to this brain space I was in [back in] June of 2020, when the accusation surfaced.
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Deftones have officially unveiled their new touring line-up, with bassist Fred Sablan making his debut on the first night of the band’s long-awaited North American tour with Gojira.Sablan, who is best known as the former bassist for Marilyn Manson, kicked off his tenure with Chino Moreno and co. at the band’s Portland show at the Moda Center on Thursday night (April 14).It comes after Vega announced last month that he had officially left Deftones.
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Valorant esports player Jay “Sinatraa” Won was suspended by Riot Games for “failing to fully cooperate” with an investigation into accusations of sexual assault.However, yesterday (April 12) Sinatraa took to social media to say he was “ready for a return to competitive play.”Sinatraa was a pro gamer and a member of Valorant team Sentinels when his ex-girlfriend Cleo Hernandez released a statement on Twitter detailing her relationship with him. In the lengthy post, Hernandez detailed multiple instances of alleged sexual assault, gaslighting, and mental and emotional abuse at the hands of Sinatraa alongside supporting evidence.Within days, Sinatraa was temporarily suspended by Sentinels with Riot Games later handing out a six-month ban due to his failure to fully cooperate with the investigation.Speaking about the decision Alex Francois, the Head of Competitive Operations for Valorant Esports said that while the investigation “did not come to a definitive conclusion”, the Competitive Operations team that was reviewing the case “had serious concerns with Sinatraa’s conduct during the course of the investigation.”The ban expired in September but since then, Sinatraa hasn’t taken part in any professional tournaments.However, yesterday (April 12) he took to Twitter to say “It’s been a year since I was forced to step back from competitive play.
Johnny Depp’s attorneys told jurors that “his name is associated with a lie,” characterizing his ex-wife Amber Heard’s claims of domestic abuse as false accusations that lack any evidence and even suggesting that her 2018 Washington Post op-ed was written to reap publicity from her upcoming movie Aquaman.