Depp v Heard on OTT: Here's when the limited docu series on Johnny Depp - Amber Heard trial will premiere

The Johnny Depp and Amber Heard trial has been widely discussed and scrutinized in the media and it continues to capture the imagination of the general public. The two, who were formerly married, battled it out in a courtroom over an op-ed piece that Heard had penned in 2018 in the Washington DC in which she described herself as a "public figure representing domestic abuse". She would then be sued by Hollywood superstar Johnny Depp over the defamation that allegedly arose from the same piece, and the rest, as we know, is history.

The 'Depp v. Heard' trial, held between April 11 and June 1 of 2022, was telecast live and witnessed by a massive audience across the world, earning the title of 'trial by tiktok' for the amount of traction it received on social media platforms such as TikTok. The gruelling battle inside the courtroom saw Depp being awarded $10 million in compensatory damages and $5 million in punitive damages from Heard, which was later reduced to $350,000.

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And this landmark trial is set to become the subject of a new limited Netflix series named Depp v. Heard, which will be helmed by Emma Cooper (producer of Netflix titles like The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes, Bikram: Yogi, Guru, Predator). Netflix's official report states the three-part series attempts to cover the trial from an objective point of view and will mainly focus on the impact of the presence of public opinion in the proceedings.

"Ultimately, Depp v. Heard interrogates the role social media played in the trial, raising provocative, uncomfortable questions about how the conversations happening outside the courtroom may have influenced the outcome," reads a part of the Netflix report.

Depp v. Heard will premiere on Netflix on August 16, 2023.