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title: Why Johnny Depp’s courtroom victory is a Pyrrhic one
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# [Why Johnny Depp’s courtroom victory is a Pyrrhic one](https://www.freedomwarrior.info/articles/why-johnny-depps-courtroom-victory-is-a-pyrrhic-one)

 Written by [Amy Polacko](https://www.freedomwarrior.info/articles/author/amy-polacko) | Jun 5, 2022 1:45:00 PM

> The fact that so many Americans found pleasure in people’s domestic pain retraumatized victims. Many abuse survivors are now worried that Depp’s courtroom victory seems to undermine the #MeToo movement by scaring them back into a cave of silence. 
> 
> [Read the full article here.](https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/johnny-depp-amber-heard-trial-verdict-pyrrhic-victory-rcna31874)

> By Amy Polacko, Divorce Coach & Journalist

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