[https://www.thecut.com/2022/05/why-do-so-many-people-think-amber-heard-is-lying.html?utm_campaign=thecut&utm_medium=s1&utm_source=tw](https://www.thecut.com/2022/05/why-do-so-many-people-think-amber-heard-is-lying.html?utm_campaign=thecut&utm_medium=s1&utm_source=tw) << False allegations of domestic violence are exceedingly rare. Taking this trial as an example, you can see why: The legal process dredges up relentless grief, and it certainly isn’t weighted toward survivors. If you fight back, you are often framed as complicit in the abuse. Yet the idea that women make up damning stories to entrap innocent men refuses to die. Attorneys for Weinstein cast his accusers as liars motivated by fame and money. Bill Cosby has repeatedly claimed the same. Woody Allen has characterized his daughter’s molestation allegations as a bid by his vengeful ex to destroy his career. In the past few years, it finally seemed as though the public was beginning to believe the victims. But by all appearances, Depp continues to enjoy the benefit of the doubt even as he reads back the texts in which he referred to Heard as a “slippery whore.” >>