Dr. David Spiegel in court at the Fairfax County Circuit Courthouse.
Dr. David Spiegel testifies in the courtroom at the Fairfax County Circuit Courthouse in Fairfax, Virginia, on May 23, 2022.STEVE HELBER/POOL/AFP via Getty Images
  • After his court appearance, a Psychiatrist testified for Heard.

  • He said that social media was filled with mockery of his testimony.

  • He asked why Johnny Depp didn't calm down his fans.

The expert witness who testified forAmber in Johnny Depp's defamation lawsuit said he may never agree to be an expert witness again after receiving vile online abuse.

Dr David R. Spiegel wrote in an article for Newsweek that he had never been the target of such a large amount of hate.

The trial was called a trial by TikTok by commentators.

Heard and those associated with her were often attacked by accounts that were unrelated to the trial.

Heard's lawyer said there was no way the jury wouldn't be influenced by it. Heard plans to appeal the $10 million judgement against her.

After his court appearance in support of Heard's claims of domestic abuse, the internet fixated on him.

A substance-abuse disorder and a person who is a perpetrators of intimate-partner violence were identified as reasons for the behavior of Johnny Depp, according to testimony given by a doctor.

Lawyers for the actor questioned his ability to draw a conclusion without examining the star.

—Andy Signore (@andysignore) May 23, 2022

On Friday, he wrote that he had tried to contact the actor twice.

He said he was an expert at this. I didn't see one clip of Mr. Depp and then say, "Oh, let me judge this"

Since he was asked to be a witness in the case, he's been studying the details.

There were a lot of negative reviews on the page immediately after the testimony. The videos of the encounter drew vile comments.

TikTokers made fun of his mannerisms at his court appearance. More than a million people have viewed the combined posts.

"Cross examination is something you're never fully prepared for, because you don't know what they're going to do or say."

He said that his wife warned him not to look at what was being said after he appeared.

He said the response was horrible. He had an emotional concussion in the next 48 hours that left him confused.

He wrote that he had dealt with people who were not guilty of murder by reason of insanity and people who were psychotic and had threatened to kill him.

He was upset that the actor didn't ask his fans to stop. He hasn't probably said anything about potential volumes about him.

"If I had groupies and I saw them attacking and harassing someone they don't know, I would have said what I said during the trial, that there are ways to express discontent, and then there are ways not to," he wrote.

The testimony could affect his career, but he said many of his clients have supported him.

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