The Johnny Depp-Amber Heard trial was a pop culture obsession. Saudi trolls may have had a hand in that
Johnny Depp and Amber Heard fought a bitter and closely followed legal battle in 2022, accusing one another of defamation. Outside the courtroom, Heard was the target of a barrage of disparaging posts on social media that, according to a new investigative podcast, may have been the workings of a Saudi Arabian bot farm.
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![This combination of photos shows actor Johnny Depp testifying at the Fairfax County Circuit Court in Fairfax, Va., on April 21, 2022, left, and actor Amber Heard testifying in the same courtroom on May 26, 2022. The actors have settled their defamation appeals. Two side-by-side photos show a man in a blue suit jacket and a blond woman in a grey suit jacket.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.6691237.1671479205!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/depp-heard-trial.jpg)
Johnny Depp and Amber Heard fought a bitter and closely followed legal battle in 2022, accusing one another of defamation. Outside the courtroom, Heard was the target of a barrage of disparaging posts on social media that, according to a new investigative podcast, may have been the workings of a Saudi Arabian bot farm.