Domestic Violence

In 2022, Depp won a high-profile defamation case against ex-wife Amber Heard. The trial revealed allegations of mutual abuse and became a cultural flashpoint. Public opinion largely shifted in Depp's favor.

In 2020, Depp lost a libel case against The Sun newspaper in the UK, which had called him a 'wife beater.' The judge ruled the characterization was 'substantially true.'

In February 2021, actress Evan Rachel Wood publicly named Manson as her abuser, alleging years of grooming, manipulation, and abuse starting when she was a teenager. Multiple other women made similar allegations.

FKA twigs filed a lawsuit in December 2020 alleging relentless abuse including sexual battery, assault, and emotional distress during their relationship. Other women came forward with similar accounts. LaBeouf later acknowledged his abusive behavior.

CNN obtained 2016 hotel surveillance footage showing Combs physically assaulting then-girlfriend Cassie Ventura in a hotel hallway, kicking and dragging her. Combs initially denied abuse before the video surfaced.

Charged in 2016 with aggravated battery of a pregnant woman, domestic battery by strangulation, and false imprisonment. His ex-girlfriend detailed severe physical and psychological abuse. He was murdered in 2018 before the case concluded.

In 2010, recordings surfaced of Gibson making threatening, racially charged, and violent statements to his ex-girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva. He pleaded no contest to misdemeanor battery.

In 2009, Brown physically assaulted then-girlfriend Rihanna the night before the Grammys, leaving her with visible injuries. He pleaded guilty to felony assault and was sentenced to community service and probation.

History of domestic violence arrests including holding a knife to wife Brooke Mueller's throat on Christmas 2009 and multiple incidents with other partners. Also accused of sexual assault by actor Corey Haim when Haim was 13.

Found guilty in December 2023 of misdemeanor assault and harassment against his then-girlfriend Grace Jabbari. Dropped by Marvel Studios, management, and PR firm. Sentenced to a domestic violence intervention program.

In September 2016, Pitt was investigated by the FBI and DCFS over an alleged physical altercation with his son on a private plane. Angelina Jolie filed for divorce days later citing irreconcilable differences. The investigation was closed with no charges filed.