However, her having to hire a super high power expensive lawyer to remove all mentions of Johnny shows she clearly wrote it with him in mind and wanted to try to find a way to protect herself.

Further, if the article including the sexual assault wasn't about Depp why was 5 of the 6 weeks of trial about proving he did the things in the article she claims wasn't about him?

Hell, the best closing argument of all the lawyers came from Rottenborn and he even admitted that in this case she could have cut his finger off with an axe because that doesn't matter to this case. What matters is if she was abused at all then her article is protected as it is truth.

The best play would have been come out of the gate saying it was about him and how he is protected by social structures and show how he did abuse her, which I get the vibe was Rottenborn plan. And while Chew made good arguments of law, I think Rottenborn made consistently the best arguments of actual law.

The law, I think is clearly on Ambers side, however the facts appear to be more questionable. So going with Rottenborn plan should have been the plan.