This would have been a problem with Johnny from the very beginning. No woman in the universe is ever going to get 100% of his attention. He's just not that guy and never has been. He has genuine passion for his music, his films, and interacting with the world and everything in it. Marches to the beat of his own drummer, so to speak. And he genuinely engages with everybody, whether a homeless person, a court bailiff, a child in a hospital. When Johnny is present, he is present. He gives 100% attention to whatever he is doing in the moment.
For someone like Amber, who needs 100% of his attention 100% of the time, it is literally crazy making for her. Every time he was 100% engaged with something or someone that was not her it triggers her underlying borderline abandonment issues and makes her frantic and obsessive. To the point of instigating epic fights with him in order to turn the attention back to her exclusively. To the point of bringing men up to the penthouse in full view of security cameras to make him jealous. To the point of absolute primitive behavior of leaving her feces in his bed. And now the continued and relentless defamation even after the relationship is legally and officially over. She is still obsessed with capturing his attention. Failing that, heaping the negative attention of the world on him will have to suffice. She needs the validation of the entire world seeing Johnny as the same demon she does.
When the DSM talks about the borderline's "frantic efforts to avoid real or imagined abandonment" this is what they are talking about.Th Jody Arias is another good example. As is Alex Forrest in the film Fatal Attraction.
This really puts Johnny between a rock and a hard place. Does he continue to give her attention by legally putting her in her place again by seeking an injunction for her continued defamation and harassment? Does he respond back and defend himself in the media? That's what she wants. Or does he ignore her and allow her to continue malign and smear his reputation and drag this on for another six years?
I think he should just go and live his best life, ignoring her and the situation completely. He just needs to stand by for a few weeks while the media cycle moves on and everyone is sick and tired of The Amber Show and the whole thing blows over. And he needs to protect his kids from her at all costs. IMO