The actress has also stated that she is worried that the outcome of the trial will make other women shy away from accusing the actor of abuse. Amber Heard says she is "terrified" that Johnny Depp will sue her again for defamation. The actress has been interviewed on Dateline after losing the defamation trial against her ex-husband.
The actress has also stated that she is worried that the
outcome of the trial will make other women shy away from accusing the actor
of abuse.
Amber Heard says she is "terrified" that Johnny Depp will sue
her again for defamation. The actress has been interviewed on Dateline after
losing the defamation trial against her ex-husband. "I guess that's what a
defamation lawsuit does," she explains. "It's done to take your voice
away."
On June 2, a jury in Virginia (United States) ruled that Heard
had defamed Depp through an opinion piece published in 2018 in the
Washington Post. In it, the Aquaman actress talked about being a victim of
violence and what it meant to make it public. Although the interpreter does
not mention the protagonist of Pirates of the Caribbean at any time, the
actor indicated that the reference was clear and that this has damaged his
reputation and career. Finally, Heard will have to pay 15 million dollars to
her ex-partner. Depp, for his part, will have to pay two million dollars to
the actress for defamation through his former lawyer Adam Waldman.
"We were all very uncomfortable." The jury of the trial of Johnny
Depp did not believe the "crocodile tears" of Amber Heard
During her first interview after losing her trial, Heard claims that
she stands by "every word" of her testimony and has stated that Depp lied
when he said that he had not abused her during her "ugly" marriage. On the
other hand, the actress has also talked about her behavior during her
relationship: “I did and said horrible and unfortunate things throughout my
relationship. I have a lot to regret."
The
actress has also stated that she is worried that the outcome of the trial
will make other women shy away from accusing the actor of abuse.
Amber Heard says she is "terrified" that Johnny Depp will sue
her again for defamation. The actress has been interviewed on Dateline after
losing the defamation trial against her ex-husband. "I guess that's what a
defamation lawsuit does," she explains. "It's done to take your voice
away."
On June 2, a jury in Virginia (United States) ruled that Heard
had defamed Depp through an opinion piece published in 2018 in the
Washington Post. In it, the Aquaman actress talked about being a victim of
violence and what it meant to make it public. Although the interpreter does
not mention the protagonist of Pirates of the Caribbean at any time, the
actor indicated that the reference was clear and that this has damaged his
reputation and career. Finally, Heard will have to pay 15 million dollars to
her ex-partner. Depp, for his part, will have to pay two million dollars to
the actress for defamation through his former lawyer Adam Waldman.
"We were all very uncomfortable." The jury of the trial of Johnny
Depp did not believe the "crocodile tears" of Amber Heard
During her first interview after losing her trial, Heard claims that
she stands by "every word" of her testimony and has stated that Depp lied
when he said that he had not abused her during her "ugly" marriage. On the
other hand, the actress has also talked about her behavior during her
relationship: “I did and said horrible and unfortunate things throughout my
relationship. I have a lot to regret."
Heard has also talked about how frustrating it was that the
trial was televised and the feedback she received:
What I've learned in this trial is that it's never going to be good
enough. If you have proof, then it's planned, it's a hoax. If you don't have
proof, it didn't happen. If you have a bruise, it's fake. If you don't have
a bruise, then the violence clearly didn't hurt you. If you told people,
you're hysterical. If you didn't tell anyone, it didn't happen
On the other hand, the actress affirms that she does not “blame
the jury” for the sentence. “I really understand that he is a beloved
character and people feel that he knows him. He is a fantastic actor,” she
adds.
Heard has also spoken of the impact this trial may have on
other victims of domestic violence: "I hope this doesn't have the chilling
effect that I'm worried it might have on other people." And she claims that
one of the consequences may be that other women do not want to denounce Depp
publicly. “Look what happened to me when I did it. You would do it?".
Amber Heard criticizes the sentence of the trial of Johnny Depp: “It
is a setback for women”
Lastly, Heard spoke about a series of pieces of
evidence that were not presented at trial and that she would have liked the
jury to have seen: the documentsmoments from her doctor, to whom she told
about the abuse. “Her notes from him represent years and years of explaining
in real time what was going on,” he notes. Among those incidents is the one
in 2012 in which Heard claimed that Depp had "hit" her and "thrown her to
the ground", another in which he "ripped off her nightgown" and "threw her
on the bed" and another from 2013 in the one where Depp "threw her against a
wall and threatened to kill her."
Depp and Heard met while filming The Rum Diary in 2009. The
couple married in 2015 and the actress filed for divorce in 2016 and a
restraining order accusing the actor of physical and verbal abuse. In 2020,
Depp lost a lawsuit against The Sun for defamation. The British tabloid
called him a "wife beater" and the sentence establishes that it is
"substantially correct" to refer to the actor in such a way.
