Heard suggested that Depp misled the jury: “He’s a great actor.” Photo: AP
Amber Heard, in her first interview following the verdict in Johnny Depp’s libel trial, revealed on Monday that don’t “blame” the jury for siding with her ex-husband, while exposing coverage of the case on social media.
A preview of Heard’s interview with Savannah Guthrie aired this morning on the network’s “TODAY” show. NBC.
“I don’t blame them”the “Aquaman” actress said, referring to the jury who, on June 1, found that Heard had slandered Depp and damaged his career with his domestic abuse allegations.
The jury awarded Depp $ 15 million in damages. The $ 5 million in punitive damages was reduced to $ 350,000, which is the state’s legal limit, bringing her total damage to $ 10.4 million.
“I actually get that. He’s a beloved character and people feel like they know him. He’s a fantastic actor. “he said of Depp.
Amber Heard during the trial which took place between the end of May and the beginning of June. AP photo.
Heard called the social media frenzy surrounding his case “unfair” since many posts on TikTok and Twitter seemed to strongly favor Depp during the six-week trial.
The TikTok tag “Justice for Amber Heard” received 27 million views, while one for Depp garnered 20 billion views.
“I don’t care what anyone thinks of me or what judgments you want to make about what happened in the privacy of my own home, in my marriage, behind closed doors,” she said. “I guess the average person shouldn’t know these things. So I don’t take it personally.”
“But even someone who is sure that I deserve all this hate, even if you think they are lying, you couldn’t tell me that you think there has been fair representation on social media,” he continued. “You can’t tell me you think it was right.”
Depp, who was not in court over the verdict due to a previously scheduled work engagement, is suing his ex-wife for $ 50 million in damages in a 2018 editorial in the Washington Post.
Johnny Depp during the trial that took place between the end of May and the beginning of June. Photo: AP
In the article, he claimed to have become a “public person representing domestic abuse”.
Although the sage never mentioned Depp by name, his attorneys said he indirectly referred to the allegations he made against him during his 2016 divorce. Heard then sued Depp for $ 100 million.
Depp’s former attorney, Adam Waldman, described it to the Daily Mail in 2020The allegations of and Heard’s abuse were a “hoax”.
For six weeks, a Virginia jury, as well as the public, learned violent details of Heard and Depp’s private lives.
Heard’s attorney, Elaine Bredehoft, previously told “TODAY” that the actress intends to appeal and confirmed she was unable to pay the $ 10.4 million sentence in the case.
Source: Clarin
