A month after Johnny Depp won his multi-million defamation trial against Amber Heard, the ex-Pirates of the Caribbean star now officially faces the first attempt to smack down his legal victory, with a harsh one-two-punch.
14.06.2022 - 17:51 / usmagazine.com
Amber Heard sat down for her first interview since the jury reached a verdict in her defamation trial against Johnny Depp, and she responded to many of the accusations that were leveled at her in court and on social media.
“It’s surreal and difficult,” the Aquaman actress, 36, explained during a Tuesday, June 14, appearance on the Today show, responding to Savannah Guthrie‘s question about whether the verdict had sunk in yet. “In part, yes. This has been a long time coming.”
Though the jury ruled that Heard had defamed her ex-husband, 59, the Texas native told Guthrie, 50, that she will “stand by every word of” her testimony until her “dying day.”
Depp sued the Magic Mike XXL star for defamation in regard to a 2018 op-ed she wrote for The Washington Post, in which she described herself as a survivor of domestic abuse. Heard didn’t mention the Oscar nominee by name, but he claimed that the essay damaged his reputation and career prospects. (The outlet has since added an editor’s note to the article about the trial results.)
On June 1, a Virginia jury ruled in favor of Depp after several weeks of testimony, awarding him $10.35 million in damages. Heard was also awarded $2 million in compensatory damages in her counterclaim against the Finding Neverland star.
Despite her loss in court, the Justice League actress repeated her claim that Depp was abusive to her during their marriage. “He says he never hit you. Is that a lie?” Guthrie asked on Tuesday. Heard replied, “Yes, it is.”
The Stand alum also addressed comments by Depp’s lawyer Camille Vasquez, who called Heard’s testimony “the performance of her life” in April.
“Says the lawyer for the man who convinced the world he had scissors for fingers?” the Her Smell star quipped,
A month after Johnny Depp won his multi-million defamation trial against Amber Heard, the ex-Pirates of the Caribbean star now officially faces the first attempt to smack down his legal victory, with a harsh one-two-punch.
Amber Heard said that she believes that notes taken by her doctor, in which she reported alleged abuse by Johnny Depp, would have made a difference in the jury’s decision in her ex-husband’s defamation case. The notes, though, were excluded from the six-week trial.
for defamation.“To my dying day, I will stand by every word in my testimony,” Heard, 46, told the “Today” show in an interview teaser that aired early Tuesday.Still, the actress admitted that the wild testimony that led to her brutal courtroom loss also painted her and her superstar ex in the worst possible light.“I would not blame the average person for looking at this and how it’s been covered and not think that it is Hollywood brats at their worst,” she conceded to Savannah Guthrie.Her comments came on the second day of footage from a “wide-ranging sitdown” to air in full Friday at 8 p.m. ET.On Monday, clips showed her also saying that she was not surprised that the Virginia jury ruled against her — because they fell for the “fantstic actor.”“How could they not come to that conclusion? They had sat in those seats and heard over three weeks of nonstop relentless testimony from paid employees and — towards the end of the trial — randos,” Heard told Savannah Guthrie with a nervous chuckle.“I don’t blame them.
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Zack Sharf Judy Bellinger, the court stenographer during the Johnny Depp-Amber Heard defamation trial, said in an interview with Law & Crime Network that she witnessed several jury members dozing off to sleep during the course of the trial, which started April 11 and ended June 1. Law & Crime Network earned millions of views online from live-streaming the trial. Bellinger said she saw jury members in both the front and back rows falling asleep.“It was tough,” Bellinger said.
Amber Heard has been keeping a low profile since the outcome of the defamation trial against Johnny Depp was announced last week.MORE: Amber Heard reveals the 'real' Johnny Depp following defamation trial resultsHowever, on Sunday, her sister Whitney Heard took to Instagram to share a defiant message in support of her.Whitney shared a picture with the hashtag 'I stand with Amber Heard' and wrote a lengthy tribute alongside it.VIDEO: Amber Heard speaks out in defamation trial It read: "I still stand with you, sissy. Yesterday, today and tomorrow I will always be proud of you for standing up for yourself, for testifying both here in Virginia and in the UK, and for being the voice of so many who can't speak to the things that happen behind closed doors.MORE: Johnny Depp seen for first time since winning Amber Heard defamation trialMORE: Lily-Rose Depp breaks silence amid Johnny Depp trial"We knew that this was going to be an uphill battle and that the cards were stacked against us.
Amber Heard's sister Whitney Heard Henriquez shared a message of support after the actress lost the defamation trial against her ex-husband Johnny Depp. Depp sued Heard for defamation after the actress wrote an op-ed in 2018 where she referred to herself as a survivor of domestic abuse. Although she didn't mention Depp by name, the "Pirates of the Caribbean" actor claimed the article affected his career.
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Caroline Framke Chief TV CriticThe mixed verdict in the Johnny Depp vs. Amber Heard defamation case seems, at the very least, reflective of the complex tumult that seemed to define the actors’ relationship, the details of which unfolded over six seemingly endless weeks in an unassuming Virginia courthouse.
Johnny Depp was noticeably absent from the Fairfax, Virginia, courtroom on Wednesday as the verdict was read in his defamation case against his ex-wife, Amber Heard. Prior to the verdict, a source close to Depp told ET, “Due to previously scheduled work commitments made before the trial, Mr.