Even though she has spent a lot of time on the stand, it looks like she’s still not done telling her side of the story. In her first television interview since the verdicts were announced, Amber Heard has said she does not blame the jury in her defamation battle with ex-husband Johnny Depp. Here’s what she has to say.
In a clip from her upcoming interview with NBC Today journalist Savannah Guthrie on Friday’s Dateline NBC, the Aquaman actress says: “I don’t blame them. I actually understand. He’s a beloved character and people feel they know him. He’s a fantastic actor.”
Amber Heard Speaks Out For The First Time Following Court Loss Against Johnny Depp
Responding, Guthrie says: “Their job is to not be dazzled by that. Their job is to look at the facts and the evidence and they did not believe your testimony or your evidence. Again, how could they after listening to three and a half weeks of testimony about how I was a non-credible person, how not to believe a word that came out of my mouth?”
Discussing the abuse she has received online, Heard says: “Even if you think that I’m lying, you still couldn’t tell me – look me in the eye and tell me – that you think on social media there’s been a fair representation.”
A jury in Virginia found both Depp and Heard liable for defamation following a trial centered on bitterly contested allegations of domestic abuse. The jury awarded Depp $15 million in damages after finding that a 2018 Washington Post article penned by Heard on the “sexual violence” she had allegedly suffered was defamatory to Depp.
The jury also found that Heard was defamed by statements made by Depp’s lawyer Adam Waldman, who told the Daily Mail that her abuse claims were a “hoax”, and awarded her $2 million in damages.
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