This love runs deep even though it may be the toxic kind. Amber Heard said she still loves Johnny Depp but fears “every step I take” will present an opportunity for a further defamation lawsuit. Here’s what she has to say.
In the latest installment of her interview with NBC’s Today, the 36-year-old actress told journalist Savannah Guthrie she has “no bad feelings or ill will” towards Depp following their high-profile court case. The interview, her first on TV since the case concluded two weeks ago, also saw her voice fears she could be “silenced” in the future.
Amber Heard Says She Still Loves Johnny Depp Despite Owing Him $10 Million
Asked whether she was nervous about what she can now say, she said: “Of course. I took for granted what I assumed was my right to speak.”
Guthrie then questioned her over whether she felt she could be sued for defamation again. Heard replied: “I am scared that, no matter what I do, no matter what I say or how I say it, every step that I take will present another opportunity for silencing, which I guess is what a defamation lawsuit is meant to do – it is meant to take your voice.”
What’s more, while 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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