Amber Heard says she stands by the testimony she gave throughout a contentious six-week libel trial towards former husband Johnny Depp, saying she has “always told the truth.”
“That’s all I spoke. And I spoke it to power. And I paid the price,” Heard mentioned in her first post-verdict interview, two weeks after a jury awarded Depp greater than $10 million and vindicated his allegations that Heard lied about Depp abusing her.
Depp sued Heard for libel in Virginia over a December 2018 op-ed she wrote in The Washington Post describing herself as “a public figure representing domestic abuse.” His legal professionals mentioned he was defamed by the article though it by no means talked about his identify. Though the jury sided with Depp, Heard was additionally awarded $2 million over her declare that one in every of Depp’s attorneys defamed her.
“To my dying day, I’ll stand by every word of my testimony,” Heard advised NBC’s “Today” co-host Savannah Guthrie, in an interview airing Tuesday and Wednesday. “I made a lot of mistakes, but I’ve always told the truth.”
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Depp, who has not but performed a proper interview in regards to the case, has mentioned the decision “gave me my life back.”
When referring to Depp’s authorized staff, Heard mentioned, “His lawyer did a better job at distracting the jury from the real issues.”
The verdicts introduced an finish to a televised trial that supplied a window right into a risky marriage and each actors emerged with unclear prospects for his or her careers.
On TikTookay, Instagram and Twitter, the overwhelming majority of feedback criticized Heard. She referred to as the social media frenzy that surrounded her case “unfair.”
“This is the most humiliating and horrible thing I’ve ever been through,” Heard mentioned within the Tuesday interview clip.
Heard described a “toxic” marriage to Depp.
“I did do and say horrible, regrettable things throughout my relationship. I behaved in horrible, almost unrecognizable to myself ways. I have so much regret,” she mentioned.
The Heard interview may also be featured in Friday’s “Dateline” episode.
