After a six-week-long trial in Johnny Depp and Amber Heard’s defamation trial, the jury unanimously favored Depp in the case on June 1. At the time, the Aquaman actress released a public statement on her social media, expressing her ‘disappointment’ at the decision. Now, the actress has appeared for her first interview with NBC, as she lost the case to Johnny. Amber said the trial was not fair. She said that Johnny’s witnesses were ‘randos’ and ‘paid employees’.
In an interview released Monday, Amber said the “hatred and criticism” she faced on social media during her libel trial against Johnny was “not fair.” However, she insisted that she did not blame the jury for largely taking sides with her ex-husband. After a six-week-long trial, a Virginia jury awarded Johnny more than $10 million in damages for defamation, while Amber paid only $2 million for counter-litigation Amber.
“I don’t think the average person should know those things. And so I don’t take it personally. But even someone who maintains that I deserve all this hate and opposition, Even if you think I’m lying, you still can’t look me in the eye and tell me you think social media is a fair representation,” Amber told NBC.
She said, “How could they make a decision? How could they not have reached that conclusion? They sat in those seats and sat for more than three weeks with unpaid employees and at the end of the trial, as I say, Was listening to testimony tirelessly, without stopping.”
The controversial test that caught everyone’s eye was live-streamed to millions. It featured deep and intimate details about the personal lives of celebrities, and Amber was targeted by countless social media posts and internet memes.
For those unfamiliar with the lawsuit, Depp filed a $50 million lawsuit alleging defamation, of which he won $15 million, because he wrote an op-ed in The Washington Post in 2018 that called him “public person” was depicted. represent domestic abuse.” Although she did not mention Depp’s name in her opinion, it was clear the derogatory article was pointing to her, with the ex-husband divorced in 2016 over domestic violence charges. Depp Following his claim, Heard sued him for US$100 million for three statements made exclusively to the Daily Mail by Adam Waldman, the actor’s previous lawyer.
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