Amber Heard’s defamation trial against ex-husband Johnny Depp may be over, but the actress is continuing her feud with him in the court of public opinion, unveiling a trove of documents.
Just before her hotly anticipated interview with Savannah Guthrie is set to air on NBC‘s Dateline, the network revealed she presented the network with notes from her therapist that represent “years of real-time explanations of what was going on” dating back to 2011 that she claims corroborate her abuse allegations against Depp.
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“There’s a binder worth of years of notes dating back to 2011 from the very beginning of my relationship that were taken by my doctor, who I was reporting the abuse to,” she explained in a preview clip.
Guthrie, whose husband had served as a consultant for Depp’s legal team, gave a description of NBC’s review of the documents and highlighted an instance in 2012 in which Depp allegedly “hit her, threw her against a wall, and threatened to kill her” and, a few months later, “ripped her nightgown, threw her on the bed.” The notes contained the version of events Heard told her therapist.
Depp’s legal team decried the freshly reported notes as “reimagining and relitigating” matters a jury had already considered in a response statement to NBC.
“It’s unfortunate that while Johnny is looking to move forward with his life, the defendant and her team are back to repeating, reimagining and re-litigating matters that have already been decided by the Court and a verdict that was unanimously and unequivocally decided by a jury in Johnny’s favour,” his team wrote.
Earlier this month, a jury in Virginia concluded Heard defamed Depp with an article she wrote in the Washington Post contending that she was a sexual assault survivor. Although she did not mention him outright by name, Depp argued that he suffered massive financial damages from lost Hollywood gigs due to the perception that he abused her, including losing out on movies such as those in the Pirates of the Caribbean and Fantastic Beasts franchises.
The jury directed Heard to pay him $10 million in compensatory damages and $5 million in punitive damages. Heard will also collect $2 million in compensatory damages after the jury found Depp liable for one count of defamation in her countersuit. Heard had been found liable in three counts of his defamation claims.
The judge had determined that her therapist notes were hearsay and kept them away from the jury during the trial, Guthrie explained.
Throughout the trial, the pair hurled a number of dramatic accusations against one another, including accusations from Depp that Heard pooped on their bed and claims that Heard hit Depp, which was backed by audio recordings.
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Heard’s interview with Guthrie is set to air Friday. Despite the tension with her ex-husband, Heard maintains that she loved him and does not blame the jury for its decision.
“I loved him with all my heart,” Heard declared. “I tried the best I could to make a deeply broken relationship work, and I couldn’t. I have no bad feelings or ill will toward him at all.”
