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Amber Heard spoke out on the defamation trial against ex-husband Johnny Depp, calling the outcome and experience unfair.
“I don’t care what judgments you want to make about what happened in the privacy of my own home in my marriage behind closed doors,” Heard told the Today show’s Savannah Guthrie. “I don’t presume the average person should know those things, so I don’t take it personally, but even somebody who is sure I’m deserving of all this hate and vitriol, even if you think that I’m lying, you still couldn’t look me in the eye that you think on social media there’s been a fair representation. You cannot tell me that you think that this has been fair.”
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A jury in Fairfax County, Virginia, found Heard defamed Depp earlier this month, ordering her to pay the actor damages amounting to $15 million. In addition to awarding Depp compensatory and punitive damages, the jury also found that Depp defamed Heard regarding a statement made by his former lawyer, Adam Waldman.
Heard was subsequently awarded $2 million in damages. However, the jury did not find two other statements presented by the actress’s suit to be defamatory. Heard’s legal team has said the actress plans to appeal.
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Heard said the jury was won over by the popularity of Depp.
“I’ll put it this way, how could they make a judgment, how could they not come to that conclusion [that I couldn’t be believed]?” she said. “They had sat in those seats and heard over three weeks of nonstop, relentless testimony from paid employees and, towards the end of the trial, randos, as I say.”
Guthrie asked if Heard blamed the jury.
“I don’t blame them, I don’t blame them. I actually understand, he’s a beloved character and people feel that they know him. He’s a fantastic actor,” Heard responded. “Again, how could they after listening to three and a half weeks of testimony about how I was an uncredible person and not to believe a word that came out of my mouth.”
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More of Heard’s interview is expected to air Tuesday.
