Amber Heard admits she and Depp might look like “Hollywood brats”
Amber Heard has given her first interview since losing her battle for multimillion-dollar defamation against her ex-husband Johnny Depp.
After sitting down with NBC’s Savannah Guthrie last week, the segments of the Today program have been previewed with the full interview scheduled for 8 p.m. EST on June 17th.
Heard says he will keep his testimony at the trial “until my day of death,” but with the trial unfolding on social media, he believes even the most well-meaning jury would have had a hard time avoiding it. ho.
Heard described the trial as “humiliating” and felt “less than humane”, Heard admits she did not feel safe before the verdict, but claims she “told the truth to power” and paid the price. She acknowledged that she and Depp looked like “Hollywood brats” pampered to the average person, but argued that their case was about free speech.
Guthrie challenged Heard for his own actions in the relationship and admitted to having done and said “horrible and unfortunate things”, but said he was “always telling the truth”.
Depp sued Heard for $ 50 million for allegedly abusing her in a Washington Post opinion piece. She filed a $ 100 million counterclaim, accusing him of conducting a “smear campaign” against her.
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Look: Heard digs up Edward Scissorhands in a post-trial interview
Amber Heard digs up Edward Scissorhands in a post-trial interview
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Captain Jack Sparrow’s fans off the field made Heard feel “less than human”
The court proceedings were broadcast live on television during the six-week legal battle, and the trial also drew crowds of admirers in person, many of whom were left out of court to express their support for Depp.
Oliver O’Connell June 14, 2022 3:00 p.m.
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What lawyers say about Amber Heard’s appeal options
After Johnny Depp had largely prevailed in his defamation suit against Amber Heard, his lawyer Elaine Bredehoft announced that his client “absolutely” intended to appeal.
The jury of five men and two women announced on Wednesday (June 1) that it had found that Ms. Heard defamed Mr. Depp in three statements. Jurors also found that Ms. Heard was defamed for one of the three statements in her counterclaim.
The Independent spoke with three lawyers about Ms Heard’s possible grounds for an appeal, or even a new trial: Lisa Bloom of The Bloom Firm, whose clients have included Janice Dickinson, Mischa Barton and several Jeffrey Epstein victims; Jesse Weber, host and lawyer of the Law & Crime network, who covered the trial from Fairfax, Virginia court; and Mitra Ahouraian, an entertainment lawyer in Beverly Hills who represents actors, directors, producers and musicians.
Oliver O’Connell June 14, 2022 2:45 p.m.
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Each has the members of the Depp-Heard jury considered
As a public figure, Johnny Depp faced a high bar to win his defamation suit against his ex-wife Amber Heard. According to seven unanimous jurors, he clarified this.
Depp said his ex-wife defamed him in a 2018 opinion piece in the newspaper in which he alluded to allegations of abuse against Depp. His name was never mentioned.
Virginia’s civil jury ruled Wednesday in favor of Depp in his three charges, finding that Heard had not only made false and defamatory statements, but had done so with “real malice,” a higher threshold for cases involving public figures. . Jurors concluded that Depp should receive more than $ 10 million.
Depp’s victory was not absolute, however. Jurors also concluded that part of Heard’s counterclaim had merit. They rejected two of Heard’s three charges, but found that she was defamed by a Depp lawyer who accused her of abusing her apartment to make it look worse to police. The jury awarded him $ 2 million.
A look at each count that the jurors have considered:
Oliver O’Connell June 14, 2022 2:30 p.m.
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Look: Heard felt “less than human” during the test
Amber Heard says she felt “less than human” during the trial
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What is Savannah Guthrie’s connection to Johnny Depp?
Hollywood actress Amber Heard has given her first interview since a Virginia jury found her guilty of defaming her ex-husband Johnny Depp, sitting with NBC journalist Savannah Guthrie to reflect on her version of the story.
The channel plans to air excerpts from its highly successful installment interview on June 14 and 15 and in a one-hour Dateline special on June 17.
What’s surprising is not that the Aquaman star talks about her experiences, but that her choice of station to trust has a familiar connection with her ex-husband.
Oliver O’Connell June 14, 2022 2:00 p.m.
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Savannah Guthrie is heard for the “provocative” audio Depp played at trial
Amber Heard was criticized by Savannah Guthrie for an audio that captured her “provocative” ex-husband Johnny Depp in her first interview since the jury ruled her verdict in her defamation suit.
The Aquaman actress spoke about the case in an interview on NBC’s Today program, part of which aired Tuesday morning.
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Heard digs up Edward Scissorhands in a new interview about the trial
The Aquaman star discussed the verdict, which proved Depp right, in a new interview with NBC’s Today.
In the final arguments, Depp’s attorney stated that Heard had been “acting” and described his testimony as “the performance of a lifetime.”
In response to the clip, Heard replied, “Does the lawyer of the man who convinced the world that he had scissors for his fingers say? Am I the interpreter?
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Heard says she and Depp “were horrible with each other”
Ms. Guthrie interviewed Johnny Depp’s lawyers last week and told Heard that they believe his client won the case because he did not take “responsibility for anything he did in the marriage.” be honest about your drug and alcohol problems.
“I did and said horrible and unfortunate things throughout my relationship, I behaved in a horrible way, almost unrecognizable to myself, I regret it a lot,” Ms. Heard says.
About the relationship he says: “It was ugly, and it could be very beautiful, it was very, very toxic. We were horrible with each other. I made a lot of mistakes, a lot of mistakes, but I’ve always told the truth. “
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Heard was challenged to start physical fights with Depp
Ms. Guthrie challenges Ms. Heard about her own acts of physical violence during her relationship with Mr. Depp, showing transcripts and audio recordings of the trial.
“You’re testifying and today you’re telling me, ‘I never started a physical fight,’ and here you are recorded saying you did it.”
Ms. Heard refers to her testimony that when a person is in an abusive relationship she can take the blame for things she shouldn’t do and that things aren’t necessarily as black and white as one might think.
Pushing back on a similar piece of evidence in which he mocked Mr Depp for telling the world he was abused, she says: “20-second clips or their transcripts are not representative of the two. or three hours. [they] are extracted from “.
Oliver O’Connell14 June 2022 13:13