Amber Heard ‘felt less than human’ during Johnny Depp trial as she speaks out in first interview since verdict-Louise Griffin-Entertainment – Metro

Amber Heard has spoken out (Picture: NBC News; Getty)

Amber Heard has said she felt ‘less than human’ during her trial against Johnny Depp, with the actress speaking out in her first interview since losing the case.

The Pirates of the Caribbean actor won the defamation case against his ex-wife, with the verdict being delivered on June 1.

In her first interview after the verdict, Heard said: ‘Every single day I passed – sometimes for three, four, sometimes six blocks, city blocks lined with people holding signs saying, “Burn the witch,” “Death to Amber.”

‘After three and a half weeks, I took the stand and sobbed as a courtroom packed full of Captain Jack Sparrow fans, who were vocal, energised.’

‘This was the most humiliating and horrible thing I’ve ever been through,’ she added. ‘I have never felt more removed from my own humanity. I felt less than human’.

Heard went on to tell Savannah Guthrie on the TODAY Show: ‘To my dying day, I will stand by every word in my testimony.’

She added: ‘I would not blame the average person for looking at this and how it’s been covered and not think that it is Hollywood brats at their worst.’

Responding to Depp’s lawyers claims that she had been ‘acting’ in her testimony, Heard referred to Depp’s film Edward Scissorhands and said: ‘Says the lawyer for the man who convinced the world he had scissors for fingers? I’m the performer?

‘I had listened to weeks of testimony insinuating that, or saying quite directly that I’m a terrible actress. So I’m a bit confused how I could be both.’

A spokesperson for Heard added in a statement about the interview: ‘Johnny Depp’s legal team blanketed the media for days after the verdict with numerous statements and interviews on television, and Depp himself did the same on social media.

Depp won the defamation case, with the verdict being delivered on June 1 (Picture: REUTERS)

Heard described the trial as the most humiliating thing she’s been through (Picture: AFP via Getty Images)

‘Ms. Heard simply intended to respond to what they aggressively did last week; she did so by expressing her thoughts and feelings, much of which she was not allowed to do on the witness stand.’

The Pirates of the Caribbean actor was awarded a total of $15million (£12m) in compensatory and punitive damages after a jury found Heard did defame him in a 2018 article she wrote about her domestic abuse experience. 

Depp, 58, initially filed the lawsuit suing his ex-wife for $50m (£40m), but Heard then counter-sued for $100m (£80m). 

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With the verdict in his favour, the jury agreed to award the actor $10m (£7m) in compensatory damages and a further $5m (£3.9m) in punitive damages. 

However, the punitive damages were capped at $350,000 (£279k) per Virginia state law. Heard herself was also awarded $2m (£1.6m) in compensatory damages, therefore reducing Depp’s total to $8.35m (£6.7m). 

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