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Amber Heard says she felt ‘less than human amid ‘unfair’ Johnny Depp trial-Louise Griffin-Entertainment – Metro
‘This was the most humiliating and horrible thing I’ve ever been through.’
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Amber Heard has said she felt as though she was losing her humanity during the defamation trial against Johnny Depp.
During her first TV interview after losing the trial, Heard said it was the most ‘humiliating’ thing she’s ever been through.
She recalled: ‘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’.
She added to Savannah Guthrie on the TODAY Show (via NBC News) that the representation of the trial on social media ‘wasn’t fair’.
‘Even somebody who is sure I am deserving of all this hate and vitriol, even if you think I’m lying, you still couldn’t look me in the eye and tell me that you think on social media there’s been a fair representation,’ she said.
‘You cannot tell me that you think this has been fair.’
Speaking on the jury’s verdict, she added: ‘I don’t blame them.
‘I actually understand. He’s a beloved character and people feel they know him. He’s a fantastic actor.’
Heard spoke about the support for Johnny Depp (Picture: Ron Sachs/Consolidated News Pictures/Getty Images)
She mentioned the crowds of fans who lined the streets outside the courthouse (Picture: Getty Images)
Depp won the case (Picture: AP)
Elsewhere in the interview, Heard claimed Depp had lied when he denied hitting her, and hit back at his lawyers’ claims that she gave the ‘performance of a lifetime’ during her testimony.
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.
‘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).
Amber Heard’s interivew airs on Wednesday, June 15 on NBC’s TODAY and Friday, June 17 on Dateline NBC 8 p.m. / 7 p.m. CT.
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