Amber Heard Denies Wrongdoing After Johnny Depp Trial: ‘I Made a Lot of Mistakes, but I’ve Always Told the Truth’
14.06.2022 - 15:23
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Amber Heard spoke with Savannah Guthrie on NBC’s “Today” on Tuesday, doubling down on her innocence and responding to many of the claims made about her during her trial against former husband Johnny Depp.When referencing the verdict, Heard said that the process has been, “Surreal and difficult. This has been a long time coming.”Asked by Guthrie about her words in court, Heard said, “To my dying day, I’ll stand by every word of my testimony.”Regarding the social media circus surrounding the trial, Heard said, “I think even the most well-intentioned juror…it would have been impossible to avoid this.
Every single day I passed three, four, sometimes six city blocks with people holding signs saying ‘Burn the Witch,’ ‘Death to Amber.” After three and a half weeks, I took the stand and saw a courtroom packed full of Captain Jack Sparrow fans who were vocal, energized.” Heard also referred to the trial as, “The most humiliating and horrible thing I’ve been through. I’ve never felt more removed from my own humanity.
I felt less than human.”When referring to the U.K. trial that Depp lost, Heard said, “There was another trial that dealt with the same substantive issues and had even more evidence in.
In fact, my evidence was largely left out.”When referring to Depp’s legal team, Heard said, “His lawyer did a better job at distracting the jury from the real issues.”When asked about people watching the trial that might thing they were both to blame, Head said, “Absolutely. I would not blame the average person for looking at this and how it’s been covered and not seeing Hollywood brats at their worst.
But what people don’t understand is that it’s so much bigger than that. This is not only about our First Amendment rights to speak,”
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