One of the biggest entertainment stories of 2022 was the defamation trial between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard. Yes, it was mostly an exercise in trashy, tabloid-y fodder, but it did seem to end with the public consensus that Depp was somehow a decent guy.
Amber Heard says her 'life is destroyed' as she hands Johnny Depp $1million in damages
19.12.2022 - 21:19 / dailyrecord.co.uk
Amber Heard says that her 'life is destroyed' as she hands Johnny Depp $1million in damages after a court ruled that she made defamatory claims about the actor.
It had been one of the most dramatic legal cases in Hollywood history, with the actress saying that she has "lost faith in the American legal system".
The 36-year-old has confirmed that she will no longer go ahead with an appeal, like originally planned.
Amber, who spoke out on Monday, also admitted that it had been a "very difficult decision" to settle the multi-million dollar case.
In an Instagram post to her 5.3M followers, she writes: "After a great deal of deliberation I have made a very difficult decision to settle the defamation case brought against me by my ex-husband in Virginia.
''It’s important for me to say that I never chose this. I defended my truth and in doing so my life as I knew it was destroyed. The vilification I have faced on social media is an amplified version of the ways in which women are re-victimised when they come forward.
"Now I finally have an opportunity to emancipate myself from something I attempted to leave over six years ago and on terms I can agree to. I have made no admission. This is not an act of concession. There are no restrictions or gags with respect to my voice moving forward.
''I make this decision having lost faith in the American legal system, where my unprotected testimony served as entertainment and social media fodder.
''When I stood before a judge in the UK, I was vindicated by a robust, impartial and fair system, where I was protected from having to give the worst moments of my testimony in front of the world’s media, and where the court found that I was subjected to domestic and sexual violence.
"In the US, however, I
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