Amber Heard says 'truth is not on Johnny Depp's side' in statement released before resuming defamation trial
17.05.2022 - 00:55
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Amber Heard released a statement claiming "the truth" is not on ex-husband Johnny Depp's side ahead of her third day of cross examinations following a week-long hiatus from the defamation trial that began in Fairfax, Virginia on April 11. "There's an old saying by trial lawyers: When the facts are on your side, argue the facts; when the facts are not on your side, pound away on the podium.Today, we expect Depp's attorneys will instead pound away on the victim," her representatives said via PEOPLE magazine. "We fear it will be equal parts shameful and desperate.
And, the overwhelming evidence — the truth — is not on Depp's side.The one thing we suspect Depp's attorneys will avoid is the central issue of this trial: Does Amber or any woman have the First Amendment Right of Freedom of Speech." Amber Heard during cross-examinations in the courtroom at the Fairfax County Circuit Courthouse in Fairfax, Virginia, on May 16, 2022. (Steve Helber) He fired back in a statement released through his representatives: "As Mr. Depp's counsel correctly predicted in their opening statements last month, Ms.
Heard did indeed deliver 'the performance of her life' in her direct examination." The release continued: "While Ms. Heard's stories have continued to grow new and convenient details, Mr. Depp's recollections have remained exactly the same throughout the six painful years since her first allegations were made.
His truth — the truth — is the same no matter the environment in which it is has been presented.The upcoming cross-examination from Mr. Depp's team will be most telling, and will certainly highlight the many fallacies Ms. Heard has now attempted to pass off as fact throughout her convoluted testimony." Depp, 58, is suing the
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