the american actress Amber Heard spoke to NBC News’ Savannah Guthrie in her first interview since the defamation trial between her and her ex-husband. Johnny Depp.
Heard sat down for an exclusive interview, in which she did not retract allegations that Depp physically and emotionally abused her during their marriage.
Here are some of the strongest statements from the interview, which was split into two parts.
“Until the day I die, I will keep every word of my testimony”
Amber Heard did not drop her accusations against Depp and acknowledged the negative image that the case casts on her and her ex-husband.
The charges came in Depp’s $50 million lawsuit against Heard, accusing her of defaming him in a 2018 op-ed she wrote for The Washington Post, in which she recounted her experience with domestic violence. Depp’s name does not appear in Heard’s article, but the actor maintained that he lost jobs for this reason. Heard counter-sued him for $100 million.
“What people don’t understand is that it’s actually much more serious than that”
Referring to press and social media coverage of the trial, the actress said she wouldn’t blame a normal person for watching the trial and thinking they’re wrong. Heard defended his accusations of violence by Depp.
Both Heard and Depp were found guilty by a jury of defaming each other. However, jurors believed it did significantly more damage to Depp.
When asked if she thought Depp’s lawyers were better than hers, the actress said her ex-husband’s legal team “did a better job of distracting the jury from the real issues.”
“This was the most humiliating and horrible thing I’ve ever been through. I have never felt so far removed from my own humanity. I felt less than human.”
Heard went on to talk about how she felt at the trial, recounting how in the days leading up to the verdict, she had to pass groups of Depp supporters on her way to court, holding placards belittling her with phrases like “Death to Amber,”
The courtroom was packed with “excited” fans of Depp’s “Pirates of the Caribbean” character, the actress said.
“I love him. I loved him with all my heart”
In the second part of her interview, when asked by the journalist if, after all, as she said in court during her libel trial, she “still has love” for Depp, the actress said that she loved him “absolutely”.
“I tried my best to make a deeply ruined relationship work, and I couldn’t,” Heard added of her relationship with Depp.
“I have no resentment or ill will towards him,” he added. “I know it can be hard to understand or it can be very easy to understand if you’ve ever loved someone.”
“I’m not a good victim, I understand”
Heard further reflected on the public’s perception of her, after being asked by Gutherie about a text in which Depp promised “total worldwide humiliation” for her.
“I am not a sympathetic victim, I am not a perfect victim. But when I testified, I asked the jury to look at me and listen to my own words.”
“I’m afraid that no matter what I do, what I say or how I say it, every step I take will be another opportunity for that kind of silencing,” Amber Heard said in response to Guthrie’s question about whether she was worried that Depp could process it again in the future. “What I believe is a defamation suit: taking away your voice.”
Remember how the trial went:
Source: CNN Brasil
