Amber Heard Calls Johnny Depp’s Witnesses “Paid Employees”, Says How Could Jury Make Such A Judgement?
The Amber Heard and Johnny Depp defamation trials have finally come to an end. The jury read out the final verdict on June 2, 2022, in favor of Johnny Depp, but found both parties guilty of defaming each other. Johnny Depp was given $15 million as compensation while Amber Heard received $2 million. While the case has reached some closure, Amber Heard has spoken up about it for the first time. In an interview, Amber expressed her dissatisfaction with the jury’s decision.
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In her first media interaction after the final decision in the case, Amber Heard openly spoke about her feelings on the case. During the interview, she was asked about her thoughts on the jury’s decision of giving more sum of money to Johnny Depp even after both were found guilty. To which Amber questioned how could the jury take such a decision. She further put forth her point saying that the jury for three weeks heard continuous testimonies from Johnny Depp’s witnesses, who she referred to as “paid employees” and “randos”, as per the interview, given to NBC. The actress has previously also expressed that she was not given a fair representation on social media as well.
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The beginning of the Amber Heard and Johnny Depp case began back in 2018 when Heard in an op-ed to The Washington Post revealed that she was a victim of domestic abuse. Following this, her ex-husband Johnny Depp filed a lawsuit against her. Since then the defamation case has seen many twists and turns. The six-week-long trials ended, but there were reports which said that Amber Heard was planning to appeal the jury’s verdict which came in favour of her ex-husband Johnny Depp.
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Everybody should be given a chance to speak about what they feel and Amber has finally spoken up about it.
