As the defamation trial between Johnny Depp andAmber Heardcomes to a close, both former lovers have taken to hitting the stand one more time. For her part, Heard took the stand as the trial’s final witness to plead her case one more time. It led to a contentious back-and-forth with Camille Vasquez, Depp’s attorney, as Heard was confronted with her alleged fabrications told about Depp before and during the trial.
Heard refuted Vasquez’s suggestions that her allegations of domestic violence were false. TheAquamanstar also insists Depp continues to victimize her with the trial, describing the experience as “agonizing” and “humiliating.” Heard also says her hope is for Depp to leave her alone. Heard said of the trial and subsequent damage to her reputation:
“It’s been agonizing. This is humiliating for any human being to go through. Perhaps it’s easy to forget that, but I am a human being. Even though Johnny promised that I deserve this, and he’d do this, I don’t deserve this.”
Heard also attributed the negative attention she’s received online, such as the popular petition to have her removed fromAquaman 2, directly to Depp. She says her ex-husband “elicted millions of people” to attack her with internet campaigns. Heard claimed that she is not trying to depict herself as a saint but still has the American right to tell her story, seemingly pointing to freedom of speech to defend the op-ed she wrote in 2018 describing herself as a domestic abuse survivor.
“People want to kill me and they tell me so every day. I’m not sitting in this courtroom snickering. I’m not sitting in this courtroom laughing, smiling and making snide jokes… This is horrible… I have the right as an American to talk about what happened to me, to own my story and my truth. I hope to get my voice back. That’s all I want.”
Related:The Santa Clause Star David Krumholtz Blasts Johnny Depp: ‘I Believe Amber Heard’
Amber Heard Says She Was Speaking Out Against Powerful Men
Amber Heard says that what her op-ed was really about was standing up to “powerful men” like Johnny Depp. She claims that the people who have come out in support of Depp have fallen “to his power,” insinuating that the fans and fellow celebrities backing the actor are “currying favor” with him.
“I know how many people will come out and say whatever for him. That’s his power. That’s why I wrote the op-ed. I was speaking to that phenomenon — how many people will come out in support of him and will fall to his power. He is a very powerful man and people love currying favor with powerful men.”
There are certainly many observers of the trial that believe Heard has not been truthful about her allegations of domestic violence. What will matter when it comes to this trial is how the members of the jury will feel. Both sides have passionatelypled their cases, and as the evidence will be pored over during deliberations, the jury will be tasked with deciding if one of the ex-lovers had defamed the other and is deserving of financial compensation.
