Amber Heard’s grief and all the reactions to the end of her trial with Johnny Depp

The story between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard seems to have finally come to an end. After six weeks of intense interrogationsevidence and several witnesses provided by both sides, the jury’s decision is over agree with the actor† Amber Heard must pay a total of $15 million to Depp for defaming her ex-husband; who in turn has to give the actress 2 million dollars for the same reason. Both wanted to respond to the expected sentence through a statement they published on social networks. Although Amber Heard has been unable to hide his disappointment, the popular American actor has stated that the jury has “gave him his life” even though he feels “really humiliated”.

Last Wednesday, June 1, the jury of the Fairfaix (Virginia) District Court handed down a verdict in the media trial that has had to sue Amber Heard and Johnny Depp for defamation. After almost two months of trial, the popular jury consisting of seven people (four men and three women) unanimously agrees with the popular actor. The jury’s decision will American actress pays an amount of $15 million to her ex-husband for damages for accusing him of assault; while Depp also has to give him 2 million for defamation† The verdict was announced after 9pm last Wednesday night and only Amber Heard went to Fairfax court; while Depp followed the verdict from across the ocean after making an unexpected appearance at a rock concert at the Royal Albert Hall From London. The ex-partner has not been slow to respond to the verdict publicly, and they posted a statement on their respective Instagram accounts on Wednesday.

Amber Heard hasn’t hesitated to show her disappointment after the jury’s verdict in favor of her ex-husband was made public. The actress has published a text in which: claims to feel “devastated” and “disappointed” after hearing the verdict, “The disappointment I feel today is indescribable. I am heartbroken that the mountain of evidence still wasn’t enough to confront my ex-husband’s disproportionate power and influence,” Heard noted. the American confirms that the verdict presupposes a postponement of the struggle of all women against male violence: “I am even more disappointed with what this verdict means for other women. It is a setback. It turns the clock back to a time when a woman who spoke out could be publicly shamed and humiliated. Pushes back the idea that violence against women should be taken seriously,” he added.

After expressing her disappointment, the actress has stated that she believes that the jury failed to take into account an issue as important as freedom of expression when making its verdict: “I think Johnny’s lawyers managed to the jury will miss the central theme of freedom of expression and ignore the evidence that was so convincing for us to win in the UK.” Amber Heard has wanted to emphasize that she is deeply saddened to have lost her mind, but what has undoubtedly left her most disappointed is that she is aware is of the loss of a right she thought she had as a US citizen, which is, “I am sad to have lost this case, but I’m even sadder because I seem to have lost a right I thought I had as an American: speak frankly and openly,” the actress concluded.

For his part, Johnny Depp also wanted to give his opinion after hearing the meaning of what has arguably been the most mediated trial in Hollywood history. At the same time as Heard posted his response on social networks, the actor posted a statement on his Instagram account stating: he thanked the jury for “bringing it back to life” after six long years of hard confrontations against his ex-wife: “Six years ago, my life, the lives of my children, the lives of my loved ones and also the lives of the people who for many, many years have supported and believed in me in me, it changed forever. Everything in the blink of an eye,” he noted. “After six years, the jury has given me my life back. I am really humiliated” the actor added.

It all started when Amber Heard published an article in 2018 in Washington Post in which she defined herself as “victim of domestic violence” without directly mentioning the popular actor. It was then that Johnny Depp made the decision to sue his ex-wife for defamation and asked the court for a compensation of 50 million dollars for damaging his image and reputation. Upon hearing the news, Heard made the decision to respond with a counterclaim worth 100 million, invoking her right to freedom of expression and by referring in that article to situations which she believed to be entirely true. Depp, for his part, stated that, despite not directly referring to his person in that article, the fact that he stated that “a public figure who represents domestic violence” has had a major negative impact on both his image and his career. actor, and has had Hollywood studios turn their backs on him ever since.

When the media trial began in early April, Amber Heard accused her ex-husband of assaulting her on several occasions when she was under the influence of alcohol and drugs, endangering her life. “He Was a Monster” then confessed. During the six weeks that the trial lasted, the protagonist of pirates of the caribbean he has flatly denied the facts described by his ex-wife, emphasizing that he has never hit a woman in his life. Depp confessed a few weeks ago that it was she who “hurt his face” on several occasions, even “putting a cigarette in his face.” The actor wanted to turn the first version of Heard upside down and stated that the… lots of fights between the two “They can start with a slap, a push, throw the TV remote at my head, or throw a glass of wine in my face.” Johnny Depp has chosen not to take a single look at his ex-wife During the month-and-a-half that the trial has lasted and while the actor appears to have strengthened after the verdict was published, Depp continues to believe that his career and reputation as a person have been seriously damaged forever.