“This is not an admission on my part. It’s not a waiver. »
It was via an Instagram post that actress Amber Heard announced she was stepping down from pursuing the legal battle against her ex-husband, Johnny Depp. In recent weeks you had announced that you wanted to challenge the decision of the Fairfax court in Virginia last June 1, in order to cancel the verdict or obtain a new trial. Amber Heard was sentenced to ten million dollars but she also suffered a violent wave of hate orchestrated on social networks.
“The slander I experienced on social media is the amplified version of how women are re-victimized when they try to speak up. I finally have the opportunity to free myself from something I tried to extricate myself from six years ago and in terms that suited me. »
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“I choose freedom”
The actress says she has lost faith in the US justice system and has faced the court “Where popularity and power mattered more than sanity and due process. » Even if she were successful in obtaining this appeal, Amber Heard no longer feels capable of facing a new trial, let alone run the risk of being convicted again.
“In closing this case, I choose the freedom to devote my time to work that has helped me heal after divorce, work that exists in areas where I feel seen, heard and believed, and where I believe I can make a change.”
Amber Heard therefore suggests that she has not said goodbye to her fighting spirit, and that she will continue to fight and make her voice heard against violence against women.
Photo credit: Gage Skidmore of Peoria, AZ, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
If you or someone you know is a victim of domestic violence or you just want to find out more:
- 3919 and the government website let’s stop They violence
- Our practical article My boyfriend hit me: how to react, what to do when you are a victim of violence in your relationship?
- The association All ahead and its help chat available at How do we love each other?
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