Amber Heard lost bitterly to Johnny Depp

On June 1, the court declared Johnny Depp won the lawsuit for 50 million USD from the actor against his ex-wife Amber Heard despite the evidence that both actors defamed each other. Court ruled that Johnny Depp received 15 million in compensation from the actress Aquaman but also have to compensate his ex-wife 2 million USD for the religious furniture brought. Johnny Depp was absent from the court when the court sentencing while Amber Heard received a bitter defeat.

As soon as she left the court, Amber Heard posted on Instagram 4.8 million followers expressing disappointment at losing the lawsuit. “There are no words to express my disappointment right now. I am sad that the evidence presented has not been enough to resist the power and influence of my ex-husband. What I am most disappointed in is the verdict. This has an impact on other women, it’s a step backwards, it makes any efforts by a woman who spoke up despite knowing she would be publicly humiliated.

I believe Johnny’s lawyers succeeded in getting the jury to ignore the important issues of freedom of speech and the important fact that we won the UK case. I’m so sad I lost this case. But what makes me sadder is that I seem to have lost my right to speak freely and openly as an American citizen.”

Meanwhile, Johnny Depp shared a lengthy letter to fans from the UK on both Facebook’s 13 million followers and Instagram’s 21.5 million followers.

He wrote: “Six years ago, my life, my children, my loved ones, and those who have supported me for many years changed forever. All in the blink of an eye. The reports false, serious and criminal accusations have hit me squarely through the media with content that instigates hate even though there are no charges against me…. They pop up all over the world in a blink of an eye. and seriously affected my life and career.

And 6 years later, the court gave me back my life. I decided to pursue this case after careful consideration. From the outset the goal of the lawsuit was to reveal the truth no matter what the outcome. Speaking the truth is something that I owe to my children and those who are still supporting me. I’m happy that I’ve accomplished that.” The actor said he was overwhelmed by the love and support of audiences around the world and hoped his act of pursuing the truth would help others. have the same situation never give up.

Johnny Depp and Amber Heard, who were previously husband and wife, spent 6 weeks with 24 arguments exposing the most intimate and dirty stories related to the two actors’ private lives during their time together. The court also took more than 100 hours of testimony from witnesses of the two actors. All the trials were livestreamed on the social networking platforms of many leading news sites – unprecedented. According to statistics from Law & Crime Network, the number of viewers watching the lawsuit between the two stars reached 564 million.

The moment the actor stood in court to defend himself on May 25 attracted 1,247,163 live viewers. On TikTok, the video with the hashtag #JusticeForJohnnyDepp has nearly 10 billion views. Similar hashtags for Amber Heard only had 37 million views while those against the actress garnered billions of views. An online campaign started on Change.org calls for the actress to be kicked out of the movie Aquaman 2 attracted more than 4 million signatures from the public.

Johnny Depp sued his ex-wife to court for defamation, claiming that an article his ex-wife wrote in The Washington Post in December 2018 depicting himself as a representative of domestic violence was directed at the actor, causing a scandal. Johnny Depp’s life and career were ruined.

This can be considered a spectacular victory of the 59-year-old actor. In November 2020, he lost a lawsuit against British newspaper The Sun when it called Johnny Depp a “wife beater”. At that time, Amber Heard appeared as a witness to the testimony proving this tabloid was right. In March 2021, the actor’s appeal failed.

Quynh An