Amber Heard settles defamation case against ex-husband Johnny Depp
The settlement follows a monthslong televised trial that culminated with jurors finding that Heard had defamed Depp by writing a 2018 op-ed for the Washington Post.
This combination of two separate photos shows actors Johnny Depp, left, and Amber Heard in the courtroom for closing arguments at the Fairfax County Circuit Courthouse in Fairfax, Va., on Friday, May 27, 2022. Heard says she doesn’t blame the jury that awarded Johnny Depp more than $10 million after a contentious six-week libel trial in her first post-verdict interview. She told Savannah Guthrie of “Today” in a clip aired Monday that she understood how the jury reached its conclusion and said Depp is a “beloved character and people feel they know him.” (AP Photos/Steve Helber, Pool) (Steve Helber, Copyright The Associated Press All rights Reserved 2022)
Heard, 36, called the decision to settle with Depp, 59, “very difficult” adding that it followed “a great deal of deliberation.”
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“It’s important for me to say that I never chose this. I defended my truth and in doing so my life as a I knew it was destroyed. The vilification I have faced on social media is an amplified version of the ways in which women are re-victimised when they come forward,” Heard wrote.
