Amber Heard does not accuse jurors of defamation against her, accusing her fellow actor and ex-husband Johnny Depp of domestic violence charges, but she dismissed comments on social media about the case as “unfair” to her. , she said in her first speeches since the blockbuster sentence.
Hurd made the remarks during a sit-down interview with NBC’s Savannah Guthrie, a visualization of which aired Monday night on the Internet.
“I do not blame [the jury] “I actually understand,” Hurd said of Depp’s sentencing. “He’s a beloved character and people feel they know him. He’s a fantastic actor.”
However, Hurd criticized social media commentators, saying they were unjustifiably and predominantly on Depp’s side during the seven-week trial. An NBC article accompanying the review of Hurd’s interview noted that the hashtag TikTok #justiceforjohnnydepp had nearly 20 billion views, while #justiceforamberheard garnered about 80 million.
Meanwhile, #amberheardisguilty and similar thematic hashtags garnered 900 million views, NBC reported.
“I don’t care what anyone thinks of me or what judgments you want to make about what happened in the privacy of my own home, in my marriage, behind closed doors,” Hurd said. “I do not think that ordinary people should know these things. And that’s why I don’t take it personally.
“But even someone who is sure that I deserve all this hatred and rage, even if you think I’m lying, you still can’t look me in the eye and tell me that you think there was fairness on social media. representation. You can’t tell me you think that was fair. “
A jury in Virginia on June 1 sentenced Depp to $ 15 million for three defamation charges he allegedly inflicted on Hurd in a Washington Post editorial in 2018. Hurd did not name Depp in the song. , in which she described herself as a “public figure representing domestic violence”.
The presiding judge later reduced the prize for the actor, who once participated in the Disney Caribbean Pirates franchise, to $ 10.35 million.
Hurd won a counterclaim during the trial, with jurors giving the Aquaman actor $ 2 million after she claimed Depp’s press agent slandered her, calling her allegations a “fraud for abuse.” to profit from the #MeToo movement.
The jury’s verdict ended a trial involving dozens of witnesses and experts who are judging whether Depp raped Hurd – or vice versa – during their 15-month marriage, which ended in 2016. Hurd said he intended to appeal the decision. to the jurors while Depp thanked them for bringing his life back, as he put it.
Both actors testified in detail during the trial.
In a statement Monday, Hurd’s spokesman said the actor’s interview with Guthrie was a reaction to Depp’s media appearances after the sentencing.
“Mrs. Hurd just intended to respond to what they did aggressively.” [and] she did so by expressing her thoughts and feelings, many of which she was not allowed to do on the witness stand, “the statement added.
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