Amber Heard Decries Johnny Depp’s Vow To “Move Forward” After Defamation Trial Win

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UPDATE, 1:58 PM PT: Johnny Depp may be swaggering about to his fanbase about moving forward now a week after winning his multi-million defamation trial against Amber Heard, but the Aquaman star is taking a very different direction.“As Johnny Depp says he’s ‘moving forward,’ women’s rights are moving backward,” a spokesperson for Heard said today after her ex-husband and Run Diary co-star took to social media to thank his fans in print and video for sticking with the much-accused actor.

The verdict’s message to victims of domestic violence is…be afraid to stand up and speak out,” Heard’s team added, putting the potential consequences in the starkest and bluntest terms.What Depp’s next reaction is remains to be seen.

Succeeding on just one of her counterclaims and awarded $2 million in the contradictory June 1 verdict, Heard is planning to appeal the ruling of $15 million (reduced to $10.4 million) in damages to Depp.PREVIOUSLY, 9:13 AM PT: Less than a week after winning his multimillion-dollar defamation trial against ex-wife Amber Heard, Johnny Depp on Tuesday offered a glimpse of the court proceedings from his perspective — literally and figuratively.“We did the right thing together, all because you cared,” the former Pirates of the Caribbean star wrote to his hardcore fan base today in a posting on social media.

Along with words of praise to his “most treasured, loyal and unwavering supporters,” he posted a video shot from inside his car showing him waving to fans outside the Virginia courthouse that served as ground zero of the contentious and often-explicit six-week trial.The deftly edited footage, accompanied by a reggae-beat soundtrack, also shows Depp onstage in the UK performing with Jeff Beck.When the jury went