Amber Heard Defends Testimony In Johnny Depp Defamation Trial, Believes Jurors Saw Social Media Attacks On Her
deadline.comAmber Heard defended her side during her ex-husband Johnny Depp’s six week defamation trial, telling NBC News’ Savannah Guthrie that “to my dying day” she would “stand by every word in my testimony.”In her first interview since a jury largely side with Depp, Heard also delved into potentially damaging evidence that could have swayed the jury.She also suggested that jurors could have seen the blizzard of social media messages against her, telling Guthrie, “I think the vast majority of this trial was played out on social media.
I think that this trial is an example of that gone haywire, gone amok. And the jury is not immune to that.”Guthrie said, “Do you think the jury saw it?”“How could they not?
I think even the most well intentioned juror, it would have been impossible to avoid this.”Parts of the interview are airing on Today on Tuesday and Wednesday and on a special Dateline on Friday.Heard said that “every single day I passed for three, four, sometimes six blocks, city blocks, lined with people holding signs saying, ‘Burn the witch.’ ‘Death to Amber.’ After three and a half weeks, I took the stand and saw just a courtroom packed full of Jack Sparrow fans who were vocal, energized.”Guthrie went through aspects of what was presented in court, including an audio transcript in which she said, “I did start a physical fight.
I can’t promise you I won’t get physical again.”Depp’s lawyers spent much of the trial trying to undermine her credibility. Heard said that she struck Depp in defense.“As I testified on the stand about this, is that when your life is at risk, not only will you take the blame for things that you shouldn’t take the blame for,” Heard said. “But when you’re in an abusive dynamic, psychologically,
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