Amber Heard Says She Still ‘Has Love’ for Johnny Depp in First Post-Trial Interview

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TODAY, speaking with journalist Savannah Guthrie in a two-part interview that aired on June 14th and 15th and can be streamed on Peacock starting June 16.The conversation spanned a wide range of topics, from how she plans to live life now that the trial is over and her feelings on Depp in the aftermath.Heard also said that she is concerned that she could be sued by Depp again, which jibes with analysis questioning survivors of abuse from going to court.

This lawsuit centered on in which she stated that she “became a public figure representing domestic abuse.”“I took for granted what I assumed was my right to speak.

I’m scared that no matter what I do or what I say or how I say it–every step that I take will present another opportunity for this sort of silencing, which is what, I guess, a defamation lawsuit is meant to do,” Heard said. “It’s meant to take your voice.”Heard says social media played a major role in the trial’s outcome.During the trial, social media platforms like TikTok were flooded with pro-Depp content, and Heard made it clear she thought that played a role in his victory.“Even somebody who is sure I’m deserving of all this hate and vitriol, even if you think that I’m lying, you still couldn’t tell me–look me in the eye and tell me–that you think on social media there’s been a fair representation," Heard told Guthrie. "You cannot tell me that you think that this has been fair."Elaine Charlson Bredehoft, one of Heard’s lawyers, that she felt her client was “demonized” publicly during the trial, and credited some of that to the way the trial was covered and discussed on social media.

Bredehoft likened the proceedings to “the Roman Colosseum” in terms of the incredible visibility and sheer public spectacle..