Amber Heard Stands by Her Allegations Against Johnny Depp: 'To My Dying Day'
etonline.comOn Tuesday, more of the actress' NBC News sit-down with 's Savannah Guthrie — her first since a verdict was reached in her and ex-husband Johnny Depp's defamation trial — was aired.
During the interview, Heard confirmed that she stands by everything she said during the trial and the accusations she waged against Depp. «Of course — to my dying day will stand by every word of my testimony,» she said.
When asked if Depp stating that he never hit Heard was a lie, she responded, «Yes, it is.»The actress also made her opinion of social media's impact on the case known. «I think [the] vast majority of this trial was played out on social media,» she said. «I think that this trial is an example of that gone haywire, gone amok and the jury’s not immune to that.» Heard noted, «I think even the most well-intentioned juror -- it would have been impossible to avoid this.»«Even if you think that I'm lying,» she later said, «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.»Speaking of the support for Depp, Heard recalled passing blocks of people «holding signs saying 'Burn the witch,' 'Death to Amber'» and his fans inside the courtroom. «This was the most humiliating and horrible thing I've ever been through,» she told Guthrie. «I have never felt more removed from my own humanity.
I felt less than human.»When asked whether Depp had better lawyers, Heard said, «His lawyers certainly did a better job of distracting the jury from the real issues.»Heard alleged that important pieces of evidence were kept out of this case as compared with their previous case in the U.K.
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