Heard ‘terrified’ of new Depp lawsuit
AMBER Heard said she’s “terrified” of being sued for defamation again by Johnny Depp in her first interview since the Aquaman actor lost her bombshell defamation case against her ex-husband three weeks ago in Virginia.
“I took for granted what I assumed was my right to speak, not just what I lived through but what I knew,” the actor said about the case in a Friday night sit-down with Savannah Guthrie on NBC’s Dateline, reports The New York Post.
“I’m terrified,” Heard added when asked if she was scared she might be sued again by Depp.
“I guess that’s what a defamation lawsuit is meant to do, it’s meant to take your voice.”
The full interview with
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Guthrie aired at 8pm after multiple teasers were dropped throughout the week.
Despite the jury ruling earlier this month that Heard, 36, had smeared her Pirates of the Caribbean ex with the abuse allegations, she insisted she
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stands by “every word” of her testimony.
In fact, Heard doubled down on the allegations that Depp abused her during their “ugly” marriage — and bluntly accused him of lying after he repeatedly denied her claims on the stand during the six-week trial.
At one point in the interview, Guthrie noted that Depp testified he’d never struck Heard during their relationship and that “not one woman has come forward and said he physically hit them.”
Heard responded by hinting that Depp’s other exes may have been too afraid to publicly accuse him of alleged abuse.
“Look what happened to me when I came forward. Would you?” she said.