Asked by Guthrie about her words in court, Heard said, “Until the day I die, I will stand by every word of my testimony.” That said, Heard also referred to the trial as “The most humiliating and horrible thing I have ever been through. I have never felt more removed from my own humanity. I felt less than human.”.
Regarding the social media circus surrounding the trial, Heard said, “I think even the jury with the best of intentions…it would have been impossible to prevent this. Every day I passed three, four, sometimes six city blocks with people holding signs that said ‘Burn the witch’, ‘Death to Amber’. After three and a half weeks, I took the stand and saw a courtroom full of talking Captain Jack Sparrow fans, they were full of energy.”
Referring to the UK trial that Depp lost, Heard said: “There was another trial that dealt with the same substantive issues and had even more evidence. In fact, my evidence was largely omitted.” But Heard said Depp’s victory was because “his lawyer did a better job of distracting the jury from the real issues.”
When asked about people who watched the trial who might think both stars are at fault, Head said, “I wouldn’t blame the average person for looking at this and how it’s been covered up and not seeing the Hollywood brats in their worst moment. But what people don’t understand is that it’s much bigger than that. It’s not just about our First Amendment rights to speak.”
He also added his own interpretation of the First Amendment, saying: “It is a freedom to speak the truth to power, and that’s all. I spoke and said it to power and paid the price”.
When asked about the allegations in court that she was performing on the stand, Heard responded, saying, “Says the lawyer for the man who convinced the world he had scissors instead of fingers? Am I a good interpreter? I’ve heard testimonials for weeks that either hinted or outright said that I’m a terrible actress, so I’m a little confused as to how I could be both.”
Speaking about the alleged abuse in their relationship, Heard said: “I never had to instigate it, I replied. When you’re living in violence and it becomes normal, as I testified, you have to adapt.”.
When Guthrie responded, saying that Heard talked about starting fights on recorded audio, Heard said, “I know there’s been a lot of talk about these audio tapes. They were first leaked online after being edited. What he would hear in those clips is not evidence of what was happening. It was negotiations about how to talk about it with your abuser.”
Guthrie went on to read some of those transcripts, to which Heard replied, “As I testified on the stand about this, when your life is in danger, not only do you take the blame for things you shouldn’t take responsibility for, but when you’re in a dynamic psychologically, emotionally and physically abusive, you don’t have the resources that you or I have the luxury of saying this is black and white. It’s anything but when you’re living in it.”
At the end of the interview, Heard said: “I made many mistakes, but I always told the truth”.
In a clip of the interview released yesterday, Heard denounced the widespread social media frenzy surrounding her case, calling it “unfair.” On social media platforms like Twitter, Instagram and TikTok, users latched onto the case and made posts ridiculing Heard’s attorneys and their own testimony. Depp, on the other hand, was viewed favorably in the eyes of many social media users, with the TikTok hashtag “Justice for Johnny Depp” generating 20 billion views. The hashtag “Justice for Amber Heard” has received 27 million views.
“I don’t care what anyone thinks of me or what judgments you want to make about what happened in the privacy of my own home, in my marriage, behind closed doors,” Heard explained. “I don’t suppose the average person should know such things. So I don’t take it personally.”
Source: Ambito
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