Actor says she doesn’t blame jurors for ruling against her in defamation trial but criticizes online commentators
“I don’t blame [the jury] – I actually understand,” Heard said of the verdict favoring Depp. “He’s a beloved character, and people feel they know him. He’s a fantastic actor.”
A jury in a Virginia court on 1 June awarded Depp $15m for three counts of defamation that he claimed were inflicted on him by Heard in a. Heard did not name Depp in the piece, in which she described herself as “a public figure representing domestic abuse”. Heard at the trial won on one counterclaim, with jurors giving the Aquaman actor $2m after she argued that a Depp press agent defamed her by calling her allegations “an abuse hoax” aimed at capitalizing on the #MeToo movement.
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