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Amber Heard Says People Called Her A “Liar” Because Johnny Is A “Bigger Star”
Heard blamed her ex-husband’s influence to the masses.
Amber Heard spoke of what she thought was the reason that the masses had been calling her a “liar” during the defamation lawsuit trial Johnny Depp started against her. At the Fairfax court, the 36-year-old said that it was because her ex-husband was “the bigger star.”
The case that accused Heard’s piece for The Washington Post to be defamatory had exposed her lies when she claimed she’d donated her divorced settlement to the ACLU.
Depp sued Heard for $50 million for the financial damages incurred by her piece and Heard countered with $100 million after they called her a “liar.” Later on, the court asked Heard for her honesty in whether she did donate the $7 million divorce settlement to the organizations she claimed she was going to.
While she’s become an activist and speaks up about the matter often, it turns out she’s only donated $350,000 out of the $3.5 million that was supposed to go to the organization.
‘The Rum Diary’ actress had previously claimed when she appeared at ‘RTL Late Night’ Dutch TV show that she’s paid off about half of the divorce settlement she received from Depp to the ACLU. Depp’s lawyer asked if she’s made the false claim to appear “altruistic” and to receive “good press.”
Heard replied, “That wasn’t my interest. My interest is in my name – in clearing my name. At the time, I was being called a ‘liar’ and my motives were being questioned. I did see it as important to clear that up. I wanted to make a statement to make sure there was not any doubt.”
“That I couldn’t be labeled these things just because Johnny was the bigger star and had more publicity reach.”
Depp had lost his role as Captain Jack Sparrow from Disney’s “Pirates of the Caribbean” series days after the op-ed was posted. He also lost a libel case after a UK media outlet called him a “wife beater” before the court judged him so.
On the other hand, Heard opened up that she’s “fought really hard to stay” in ‘Aquaman 2’ during the trial, as opposed to what she said last year.
She told the juries, “They didn’t want to include me in the film.”
Previously, she’s slammed campaigns that encourage the removal of her from the movie, namely the petition on change.org that has received over 4.2 million signatures now. She proudly stated that she was staying in the movie.
“Paid rumors and paid campaigns on social media don’t dictate [casting decisions] because they have no basis in reality,” she said. “Only the fans actually made ‘Aquaman’ and ‘Aquaman 2’ happen. I’m excited to get started next year.”
