to the Virginia jury’s decision that she defamed Depp when she claimed in a newspaper opinion piece that she was a survivor of sexual violence.after the “Aquaman” star posted her decision on Instagram.
“It’s important for me to say that I never chose this,” Heard said in her post. “I defended my truth and in doing so my life as I knew it was destroyed. The vilification I have faced on social media is an amplified version of the ways in which women are re-victimised when they come forward,” she wrote.
Heard went on to say she finally has the opportunity to “emancipate” herself from something she tried to leave over six years ago.lost faith in the American legal system and favors the UK legal system as more “robust,” “impartial” and “fair”. Heard also blasted the U.S. media, saying it favored “popularity and power” over “direct evidence.”. “Even if my US appeal is successful, the best outcome would be a re-trial where a new jury would have to consider the evidence again.
—Reporting by Akriti Sharma in Bengaluru and Danielle Broadway in Los Angeles; Editing by Mary Milliken and David Gregorio