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Even after she was sued by Johnny Depp for defamation, Amber Heard had help from a few of her Hollywood friends. In new testimony from Might 23, leisure business guide Kathryn Arnold claimed the one cause Amber, 36, saved her function of Mera in Aquaman 2 was as a result of she had the help of star Jason Momoa, 42, and the movie’s director James Wan. Based on Kathryn, the 2 had been “adamant” about preserving her within the movie, in keeping with the New York Post.
“It was that second the place not solely was she a great actor, however she was now world-renowned as a result of she was in essentially the most profitable movie … for DC Comics,” Kathryn mentioned to the Fairfax, Va. courtroom, talking about how massive of a profession transfer enjoying Mera was for Amber. “It was simply this extraordinary second for her, for her profession to take off.” As a substitute, Kathryn insisted Amber’s profession fell flat as soon as Johnny, 58, sued her for defamation following her 2018 op-ed for the Washington Publish during which she spoke about being a survivor of home abuse. Whereas she didn’t title Johnny in her piece, it was believed to be about him, contemplating the couple had not too long ago break up on the time.
Kathryn went on to say that Amber misplaced between $45 and $50 million in future initiatives and endorsement offers as soon as Johnny sued her. She additionally mentioned Amber is now haunted on social media by her involvement with the Edward Scissorhands actor, noting that “each time she seems anyplace, the social media negativity marketing campaign begins up once more.
Per week earlier on Might 17, Amber shared an identical sentiment. “I needed to battle actually laborious to maintain my profession after I obtained my [restraining order against Depp],” she testified on Might 17, per Vanity Fair. “I misplaced alternatives. I obtained dropped from jobs and campaigns. I fought to maintain my job and the most important film alternative I needed to date [with] Justice League with the choice to [star in] Aquaman. I needed to battle actually laborious to remain in Justice League as a result of that was the time of the divorce.”
After explaining how Amber’s profession was negatively affected following the lawsuit, Kathryn identified a few of Johnny’s alleged flaws. “Properly, we’ve talked in regards to the erratic habits, the tardiness, the medication, and alcohol abuse,” she mentioned of the actor, including that she believes it’s an “unlucky drawback … for the business to proceed to work with him regardless that all that is out within the public.”
On the flip aspect, Johnny’s crew mentioned the lawsuit has negatively affected him as effectively. As an illustration, Johnny’s expertise supervisor Jack Whigham mentioned he was axed from the long-lasting Pirates of the Caribbean franchise following Amber’s article. He was set to earn $22 million from the sixth installment of the favored movie sequence.
Johhny’s defamation lawsuit towards Amber, which he formally filed in 2019, is for $50 million. Amber is countersuing Johhny for $100 million in damages. Johnny misplaced a defamation case in 2020 towards the British newspaper, The Solar, which concerned quotes from Amber’s Washington Publish article.
