Two days earlier than she is about to defend herself in opposition to Johnny Depp’s $50 million defamation go well with, Amber Heard took to Instagram to say she has “all the time maintained a love for Johnny” regardless of publicly feuding for years.
The trial in a Fairfax, Va. courtroom begins Monday, the place a jury will in the end determine if Heard defamed Depp in a 2018 Washington Post op-ed implying he was a home abuser —which the actor says harm his fame and value him work.
The headline of Heard’s piece learn: “I spoke up in opposition to sexual violence — and confronted our tradition’s wrath. That has to vary.”
In her Instagram submit Saturday, Heard addressed the op-ed, writing: “I by no means named him, slightly I wrote in regards to the worth ladies pay for talking in opposition to males in energy. I proceed to pay that worth, however hopefully when this case concludes, I can transfer on and so can Johnny.”
“I’ve all the time maintained a love for Johnny,” the actress wrote, “and it brings me nice ache to must dwell out the small print of our previous life collectively in entrance of the world.
“At the moment, I acknowledge the continuing assist I’ve been lucky to obtain all through these years, and in these coming weeks I might be leaning on it greater than ever,” she continued.
The trial is bound to be explosive, with a star-studded witness lists together with Heard’s ex-lover Elon Musk, actor James Franco, “WandaVision” star Paul Bettany and Ellen Barkin.
Each exes are additionally anticipated to testify, and their legal professionals will possible deal with whether or not Heard’s account of Depp’s alleged abuse had been truthful.
Heard stated in her submit that she is “going offline” whereas the trial is underway.
In 2020, the previous couple duked it out in UK courtroom over a 2018 story in The Solar, which referred to as the “What’s Consuming Gilbert Grape” star a “spouse beater.”
A London choose sided with the newspaper in finding that it hadn’t libeled Depp — whereas additionally ruling that he frequently beat his ex-wife.
The bombshell trial included revelations of feces in the couple’s bed and harrowing testimony from Heard about Depp scrawling “I love you” on a mirror in blood.
