Confessing After Losing To Johnny Depp, Amber Heard: Netizens Are Unfair

Amber Heard (Reuters via ANTARA)

JAKARTA - Amber Heard said the scathing and malicious comments netizens received on social media during her defamation trial against Johnny Depp were "unfair". But she insisted on making sure she wasn't blaming the jury in favor of her ex-husband. Heard said this in an interview released on Monday, June 13.

After six weeks of a widely-watched trial, the jury finally decided Johnny Depp was entitled to $10 million in damages for Amber Heard's defamation, while his ex-wife only got $2 million in counterclaims.

The trial, which was broadcast live on television and the internet, to millions of people around the world, revealed shocking details about the celebrity's life, and Heard became the target of the mobs of netizens who turned him into a meme.

"I don't think the average person should know about this," Heard told NBC. "So I don't feel hurt."

"But even if there is someone who believes I deserve to be hated and scorned, even if you think I'm lying, you can't look me in the eye and say that what's on social media can be fairly represented."

"You can't say this is fair," he was quoted as saying by ANTARA.

Depp sued Heard over an article in the Washington Post in which Heard did not give his name, but described himself as a public figure representing domestic violence. Heard retaliated after Depp's lawyer described the violence claim as a "hoax".

Public opinion online during the trial seemed to favor Johnny Depp, and Heard's lawyers accused Depp's legal team of trying to make Heard look like a monster.

Heard's attorney, Elaine Bredehoft, said the "Aquaman" star would appeal.

"How could they make that decision, how could they not come to that conclusion? I don't blame them. I actually understand that he's a lovable character. And people feel like they know him. He's a fantastic actor."

When interviewer Savannah Guthrie said it was the jury's job not to be lulled by Depp's status as a top star, Amber Heard responded, "How did they (not)...after listening to three and a half weeks of testimonials about how I am not a credible person, to not believe it. words that come out of my mouth?”