One of Amber Heard's attorneys says the team plans to appeal yesterday's ruling, calling it a 'significant setback' for domestic abuse survivors.
Guthrie asked if the attorney believes the jury saw the overwhelming anti-Heard vitriol that blanketed the internet before and especially during the trial. “How can you not?” Bredehoft said. “They went home every night. They have families. The families are on social media. We had a 10-day break in the middle because of the judicial conference, there’s no way they couldn’t see it.”
The jury also awarded Heard $2 million for one count of defamation in her countersuit against Depp. They found that he defamed her via his lawyer at the time when he described to theThe attorney also said the ruling was a "significant setback” for domestic abuse survivors, reiterating Heard’s message inreleased on Wednesday. Heard’s original statement read, “The disappointment I feel today is beyond words.
“I’m even more disappointed with what this verdict means for other women. It is a setback,” Heard continued. “It sets back the clock to a time when a woman who spoke up and spoke out could be publicly shamed and humiliated. It sets back the idea that violence against women is to be taken seriously.”
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