Amber Heard Says Johnny Depp Trial Made Her Feel 'Less Than A Human'

Amber Heard was left feeling 'less than human' after her defamation trial against ex-husband Johnny Depp.

Depp filed the lawsuit against Heard after an op-ed piece she wrote for The Washington Post in 2018 insinuated she was a victim of domestic abuse during their marriage.

After a lengthy and highly publicised court battle, on 1 June the verdict was announced in favour of Depp.

Heard recently spoke about how it made her feel:

Now, Heard has spoken out about the ordeal in an interview with Savannah Guthrie for the TODAY show.

"I felt less than a human," the Aquaman actor said recounting her experience.

Describing the swathes of Depp fans lining the entrance to the Virginia court house, Heard said: "Every single day I passed three, four, sometimes six blocks, city blocks, lined with people holding signs saying: 'burn the witch', 'death to Amber', after three and a half weeks I took to the stand and saw just a courtroom packed, full, of Captain Jack Sparrow fans who were vocal."

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Heard went on to say that the trial was the 'most humiliating thing and horrible thing I've ever been through'. She continued: "I've never felt more removed from my own humanity. I felt less than human."

However, Heard has affirmed that she 'doesn't blame' the jury for the outcome, but rather that the social media attention surrounding the case was 'unfair'.

During and following the trial, Heard has faced claims from social media and Depp's lawyers that she was acting during her testimony.

During the interview, Guthrie addresses these claims by asking: "In the closing arguments, the Depp lawyer called your testimony ‘the performance of a lifetime’ and said you were acting. What do you say to that?"

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Heard responded: "Says the lawyer for the man who convinced the world he had scissors for fingers? [...] I listened to weeks of testimony I'm a terrible actress. I'm a bit confused how I could be both."

She went on to further discuss the impact of social media on her case, saying: "I don’t care what one thinks about me or what judgments you want to make about what happened in the privacy of my own home, in my marriage, behind closed doors.

"I don’t presume the average person should know those things. And so I don’t take it personally.

"But even somebody who is sure I’m deserving of all this hate and vitriol, even if you think that I’m lying, you still couldn’t look me in the eye and tell me that you think on social media there’s been a fair representation.

"You cannot tell me that you think that this has been fair."

You can watch the interview today June 14 and Wednesday, June 15 on NBC's TODAY and Friday, June 17 on Dateline NBC at 8.00 pm/7.00 pm CT.

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