Months after Amber Heard got here out on the dropping finish of her defamation trial with ex-husband Johnny Depp, the embattled actress had garnered some newfound help. Per TMZ, the world-famous feminist Gloria Steinem is among the many 130 folks to have signed an open letter addressing the web therapy of Heard and her supporters, which they are saying has been “unprecedented in each vitriol and scale.” The letter additionally challenges the decision of the trial, suggesting that jurors have been misled by a “misunderstanding of intimate accomplice and sexual violence and the way survivors reply to it.”
“We condemn the general public shaming of Amber Heard and take part help of her,” the letter reads partially. “We help the flexibility of all to report intimate accomplice and sexual violence freed from harassment and intimidation.”
Those signing the letter additionally insinuate that the backlash in opposition to Heard is just not due to the trial, however reasonably one thing that is been “fueled by disinformation, misogyny, biphobia, and a monetized social media setting the place a girl’s allegations of home violence and sexual assault have been mocked for leisure.”
Others which have signed the letter together with Steinem embody filmmaker Amy Ziering, writer Leslie Morgan Steiner, Victim Focus CEO Dr. Jessica Taylor, HomeShelters.org Editor-in-Chief Amanda Kippert, ladies’s rights activist Lindsey Boylan, and plenty of, many others. Some organizations providing help embody Cyber Civil Rights Initiative, Futures Without Violence, The National Organization for Women, Women’s March Action, and Women’s Equal Justice Project.
Amber Heard’s Career Has Nosedived While Johnny Depp’s Gets Back on Track
While there are not any obvious plans to take away Amber Heard’s scenes as Mera from Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, it is truthful to say that her profession has taken a serious hit because of the defamation trial. Other than Aquaman 2, which was already filmed, there are not any upcoming films that includes the actress. She has been dwelling overseas and holding a reasonably low profile, although there have been studies of her signing a deal to write a tell-all e book about her relationship with Johnny Depp.
Things are a bit totally different with Depp, because the trial verdict has vindicated the actor within the eyes of many. He has since appeared on the MTV VMAs and popped up on Rihanna’s Savage x Fenty present. He can also be engaged on a movie that can function him in a starring position, the French film Jeanne du Barry. Depp has additionally been making new music and introduced that he’ll return on tour together with his band, Hollywood Vampires, in 2023.
According to the jury, Heard owes Depp $10.35 million in damages whereas Depp owes Heard $2 million. Both judgments have been appealed because the authorized battle continues on.