Amber Heard Goes On Social Media Hiatus Ahead Of Defamation Lawsuit Filed By Johnny Depp

Actor
Amber
Heard
says
she
will
be
“offline
for
the
next
several
weeks” as
she
faces
a
defamation
lawsuit
in
the
US
filed
by
her
former
husband
and
embattled
Hollywood
star
Johnny
Depp.
Heard,
who
will
next
be
seen
in
Warner
Bros/
DC
film
“Aquaman
and
the
Lost
Kingdom”,
shared
the
update
with
her
fans
and
followers
on
Instagram
on
Saturday
night.

“I’m
going
to
go
offline
for
the
next
several
weeks.
As
you
may
know,
I’ll
be
in
Virginia
where
I
face
my
ex-husband
Johnny
Depp
in
court.
Johnny
is
suing
me
for
an
op-ed
I
wrote
in
the
Washington
Post,
in
which
I
recounted
my
experience
of
violence
and
domestic
abuse,”
the
35-year-old
wrote
in
the
note.

According
to
Variety,
Depp
has
launched
a
legal
battle
against
Heard
after
she
penned
a
Washington
Post
op-ed
in
2018
stating
that
she
is
a
survivor
of
domestic
abuse.
Although
Heard
did
not
mention
Depp
(58)
by
name
in
the
column,
she
accused
him
of
domestic
violence
after
filing
for
divorce
in
2016.
In
her
message
on
Instagram,
the
actor
said
in
the
article
in
question
she
never
named
Depp
but
rather
wrote
about
“the
price
women
pay
for
speaking
against
men
in
power”.

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Unpleasant
Having
His
Texts
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Johnny
Depp
Made
Public
During
Trial

“I
continue
to
pay
that
price,
but
hopefully
when
this
case
concludes,
I
can
move
on
and
so
can
Johnny,”
she
further
said.
Depp
is
pursuing
a
USD
50
million
defamation
lawsuit
against
Heard.
Her
plea
to
dismiss
the
suit
after
Depp
lost
his
libel
case
in
the
UK
was
denied.
The
case
is
set
to
open
Monday
in
Fairfax
County,
Virginia.

In
her
post
Heard
continued
she
has
always
“maintained
a
love” for
her
former
husband,
adding
that
“it
brings
me
great
pain
to
have
to
live
out
the
details
of
our
past
life
together
in
front
of
the
world”.

“At
this
time,
I
recognize
the
ongoing
support
I’ve
been
fortunate
to
receive
throughout
these
years,
and
in
these
coming
weeks
I
will
be
leaning
on
it
more
than
ever,”
she
added.

In
November
2020,
Depp
lost
a
UK
libel
case
against
the
publisher
of
The
Sun,
a
British
tabloid
that
alleged
he
was
a
“wife
beater”
in
a
2018
article.
The
judge
ruled
that
the
words
were
“substantially
true”.
Later
Heard
requested
that
Depp’s
defamation
suit
filed
against
her
in
the
U
S
be
dismissed
after
the
UK
verdict
came
out,
since
both
lawsuits
involve
allegations
of
Depp
as
an
abuser.

However,
the
Virginia
court
ruled
that
the
two
cases
and
statements
were
“inherently
different”.
Depp
has
since
argued
that
Hollywood
is
“boycotting”
him,
pointing
to
the
long-delayed
release
of
his
biopic
“Minamata”.

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his
losing
the
UK
lawsuit,
the
actor
also
also
exited
the
Warner
Bros
franchise
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Beasts
and
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where
he
had
played
the
main
antagonist
role
of
Gellert
Grindelwald
in
two
films.
Mads
Mikkelsen
was
later
recast
in
the
role
for
the
upcoming
third
film
titled
“Fantastic
Beasts:
The
Secrets
of
Dumbledore”,
which
was
released
in
the
UK
on
April
8.