US EditionJohnny Depp Explains Why He Took Amber Heard to Trial in Rare Interview
- Johnny Depp, a 62-year-old actor, reflected on his 2022 defamation trial against ex-wife Amber Heard during a June 2025 interview.
- The lawsuit arose after Heard's 2018 Washington Post op-ed describing herself as a domestic violence survivor without naming Depp directly.
- Depp described betrayal by some close people who did not support him, calling himself a 'crash test dummy for #MeToo' and noting fears about making the right choice.
- A jury unanimously ruled Depp was defamed, awarding him $10 million while Heard received $2 million in a counterclaim, and Depp declared, "The jury gave me my life back."
- Depp said the verdict was a personal triumph validating his truth, and he highlighted the trial's impact on loyalty and trust within his professional circle.
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Mexico City.- Three years after his controversial defamation trial against his former partner Amber Heard, Johnny Depp spoke publicly for the first time about that bitter moment in his career. In a recent interview for The Sunday Times newspaper, the Oscar nominee spoke about how he changed his career after the Heard trial, stating that he felt like some sort of focus of attack for the MeToo movement. "Look, he had already come too far (with the…
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