“The disappointment I feel goes beyond words,” Amber Heard wrote after the trial.
On Wednesday June 1, the Aquaman
actress
was found guilty of defamation in the duel between her and her former husband, Johnny Depp.
The latter was ordered to pay him 15 million dollars, against only two 2 million for him.
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Less than a week after the verdict, a man, claiming to have been one of the jurors during the trial, revealed behind-the-scenes information from the deliberations, via Tik Tok videos.
If the latter preferred to remain anonymous, she agreed to answer certain questions on the social network.
Several Internet users then wanted to know if the reputation of Amber Heard, described as a “liar” by a large part of the population, had played on the final sanction.
“No hate, but most did not show empathy,” retorted the person concerned, as reported by the
Daily Mail
.
The latter, on the other hand, claimed that the young person had been in a weak position since the start of the trial, which began on April 11.
“It was not quite unanimous at the start of the deliberation.
But everyone agreed that she was guiltier than Johnny,” he continued.
In video, guilty of defamation, Amber Heard must pay 15 million dollars to Johnny Depp
Lie and betrayal
But then, when did Amber Heard lose her credibility in the eyes of the jury?
If we are to believe the user of Tik Tok, the pivotal moment during the trial was the day when the latter confessed to having never donated the 7 million dollars received by Johnny Depp after their divorce to an association, like her. had assured him.
After the audio recordings broadcast over the days, the jury would also have considered that the actress was “unreliable”, unlike her former husband.
Furthermore, the man explained the reasons regarding the amount of the sentence.
According to him, some had wanted to condemn Amber Heard to pay 50 million dollars to Johnny Depp, like those initially claimed by the actor of
Pirates of the Caribbean
.
A sum too substantial for others.
After a lively debate, the latter would have agreed on the sum of 15 million dollars.
"It's just about being accountable and holding both parties accountable for what was done wrong," he explained.
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Witnesses
While Amber Heard failed to elicit sympathy from the jury, the commentator praised Johnny Depp's lawyer, Camille Vasquez, saying she did "an excellent job."
As for Amber Heard's sister, Whitney Henriquez, who came to testify at the bar on May 18, she would have seemed to "support her sister by obligation and by manipulation", continued the Internet user.
Finally, the alleged juror stressed that his choice in this trial had nothing to do with the notoriety of the two condemned.
"I'm not much into pop culture, so I haven't really been a fan of Johnny Depp or Amber Heard, I feel like I've been impartial about the whole thing," he said. he declares.
