“I will maintain every word until my death”: Does Amber Heard risk a third trial after her television interview?

She argued that the jury was swayed by Johnny Depp's "excellent acting".

In an interview with the “Today Show”, recorded on Thursday, June 9 and broadcast in three parts on NBC, Amber Heard spoke about the verdict of her defamation lawsuit against her ex-husband.

At the end of this legal battle, carried out on a fund of mutual accusations of domestic violence, the actress was sentenced, on June 1, to pay 10.4 million dollars (9 million euros) to her former husband.

The latter must for his part pay him 2 million dollars (1.8 million euros).

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Since then, the heroine of

(2018) persists and signs.

She thus called the verdict "unfair" during her exchange with journalist Savannah Guthrie, and assured that she would "maintain every word of her testimony until her death".

Amber Heard has also maintained that Johnny Depp had been physically violent towards her and that he had "lied" by declaring the opposite.

Words that could earn him new legal proceedings, according to Nicole Haff, a lawyer specializing in entertainment law.

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Towards a “third trial”?

"This interview could count as a 'new publication' in the eyes of the law, which could lead to a third trial," said the expert, who works for the firm Romano Law, in the columns of the

on Tuesday 14 June.

The tabloid also cites the law site specializing in reputation management

"An individual who repeats or republishes defamatory material will have the same liability as the publisher of the original defamatory material," reads one of its pages.

"A defamatory statement is considered 'published' when it is intentionally, maliciously or negligently communicated to a person other than the person being defamed,"

also states .

What could correspond to the interview of Amber Heard.

Nicole Haff, however, felt that embarking on a new trial would not be the best strategy for Johnny Depp.

"Amber Heard's lawyers have already indicated that she cannot pay the damages requested at the end of the last trial," she said.

Employees "paid" by Johnny Depp

Amber Heard, who plans to appeal the court ruling, argued on the 'Today Show' that the jurors in her trial were influenced by the statements of Johnny Depp's 38 witnesses, some of whom were 'employees paid' by the actor.

The 30-year-old also questioned the attitude of the jury towards her.

"Again, how could they listen for three and a half weeks to testimonies that I was not a credible person, and not believe a single word that came out of my mouth?" she lamented.

The actress nevertheless expressed her regrets about what she had done and said to her ex-husband.

Before qualifying: "When you are in an abusive dynamic - psychologically, emotionally and physically - you do not have the resources or the luxury to say: "Hey, it's all black or all white.

Because it's anything but that when you live it."

The actress will also speak in a special broadcast on NBC on Friday, June 17.