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Actress Heard at the sentencing hearing in early June
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US actress Amber Heard apparently still has feelings for her ex-husband Johnny Depp.
"I love him.
I loved him with all my heart.
And I did my best to mend a deeply broken relationship.
I couldn't do it," Heard said in a pre-release interview segment on NBC's Today show.
“I know this may be difficult to understand, but it's also very easy to understand.
If you've ever loved someone, it should be easy."
Two weeks ago, after a six-week defamation trial in which the ex-husbands accused themselves of defamation and domestic violence, the jury largely sided with Depp – but also agreed with Heard on some points.
The actress has been ordered to pay Depp more than $10 million in damages after a jury found her guilty of slandering Depp in an article in the Washington Post, thereby damaging his reputation.
Depp, in turn, has to pay his ex-wife $2 million for statements by his former attorney that damaged Heard's reputation.
In another segment of the interview, published a few days ago, Heard said she didn't blame the jury at the trial.
"In fact, I get it." Depp is "a popular personality and people think they know him.
He's a fantastic actor.' More parts of the interview were scheduled to air on Friday.
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