Amber Heard appeal

The ruling is a “significant setback,” says Elaine Bredehoft, the attorney who represented Heard in the defamation suit filed by Johnny Depp.

It sets back the idea that violence against women is to be taken seriously.” I’m heartbroken that the mountain of evidence still was not enough to stand up to the disproportionate power, influence, and sway of my ex-husband.” “It sets back the clock to a time when a woman who spoke up and spoke out could be publicly shamed and humiliated. And he knows it.” When the messages were published by Entertainment Tonight in 2016, Dueters told TMZ that the texts were doctored. In the U.K. case in 2020, however, Deuters testified that Depp dictated everything in order to “placate her, deflate the situation, create peace and get her on side.” Heard testified about the incident in the U.S. case, and it was one of 12 incidents that the U.K. case’s judge agreed constituted domestic violence. Demonize Amber and suppress the evidence.”

Amber Heard's attorney said Heard wants to appeal a Virginia jury's decision that found the actress liable for defaming Johnny Depp.

Bredehoft said that she believes that the jury verdict for Depp sends “a horrible message… The publication was not a defendant in the case. She added, “Really what happened here is a tale of two trials.” She said that they were not allowed to tell the jury that the UK court “found that Mr. Depp had committed at least 12 acts of domestic violence, including sexual violence, against Amber. So what did Depp’s team learn from this? This is a setback for all women in and outside the courtroom, and she feels the burden of that.” She said that Depp’s team was “able to suppress the medical records, which were very, very significant because they showed a pattern … going all the way back to 2012 of Amber reporting this to her therapist, for example. It stopped at November 2, 2020, which is when the judgment came down in the UK.”

The lawyer for Amber Heard says she believes the jury in the defamation case brought against the actress by her ex-husband Johnny Depp was "confused," and ...

That doesn't mean that I don't question rulings and I do question rulings in this case," Bredehoft said. And since it was so vitriolic to Amber I think it made it a lot more difficult," Bredehoft said. "From the very beginning, the goal of bringing this case was to reveal the truth, regardless of the outcome. "A number of things were allowed in this court that should not have been allowed, and it caused the jury to be confused." "The fact that they had 100 Depp fans in there every day, it was like coliseum as opposed to a dignified courtroom. "Basically, unless she had pulled out her phone, her iPhone and videotaped him as he was beating her, she's not going to be believed, it didn't happen."