Los Angeles, Jan 25 (IANS) Hollywood actress Amber Heard, who has had a nasty legal battle against ex-husband Johnny Depp, has “lost (her) ability to speak” in the wake of her legal battle.
The ‘Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom’ actress has made a surprise appearance in ‘Silenced’, a documentary about accused men using defamation lawsuits to silence women speaking out about abuse, and she claimed she no longer wants to tell her own “story” about her marriage to the ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ actor, reports ‘Female First UK’.
In a confessional interview for the documentary, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, with director Selina Miles, Amber said, “This is not about me. I have lost my ability to speak. I am not here to tell my story”
She further mentioned, I don’t want to tell my story. In fact, I don’t want to use my voice anymore. That’s the problem”.
As per ‘Female First UK’, the International human rights lawyer Jennifer Robinson is also involved with the documentary, and she assisted Amber with her participation in Johnny’s 2018 libel lawsuit against ‘The Sun’ newspaper, after they branded him a “wife-beater”, and she recalled how her former spouse’s fans shouted and jeered at her as she made her way to and from court.
She said, “The outcome of that trial depended on my participation, and I depended on the outcome of that trial. When I first met (Robinson), I immediately got the sense that she got the bigger picture. What has happened to me is an amplified version of what a lot of women live through. I remember at the close of the trial, the idea that I could say something to the press came up. (Robinson) asked if I was sure about that. (I thought), ‘If they throw things at me, it will make this point more obvious’. I didn’t understand it could get so much worse for me as a woman, using my voice”.
But the 39-year-old star has been given hope by seeing women speaking out. She said: “It gives me strength seeing other people take on the fight. Women are brave enough to address the imbalance of power. Looking at my daughter’s face as she grows up and slowly starts to walk into this world. I believe it can be better”.
While Johnny lost his libel claim against The Sun, he also sued the actress for defamation for an op-ed she penned about surviving domestic abuse, although she did not name him in the piece, and the jury sided with the actor, awarding him $1 million in damages.
–IANS
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