Amber Heardsays she became “bombarded” with online harassment from Johnny Depp supporters after she filed for a domestic violence restraining order against the actor in 2016.

Heard, who is countersuing Depp for $100 million, said all she wanted from the divorce was for her ex to “leave me alone.” She also wanted him to state publicly that she was not a liar.

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“I was begging Johnny to not make me prove what I’ve had to sit on this stand in front of all of you and prove and talk about. I was begging not to have do this, and sit where I am sitting. I didn’t want this. I don’t wanna be here. … I was trying to get him to not call me a liar, because everything that I had said to date and everything I’ve said to date now is the truth.”

Heard said it “seemed crazy” that Depp thought she was taking part in an “elaborate, well-orchestrated, years-long campaign” to make false claims of abuse. She said she didn’t want to have to testify because “I didn’t want this to go to a prosecutor. I didn’t want to hurt Johnny. Idon’twant this to hurt Johnny.”

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Mandatory Credit: Photo by Steve Helber/POOL/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock (12942408d) Actors Amber Heard and Johnny Depp watch as the jury comes into the courtroom after a break at the Fairfax County Circuit Court in Fairfax, Virginia, USA, 16 May 2022. Johnny Depp’s 50 million US dollar defamation lawsuit against Amber Heard that started on 10 April is expected to last five or six weeks. Depp v Heard defamation lawsuit at the Fairfax County Circuit Court, USA - 16 May 2022

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When it came to settling their divorce, she said a joint statement in which Depp acknowledged that she hadn’t made any false claims was most important to her. “I didn’t care about the money,” she added, saying that shehasn’t been able to pay the full $7 million settlementto charity yet like she pledged because of the legal fees involved with battling his lawsuits.

She said, “I wanted to clear my name. That’s all I have. … All I have is my name. I come from nothing. All I have is my integrity. All I have is my name — and that’s exactly what he promised to take from me.”

“I had proof, and yet everyone — the media, the studios that both Johnny and I worked for — they were ready to support him,” said Heard. “They made statements in support of him. They were ready to fire me. They attempted to fire me.”

She added, “It was hard for me to work. I was harassed. I am harassed on a daily basis, death threats.” Heard also referred to being met with “vitriol from Johnny Depp supporters” after coming forward about the alleged domestic violence.

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Johnny Depp testifies in the courtroom at the Fairfax County Circuit Courthouse in Fairfax, Virginia, April 25, 2022. - Actor Johnny Depp sued his ex-wife Amber Heard for libel in Fairfax County Circuit Court after she wrote an op-ed piece in The Washington Post in 2018 referring to herself as a “public figure representing domestic abuse.” (Photo by Steve Helber / POOL / AFP) (Photo by STEVE HELBER/POOL/AFP via Getty Images); Amber Heard returns from recess at Fairfax County Circuit Court during a defamation case against her by ex-husband, actor Johnny Depp in Fairfax, Virginia, on May 4, 2022. - US actor Johnny Depp sued his ex-wife Amber Heard for libel in Fairfax County Circuit Court after she wrote an op-ed piece in The Washington Post in 2018 referring to herself as a “public figure representing domestic abuse.” (Photo by ELIZABETH FRANTZ / POOL / AFP) (Photo by ELIZABETH FRANTZ/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Depp has said multiple times under oath that he has never struck Heard or any woman. He testified that his “goal is the truth” as he seeks to clear his name in this trial. Because of Heard’s allegations, Depp said he lost “nothing short of everything.”

Back in November 2020, Depplost his highly publicized U.K. libel lawsuit caseagainst British tabloidThe Sunfor calling him a “wife-beater.” The court upheld the outlet’s claims as being “substantially true” and Heard testified to back up the claims. In March 2021, his attempt tooverturn the decision was overruled.

Going back to the op-ed that the court case is about, Heard clarified that what she wrote is “not about Johnny” — “It’s about me. It’s about what happened to meafterJohnny. It’s about what happened to meafterI escaped my marriage. It’s about me and my life and what I endured once I moved on and got a [temporary restraining order] and moved on with my life.”

Earlier on Monday, Heard told the jury she finally decided to follow through on filing for divorce because she feared the alleged abuse would worsen and result in her death.

“I knew I had to leave him. I knew I wouldn’t survive it if I didn’t. I was so scared that it was going to end really badly for me. … The violence was now normal and not the exception,” she said, adding, “I believe he would have taken it too far and I wouldn’t be here.”

If you are experiencing domestic violence, call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233, or go tothehotline.org. All calls are toll-free and confidential. The hotline is available 24/7 in more than 170 languages.

source: people.com