The Today Show interview was Heard's first since the U.S. jury’s split decision in a libel trial that awarded her ex-husband Johnny Depp $10 million US and Heard $2 million US in damages. Depp sued Heard for $50 million, saying she defamed him in a 2018 Washington Post op-ed in which she called herself "a public figure representing domestic abuse." She counter-sued for $100 million.
FAIRFAX, Va: Johnny Depp’s ex-wife, Amber Heard, can argue to a jury that she should be protected from a libel lawsuit because her 2018 op-ed on domestic violence deals with a matter of public interest, a judge ruled. Depp sued Heard for libel in Virginia after The Washington Post published her opin