Amber Heard Speaks Out About Johnny Depp Trial for the First Time in Years
Amber Heard is making rare comments about the Johnny Depp defamation trial, which she lost in 2022.
The 39-year-old Aquaman actress spoke out during the 2026 Sundance Film Festival, where she appeared in Silenced, her first film appearance in years.
Here’s a summary of the documentary: “After #MeToo broke the cultural silence on gender violence, international human rights lawyer Jennifer Robinson fights against the weaponization of defamation laws to silence survivors.”
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“This is not about me. I have lost my ability to speak. I am not here to tell my story,” she said during a frank conversation with documentary director Selina Miles, per Variety.
Jennifer assisted Amber in a 2018 lawsuit filed by Johnny against British newspaper The Sun criticizing his in the the Fantastic Beasts film franchise amid Amber‘s domestic violence allegations.
“I don’t want to tell my story. In fact, I don’t want to use my voice anymore. That’s the problem,” Amber said in the doc.
She said her involvement in the Johnny case was complicated.
“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,” Amber said.
“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,” she went on to say.
“It gives me strength seeing other people take on the fight. Women 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.”
Johnny, meanwhile, is planning a major Hollywood return.