Amber Heard Over-Acted on the Stand, but Johnny Depp’s Defamation Lawsuit Is Still Hers to Lose, Experts Say
This week marked a dramatic shift in Johnny Depp's trial against Amber Heard.
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In a case involving two actors, Heard came across as more of a performer, and that could hurt her credibility with the jury, Brett Ward, co-chair of the matrimonial and family law practice at Blank Rome, told Insider.
"Unfortunately when she talks about actual incidents of violence, her comments go from victim to actress and that's a real big problem for her," Ward said.
Ward pointed specifically to comments Heard made while describing physical assaults she said she suffered at the hands of Depp, such as Heard noticing how dirty her carpet was when a slap from Depp knocked her to the floor.
Ward said some of her descriptions of these events had a tendency to sound "like a soliloquy."
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Both Ramey and Ward think Heard will win the case, but that the trial may help Depp regain his footing in Hollywood.
Ward said the evidence against Depp is too strong, and he'll have a hard time arguing that Heard's op-ed specifically, which came out two years after the abuse allegations first made the news, is what ruined his career.
But Ward said the trial may have thrown enough doubt on Heard's claims that Depp may be able to start acting again somewhere down the line.
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"Amber Heard Over-Acted on the Stand, but Johnny Depp’s Defamation Lawsuit Is Still Hers to Lose, Experts Say," by Jacob Shamsian and Ashley Collman was published in Insider on May 7, 2022.