Amy Schumer Shows Support For Amber Heard On Instagram
Amy Schumer is seemingly rallying behind Amber Heard following her loss in court to ex-husband Johnny Depp yesterday (June 1) in their defamation lawsuit against one another in Virginia. The…
Amy Schumer attends the 94th Annual Academy Awards at Hollywood and Highland on March 27, 2022 in Hollywood, California. Amber Heard reacts outside the Royal Courts of Justice, the Strand on July 28, 2020 in London, England. The Hollywood actor is suing News Group Newspapers (NGN) and the Sun’s executive editor, Dan Wootton, over an article published in 2018 that referred to him as a “wife beater” during his marriage to actor Amber Heard.
Momodu Mansaray/Stuart C. Wilson/Getty ImagesAmy Schumer is seemingly rallying behind Amber Heard following her loss in court to ex-husband Johnny Depp yesterday (June 1) in their defamation lawsuit against one another in Virginia.
The comedian took to Instagram and posted a quote by Gloria Steinem, a feminist journalist and a social-political activist who became nationally recognized as a leader and a spokeswoman for the American feminist movement in the late '60s and early '70s. "Any woman who chooses to behave like a full human being should be warned that the armies of the status quo will treat her as something of a dirty joke . . . She will need her sisterhood."
Amber Heard issued a statement yesterday (June 1) following the verdict:
“The disappointment I feel today is beyond words. I’m heartbroken that the mountain of evidence still was not enough to stand up to the disproportionate power, influence, and sway of my ex-husband. I’m even more disappointed with what this verdict means for other women. It is a setback. It sets back the clock to a time when a woman who spoke up and spoke out could be publicly shamed and humiliated. It sets back the idea that violence against women is to be taken seriously. I believe Johnny’s attorneys succeeded in getting the jury to overlook the key issue of Freedom of Speech and ignore evidence that was so conclusive that we won in the UK. I’m sad I lost this case. But I am sadder still that I seem to have lost a right I thought I had as an American – to speak freely and openly.”
Johnny Depp won his defamation case against Amber Heard, who was countersuing him in Virginia today, June 1. Depp was awarded $15 million in damages, while Heard was awarded $2 million.
Depp sued Heard for defamation for $50 million over a 2018 op-ed she wrote for The Washington Post in which she described herself as a "public figure representing domestic abuse." Though Depp was not named in the article, he claims it cost him lucrative acting roles. Heard countersued for $100 million, over statements Depp's attorney made about her abuse claims.
The defamation trial has been underway since April and jurors have heard over 100 hours of testimony altogether.
See what folks on Twitter had to say about this case finally being over below:
