Amber Heard 'felt less than human' during Johnny Depp trial but stands by 'every word'

Amber Heard has said she "felt less than human" during her multimillion-dollar defamation case against ex-husband Johnny Depp - but stands by "every word" of her testimony.

The 36-year-old actress spoke to NBC Today journalist Savannah Guthrie in her first TV interview since losing the court battle. Heard said each day she attended court she would walk past "three, four, sometimes six city blocks lined with people holding signs saying ‘Burn the witch’ and ‘Death to Amber’".

She described "Captain Jack Sparrow fans" attending the hearing in support of the Hollywood star as "vocal and energised" as she took the stand, adding that the trial was “the most humiliating and horrible thing I have ever been through”.

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“I have never felt more removed from my own humanity. I felt less than human,” she told Guthrie, adding that she would stand by her testimony “to my dying day”. When the journalist pressed her about Depp’s claim in court that he never hit her, asking: “Is that a lie?”, Heard responded: “Yes, it is.”

When Guthrie suggested some members of the public were “frankly disgusted” by what had played out in court over the six weeks of testimony and evidence in Fairfax County, Virginia, Heard agreed, telling her: "I would not blame the average person for looking at this and how this has been covered and thinking that this is Hollywood brats at their worst."

But the actress claimed it was "actually so much bigger than that" and not "only about our First Amendment right to speak". Guthrie interjected, saying that the First Amendment "doesn’t protect lies that amount to defamation, and that was the issue in the case".

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