Amber Heard‘s sister, Whitney Henriquez, 34, spoke out after the actress misplaced the defamation trial in opposition to her ex-husband Johnny Depp. Whitney, who testified in assist of Amber, 36, through the trial, launched an announcement on Instagram three days after the jury delivered their verdict. “I nonetheless stand with you, sissy,” Whitney wrote. “Yesterday, at this time and tomorrow I’ll all the time be pleased with you for standing up for your self, for testifying each right here in Virginia and within the UK, and for being the voice of so many who can’t communicate to the issues that occur behind closed doorways.”
Whitney continued, “We knew that this was going to be an uphill battle and that the playing cards have been stacked in opposition to us. However you stood up and spoke out regardless. I’m so honored to testify for you, and I might do it one million occasions over as a result of I do know what I noticed and since the reality is eternally in your aspect. I’m so sorry that it wasn’t mirrored within the determination made by this jury, however I’ll by no means hand over on you, and neither will anybody who stands with you. Eternally by your aspect.” Whitney concluded her message by writing “#istandwithamberheard,” which has been used on social media by supporters of the Aquaman star.
Amber’s sister was by her aspect all through the weeks-long trial in Fairfax County, Virginia. She was there when the jury of seven selected June 1 that Amber’s 2018 op-ed for The Washington Put up was certainly defamatory in opposition to Johnny. Whitney was referred to as to the stand through the trial on Could 18 and testified that she noticed bruises on her sister throughout Amber’s marriage to Johnny, 58.
“Amber has labored so onerous to beat every part that she went by within the length of their relationship. She has actually actually tried her greatest to maneuver previous it,” Whitney stated in court docket, including that her well-known sister “began having panic assaults” when Amber was with the Pirates of the Caribbean star. Whitney made those self same claims when she was referred to as as a witness within the 2020 lawsuit that Johnny filed in opposition to The Solar.
Since she misplaced the trial, Amber has to pay her ex-husband $10.4 million in compensatory damages. Nevertheless, her lawyer Elaine Charlson Bredehoft has stated that Amber can not afford to do this, and that she plans to attraction the jury’s determination. Amber did win $2 million within the verdict over an announcement made by Johnny’s lawyer Adam Waldman that was deemed defamatory in opposition to her. After the decision was learn, Amber launched an announcement, saying she was “heartbroken” over the choice and that it “units again the clock” for girls coming ahead about alleged abuse.
