Amber Heard has a lot more to worry about than how she will pay her $ 10.35 million defamation bill.
After being humiliated in the courtroom, Amber Heard now faces ostracism in Hollywood.
“Did Amber Really Work in Hollywood?” a Hollywood producer sniffed out page six.
“What else has really been apart of the Aquaman movie? I don’t think it was ever an interesting ticket – Johnny made it interesting.
Known for her blonde Hitchcock appearance, Heard was not a household name when she connected with Johnny Depp on set. Rum newspapers in 2011.
This week, a jury ruled in favor of Depp after a six-week defamation trial that took over the world, finding that Heard had acted maliciously when he wrote in a 2018. Washington Post trial over abuse and awarding Depp $ 10 million in compensatory damages.
Then, when Depp posted a statement on social media saying the jury “brought me back to life,” the celebrities he liked included Zoe Saldana, Emma Roberts, Gemma Chan, Taika Waititi, Jennifer Aniston, Henry Golding, Riley Keough and LaKeith Stanfield. It appeared that Hollywood had turned against Heard, who claimed to have been the victim of domestic abuse by Depp, even before the trial ended.
“Believe all women … except Amber Heard,” Chris Rock said during a standing appearance in May.
“I have no doubt that Johnny will come out with his good name and his wonderful heart revealed to the world,” Depp said. Dark shadows co-star Eva Green posted it on Instagram on May 19th.
As for Heard returning to Tinseltown, a top-level studio source told Page Six, “I think it’s going to be very difficult for her.”
Even some people who once considered support have disappeared. Sources told Page Six that Heard is no longer close to her ex-boyfriend Elon Musk.
In a witness statement, Jennifer Howell, a friend of Heard’s younger sister Whitney Henriquez and her late mother, Paige, said that Paige, who died in 2020 at the age of 63, had told her that Musk was suing. the actor for embryos they had created together. .
In a statement from Page Six, Howell, Henriquez’s former employer at The Art of Elysium, said: “Paige told me that Amber said Elon was controlling, abusive, and a legal battle with him for the rights of the embryos they had. they had created them together. He wanted to destroy them, and Amber tried to keep them to have a baby. “
Heard welcomed his daughter Oonagh Paige as a surrogate in April 2021. Although he has not publicly named the girl’s father, there is no evidence that he was a Tesla mogul. Musk was not available for comment.
The head of SpaceX was also named on Heard’s list of witnesses for the trial, but never testified. Although sources told The Post that Heard and Musk had some sort of conflict, Musk tweeted about Heard and Depp late last month: “I hope they both move on. At their best, they’re all amazing. “.
During the trial, some of Heard’s former friends testified for her (although James Franco was on the witness list, he was not). Her ex-best friend and roommate Raquel Pennington said she was “scared” by Heard, saying Heard “often had to cover bruises and wounds on her face with makeup.”
But in her recorded statement, Pennington she and the actor had not spoken in at least six months, after separating after a Thanksgiving discussion that turned violent.
“I wanted to spend more time with other people in my life and prioritize other relationships,” Pennington said in the tape that was played in court.
“I wouldn’t consider her a friend,” she added. “It simply came to our notice then. We are not enemies. “
But that only caused Depp’s lawyer, Camille Vasquez, to tell the jury at the end of the trial, “This is a woman who burns bridges. Her close friends don’t show up for her. You may have noticed that no one is leaving. to present Mrs. Heard in this room except her sister … all the other witnesses who traveled to Virginia for her were a paid expert.
Although Heard has a small group of close friends, she has also been living in Los Angeles for some time, having moved to a six-acre estate in the Mojave Desert that she bought in 2019.
Her group includes her sister, ex-girlfriend Bianca Butti and Scottish journalist Eve Barlow.
Butti was dating Heard when the actor became a mother, although sources said Heard made the decision to be the only father of his daughter.
After the verdict, the director of photography wrote on Instagram: “Amber is someone I am grateful to call a friend and no one, who gets up to tell the truth, should be treated like that. My heart is with her in these difficult times. Whatever happens #istandwithamberheard. “
Barlow, who was kicked out of the Virginia courtroom for allegedly texting and tweeting from the front row, tweeted that she would “always” have Heard’s back.
Depp was spotted this week celebrating his victory on a concert tour with guitarist Jeff Beck in the UK, and it has recently been rumored that he will be reuniting with his old friend, conductor Tim Burton, for Beetlesuice 2.
“Johnny will definitely be back at work,” the study source said. “Amber can go back to work, [but] I think it will be more the indie route. I’m not sure the studios want the responsibility to work with her. “
Although Heard is taking time off to be with her daughter, she is scheduled to appear in two films: Escape with mefor which no other distribution has been announced, and In the Firein which Heard is the best known name.
During the trial, Depp stated that it was he who helped his ex-wife gain the most important role in her career, as Mera in Aquamanbut she said she later warned the studio about her when she learned things would “end up ugly” after their separation.
According to the actor, Heard was worried about shooting the film in Australia, given his previous legal issues there. In 2016, she was prosecuted for illegally bringing her dogs into the country.
The charges were eventually dropped, but fearing that the studio behind the film, Warner Bros., still had reservations about handing it out, Depp said he made phone calls to them in his name.
“She asked if she would, she had a multi-movie deal with Warner Bros., so we’d been in business together, so I knew these people, I talked to them,” Depp said. “I made a phone call and spoke to three top Warner executives: Kevin Tsujihara, Sue Kroll and Greg Silverman.”
At another embarrassing moment, the head of DC Films, Walter Hamada, stated that the studio considered abandoning it. Aquaman and the lost kingdom due to his “lack of chemistry” with his co-star Jason Momoa (who, this week, liked the post-verdict statements of both Heard and Depp on social media).
Following the verdict, Heard’s attorney, Elaine Bredehoft, said Heard would file an appeal.
When asked Today To see if Heard has the money to pay the $ 10.35 million given to Depp, Bredehoft said on Thursday, “Oh, no, absolutely not.”
The high-profile court battle has left the actor harmed by cash, according to sources, including one who also blamed Heard’s luxurious past expenses on travel, clothing, gifts and wine.
Several sources said the star had to change his legal representation and public relations team and now relies on his homeowners insurance policy to cover the cost of his current lawyers in the case.
As reported by The Post this week, sources said that Heard’s lawyers ‘bill has been paid primarily by The Travelers Companies in terms of the actress’ insurance policy.
An insurance company vice president, Pamela Johnson, was seen in court in Fairfax, Virginia, with Heard several times during her trial. Neither Johnson nor Travelers returned calls.
A spectator in the courtroom said on page Six, “After the verdict, Amber got up and left. Her sister Whitney was sitting in the front row and got up and crossed the barricade and came out with she.
Another informant in the film said of Heard: “Most people believe that they have taken advantage of the #MeToo movement and therefore it is a dangerous route for someone to hire. It did not show any contrition until and all when things went awry in the courts. “
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