Depp filed a lawsuit against his ex-wife in 2019, claiming she defamed him by describing herself in the Washington Post as a victim of domestic violence. In his 2018 article Amber Heard she wrote that “like many women, I was molested and sexually assaulted. But I remained silent – I did not expect that filing complaints would bring justice. And I did not see myself as a victim (…). Then two years ago I became a person public, representing domestic violence, and I felt the full force of our culture’s anger towards women who speak up, “she added then.
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