After moving to Spain following the highly televised Johnny Depp and Amber Heard case, Amber Heard went radio silent and stepped out of the spotlight, only to focus on her daughter, who was still a baby at the time.
But now, after making her theatrical debut, the mother of three, twins Agnes and Ocean, as well as Oonagh, 4. The actor released Silenced, directed by Selina Miles at the Sundance Film Festival, in a rare public outing.
It focuses on stories of women who were discredited or ‘punished’ after speaking out publicly.
According to the synopsis, Silenced reveals a global pattern: when women speak out, powerful systems move to discredit and punish them.
For those still unfamiliar with the live-streamed case between Amber Heard and Johnny Depp, she ended up paying the Pirates of the Caribbean actor $1 million in damages, which he later donated to five charities.
Now she has finally spoken out and said Variety admits, “This isn’t about me. I’ve lost my ability to speak. I’m not here to tell my story. In fact, I don’t want to use my voice anymore. That’s the problem.”
Moments later, she also referred to her time with international human rights lawyer Jennifer Robinson, in a reflection on her defamation trial, saying: “the outcome of that trial depended on my participation, and I depended on the outcome of that trial. When I first met [Robinson]I immediately got the feeling that she understood the bigger picture. What happened to me is an amplified version of what many women experience.”
