TONIGHT ON "DATELINE,"
SAVANNAH GUTHRIE WITH AN NBC NEWS EXCLUSIVE
AMBER HEARD SPEAKS OUT IN HER FIRST INTERVIEW SINCE THE TRIAL
WATCHED BY MILLIONS WORLDWIDE. >> I'M NOT A PERFECT VICTIM.
I GET IT I'M NOT A SAINT.
I'M NOT ASKING ANYONE TO LIKE ME
BUT I ASKED THE JURY TO JUST SEE ME AS HUMAN.
>> Reporter: THERE'S NO POLITE WAY TO SAY IT, THE JURY LOOKED
AT THE EVIDENCE YOU PRESENTED, THEY LISTENED TO YOUR TESTIMONY,
AND THEY DID NOT BELIEVE YOU >> HOW COULD THEY NOT COME TO
THAT CONCLUSION? THEY HAD HEARD OVER THREE WEEKS
OF NONSTOP RELENTLESS TESTIMONY, I'M A "HYSTERICAL WOMAN," I'M A
"CRAZY WOMAN," I "CAN'T BE TRUSTED.
>> Reporter: THE DEPP TEAM ARGUED THAT YOU WERE THE ABUSER,
THAT YOU INSTIGATED PHYSICAL VIOLENCE
>> I NEVER HAD TO INSTIGATE IT I RESPONDED TO IT.
THIS IS A TRIAL RUN AMOK PLAYED OUT ON TIKTOK AND SOCIAL MEDIA
>> Reporter: ARE YOU NERVOUS, AS WE ARE HERE TODAY ABOUT WHAT YOU
CAN SAY NOW? >> OF COURSE
I DID EVERYTHING I COULD TO STAND UP FOR MYSELF AND THE
TRUTH. >> HERE'S TODAY SHOW CO-ANCHOR
SAVANNAH GUTHRIE WITH "AMBER HEARD, AFTER THE VERDICT."
>> Reporter: YOU'RE HERE SOME PEOPLE MIGHT ASK WHY.
ARE YOU BRAVE? ARE YOU RECKLESS
ARE YOU VINDICTIVE WHY DID YOU WANT TO DO AN
INTERVIEW? >> THE ONE THING I CAN TELL YOU
IS, ONE THING I'M NOT IS VINDICTIVE
THERE'S NO P -- PART OF ME THAT SEES ANY -- THIS WOULD BE A
REALLY LOUSY WAY TO GET VENGEANCE.
>> Reporter: WHAT DO YOU HOPE TO GET ACROSS HERE?
YOU'VE HAD EVERYTHING SAID ABOUT YOU.
WHAT DO YOU WISH PEOPLE KNEW >> YOU KNOW, SAVANNAH, AS SILLY
AS IT IS TO SAY THIS OUT LOUD, MY GOAL --
THE ONLY THING I COULD HOPE FOR AT THIS POINT, I JUST WANT
PEOPLE TO SEE ME AS A HUMAN BEING.
>> Reporter: TONIGHT, WE TALK WITH AMBER HEARD, THE WOMAN AT
THE CENTER OF ONE OF THE MOST SENSATIONAL MEDIA SPECTACLES IN
RECENT MEMORY. >> THIS IS A CASE ABOUT THE
IMPACT OF AMBER HEARD'S WORDS ON JOHNNY DEPP.
>> Reporter: FOR SIX WEEKS, MILLIONS OF VIEWERS AROUND THE
WORLD WERE GLUED TO THEIR SCREENS, HANGING ON EVERY MOMENT
OF THIS COURTROOM SLUGFEST BETWEEN HOLLYWOOD STARS.
>> THE NEXT MOVE WAS JUST A BANG, AND SHE CLOCKED ME IN THE
JAW. >> HE JUST HIT ME OVER AND OVER
AND OVER AGAIN AND I THOUGHT, "THIS IS HOW I
DIE. >> Reporter: THE TRIAL MADE
PUBLIC A VOLATILE MARRIAGE WITH PRIVATE MOMENTS CAUGHT ON TAPE
>> I WAS HITTING YOU IT WAS NOT PUNCHING YOU.
BABE, YOU'RE NOT PUNCHED >> Reporter: FOR SOME PEOPLE,
THEY JUST WERE FRANKLY DISGUSTED BY THE WHOLE THING AND DON'T
HAVE MUCH SYMPATHY FOR EITHER ONE OF YOU
CAN YOU UNDERSTAND THAT? >> ABSOLUTELY I CAN UNDERSTAND
THAT I WOULD NOT BLAME THE AVERAGE
PERSON FOR LOOKING AT THIS, AND HOW IT'S BEEN COVERED, AND NOT
THINK THAT IT IS Y -- HOLLYWOOD BRATS AT THEIR -
AT THEIR WORST BUT WHAT PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND
IS IT'S -- IT'S ACTUALLY S -- SO MUCH BIGGER THAN THAT.
THIS IS A -- THIS IS NOT ONLY ABOUT OUR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT
TO SPEAK >> Reporter: BUT HERE'S THE
THING ABOUT THE FIRST AMENDMENT, THE FIRST AMENDMENT PROTECTS
FREE SPEECH. IT DOESN'T PROTECT LIES THAT
AMOUNT TO DEFAMATION, AND THAT WAS THE ISSUE IN THE CASE.
>> YES, EXACTLY. FREE SPEECH DOES NOT PROTECT YOU
IF YOU, YOU KNOW, GO INTO A CROWDED THEATER AND YOU SCREAM,
"FIRE! WE GET THE CONCEPT OF FREE
SPEECH FROM THE GREEKS BUT MY UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT
THAT MEANS IS NOT JUST THE FREEDOM TO SPEAK
IT'S A FREEDOM TO SPEAK TRUTH TO POWER.
>> Reporter: BUT TRUTH IS THE WORD
>> YES >> Reporter: AND THAT WAS THE
ISSUE. >> AND THAT'S ALL I SPOKE.
>> Reporter: SO, HOW DID IT ALL COME TO THIS
>> SEE YOU DOWN THE ROAD >> Reporter: AMBER LAURA HEARD
GREW UP OUTSIDE AUSTIN, TEXAS, WITH BIG DREAMS OF HOLLYWOOD
STARDOM. AFTER MOVING TO LOS ANGELES AT
THE AGE OF 17, SHE BOOKED A STRING OF TV AND MOVIE ROLES
IN 2009, SHE GOT A CALL THAT WOULD CHANGE HER LIFE.
IT WAS FROM SUPERSTAR, JOHNNY DEPP, WHO WANTED HER TO
CO-STAR WITH HIM IN A FILM CALLED "THE RUM DIARY.
>> Reporter: HE WAS 46 SHE WAS HALF HIS AGE, 23
>> HE'S SUCH A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH
HE'S EVEN BETTER THAN I COULD'VE IMAGINED HIM TO BE, WHICH IS
SAYING SOMETHING >> Reporter: AFTER SEVERAL YEARS
OF DATING, THE COUPLE GOT ENGAGED.
IS THAT AN ENGAGEMENT RING DOES THAT MEAN YOU'RE ENGAGED?
>> WHAT WOULD YOU CONSIDER IT? >> Reporter: I THINK YOU LOOK
ENGAGED. CONGRATULATIONS!
>> THANK YOU SHE'S A WONDERFUL GIRL AND VERY
GOOD FOR ME. >> Reporter: BUT THE MARRIAGE
DIDN'T LAST LONG IN MAY 2016 AMBER WENT TO COURT
ASKING A JUDGE FOR A RESTRAINING ORDER AGAINST HER HUSBAND
ALLEGING DOMESTIC ABUSE. MONTHS LATER, AMBER DROPPED THE
RESTRAINING ORDER AND THEY DIVORCED
AND IT SEEMED LIKE THE DEPP-HEARD SAGA MIGHT END THERE.
IN 2018, SHE LANDED HER BIGGEST ROLE YET IN "AQUAMAN."
>> Reporter: THAT SAME YEAR, AS THE METOO MOVEMENT WAS IN FULL
SWING, SHE WROTE THIS NOW-INFAMOUS OP-ED FOR THE
WASHINGTON POST. IT INCLUDED A KEY LINE, "I
BECAME A PUBLIC FIGURE REPRESENTING DOMESTIC ABUSE.
YOU SAID MANY TIMES YOU JUST WANTED TO GO ON WITH YOUR LIFE
WHEN YOU WROTE THE OP-ED, IT RAISED ALL OF THIS AGAIN
WHY DID YOU DO THAT IF YOU WANTED TO JUST GO ON AND PUT
THIS PAST YOU? >> THE -- THE -- BECAUSE THE
OP-ED WASN'T ABOUT MY RELATIONSHIP WITH JOHNNY
>> Reporter: BUT IT ALLUDED TO HIM.
>> IT EST -- >> Reporter: IT WAS
UNMISTAKABLE >> YOU KNOW, WHAT THE OP-ED WAS
ABOUT WAS, YOU KNOW, ME LOANING MY VOICE TO A BIGGER CULTURAL
CONVERSATION THAT WE WERE HAVING AT THE TIME.
IT WAS ABOUT REFORMS -- LEGISLATIVE REFORMS.
RENEWING THE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ACT.
>> Reporter: DID YOU WORRY, "GOSH, I'D LOVE TO BE A PERSON
WEIGHING IN ON THESE CULTURAL ISSUES, BUT THAT'S GONNA STIR
THIS ALL UP AGAIN. >> YOU KNOW, THAT -- THAT'S
GREAT QUESTION AND ONE THAT I WISH WAS CONSIDERED MORE
SERIOUSLY BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT.
>> Reporter: THIS OP-ED, IT WAS THE HEIGHT OF METOO.
LEGIONS OF POWERFUL MEN BEING CANCELED, LOSING THEIR JOBS.
DID YOU WANT THAT TO HAPPEN TO JOHNNY DEPP?
>> OF COURSE NOT IT WASN'T ABOUT HIM.
>> Reporter: JOHNNY DEPP DISAGREED, AND FILED A
$50 MILLION DEFAMATION LAWSUIT AGAINST HER.
>> GOOD MORNING. >> GOOD MORNING.
>> Reporter: SHE COUNTERSUED ALL OF WHICH LED TO THE RECENT
SHOW-DOWN IN COURT I DON'T HAVE TO REMIND YOU THAT
YOU'VE BEEN FOUND LIABLE FOR DEFAMATION AGAINST JOHNNY DEPP
HAVING BEEN FOUND LIABLE, ARE YOU NERVOUS, AS WE ARE HERE
TODAY, ABOUT WHAT YOU CAN SAY NOW?
>> OF COURSE I TOOK FOR GRANTED WHAT I
ASSUMED WAS MY RIGHT TO SPEAK, NOT JUST ABOUT WHAT I LIVED
THROUGH, BUT WHAT I KNEW >> Reporter: DO YOU FEEL LIKE
YOU COULD BE SUED AGAIN BY HIM FOR DEFAMATION
>> I'M TERRIFIED WHICH IS WHAT, I GUESS, A
DEFAMATION LAWSUIT IS MEANT TO DO
IT'S MEANT TO -- MEANT TO TAKE YOUR VOICE
>>> WHEN WE COME BACK -- INSIDE THE ALLEGATIONS
>> SHE HAS A NEED FOR CONFLICT, SHE HAS A NEED FOR VIOLENCE.
>> Reporter: THE DEPP TEAM ARGUED THAT YOU WERE THE ABUSER,
THAT YOU INSTIGATED PHYSICAL VIOLENCE
>> I NEVER HAD TO INSTIGATE IT I RESPONDED TO IT.
AS I TESTIFIED TO, IF IT MEANT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A BROKEN
NOSE OR -- A SORE CHEEK, I WOULD >>> Reporter: PEOPLE LINED THE
STREETS WAITING FOR A GLIMPSE OF THEM.
THESE TWO MOVIE ACTORS THEIR CARS PULLING UP NOT TO A
RED CARPET BUT TO A VIRGINIA COURTHOUSE
WHAT DID YOU SEE OUT THE WINDOW OF THAT CAR?
>> EVERY SINGLE DAY I PASSED CITY BLOCKS LINED WITH PEOPLE
HOLDING SIGNS SAYING THINGS THAT I COULDN'T REPEAT ON TELEVISION
AND THEY HAD TO ESTABLISH BARRICADES TO PROTECT ME SO I
COULD DRIVE INTO A PROTECTED ENTRANCE OF THE COURTHOUSE
EVERY SINGLE DAY THAT'S HOW I WALKED IN THE COURT.
>> Reporter: THERE WERE MORE PEOPLE WAITING FOR HER INSIDE
PACKING THE COURTROOM AND WATCHING FROM HOME
AMBER'S LAWYERS HAD FOUGHT TO KEEP TV CAMERAS OUT BUT LOST
>> I DIDN'T WANT THIS TO BE A "THING."
I DIDN'T WANT IT TO BE A TRIAL I DIDN'T WANT IT TO BE A PART OF
THE PUBLIC RECORD. BUT WHEN SOMEONE SUES YOU, YOU
DON'T REALLY HAVE A CHOICE >> Reporter: WITH THE BURDEN OF
PROOF ON HIM, JOHNNY DEPP MADE HIS CASE FIRST
TO PROVE DEFAMATION, HIS LAWYERS NEEDED TO SHOW THAT AMBER'S
CLAIMS OF ABUSE WERE FALSE AND HAD HURT HIS CAREER.
>> MR. DEPP, HAVE YOU EVER PHYSICALLY ASSAULTED MS. HEARD
>> NEVER >> HAVE YOU EVER SEXUALLY
ASSAULTED MS. HEARD? >> NEVER
CERTAINLY NOT. >> WHAT HAVE YOU LOST AS A
RESULT OF MS. HEARD MAKING THESE ALLEGATIONS AGAINST YOU?
>> NOTHING LESS THAN EVERYTHING. >> Reporter: DEPP SAID THERE WAS
AN ABUSER IN THE COURTROOM -- BUT IT WASN'T HIM.
IT WAS AMBER >> SHE HAS A NEED FOR CONFLICT,
SHE HAS A NEED FOR VIOLENCE. IT ERUPTS OUT OF NOWHERE
>> Reporter: DEPP DESCRIBED A PARTICULARLY VIOLENT FIGHT THEY
HAD WHEN HE WAS FILMING IN AUSTRALIA.
HE SAID AMBER THREW A VODKA BOTTLE AT HIM.
SHATTERED -- UH, EVERYWHERE. AND THEN I LOOKED DOWN AND
REALIZED THAT THE -- THE TIP OF MY FINGER HAD BEEN SEVERED
>> Reporter: DEPP'S ATTORNEYS SHOWED THE JURY PHOTOS OF
INJURIES THEY SAID AMBER HAD INFLICTED ON DEPP AND ASKED
MEMBERS OF HIS SECURITY STAFF TO TELL THE JURY WHAT THEY'D SEEN
>> I HEARD AND SAW A CLOSED FIST, UM, CONTACT MR. DEPP IN
THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS FACE. >> AND WHOSE FIST WAS THAT
>> THAT WAS MS. HEARD'S FIST AMBER HEARD'S FIST
>> Reporter: THE DEPP TEAM ARGUED THAT YOU WERE THE ABUSER,
THAT YOU INSTIGATED PHYSICAL VIOLENCE
DID YOU? >> I NEVER HAD TO INSTIGATE IT
I RESPONDED TO IT. WHEN YOU'RE LIVING IN VIOLENCE
AND IT BECOMES NORMAL, AS I TESTIFIED TO, YOU HAVE TO ADAPT.
YOU ADOPT STRATEGIES TO COPE WITH IT.
AND IF IT MEANT, AS I TESTIFIED TO, IF IT MEANT THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN -- YOU KNOW -- A BROKEN NOSE OR --
A SORE CHEEK, I WOULD DO IT. >> Reporter: WHAT ABOUT THE
WITNESSES WHO SAID THEY HAVE SEEN YOU INSTIGATE PHYSICAL
VIOLENCE DID THEY ALL COME IN AND LIE IN
COURT? >> I'M, YOU KNOW, LESS
INTERESTED IN SITTING HERE, YOU KNOW, RE- LITIGATING IT WITH
YOU. I AM NOT HERE TO CALL ANY OF HIS
WITNESSES ANY NAMES. I'M NOT HERE TO DO THAT.
I'M -- I'M HERE TO JUST KIND OF TALK ABOUT IT FROM WHAT IT FELT
LIKE FOR ME AS A PERSON WHO SAT THERE.
>> Reporter: THERE WAS ONE MORE VOICE DEPP'S LEGAL TEAM WANTED
THE JURY TO HEAR AMBER'S.
THEY HAD AUDIO RECORDINGS OF THE COUPLE TALKING ABOUT HOW AMBER
SOMETIMES GOT PHYSICAL >> DON'T SMACK MY EAR AGAIN.
IT -- [ BLEEP ] RESOUNDS IN MY [ BLEEP ] CRANIUM.
WOULD YOU LIKE THAT? >> I LOVE YOU.
>> HUH >> I LOVE YOU.
I'M SORRY. >> Reporter: IN ANOTHER
RECORDING AMBER WAS LESS APOLOGETIC
>> I'M SORRY I HIT YOU LIKE THIS BUT I DID NOT PUNCH YOU.
I DID NOT [ BLEEP ] DECK YOU I [ BLEEP ] WAS HITTING YOU.
>> Reporter: THERE ARE TAPES IN WHICH YOU ACKNOWLEDGE HITTING.
THERE ARE TAPES IN WHICH YOU SAY, "I STARTED THE FIGHT.
>> I KNOW MUCH HAS BEEN MADE OF -- OF THESE AUDIO TAPES
AND AS I TESTIFIED ON THE STAND, WHAT YOU WOULD HEAR IN THOSE
CLIPS ARE NOT EVIDENCE OF WHAT WAS HAPPENING.
IT WAS EVIDENCE OF A NEGOTIATION OF HOW TO TALK ABOUT THAT WITH
YOUR ABUSER. >> Reporter: BUT I AM LOOKING AT
A TRANSCRIPT THAT SAYS -- HE SAYS, "YOU START PHYSICAL
FIGHTS." AND YOU SAY, "I DID START A
PHYSICAL FIGHT." >> I DID START A PHYSICAL FIGHT.
>> YEAH, YOU DID >> Reporter: BUT YOU'RE TELLING
ME TODAY, "I NEVER STARTED A PHYSICAL FIGHT," AND HERE YOU
ARE ON TAPE SAYING YOU DID >> AS I TESTIFIED ON THE STAND
ABOUT THIS, IS THAT WHEN YOUR LIFE IS AT RISK, NOT ONLY WILL
YOU TAKE THE BLAME FOR THINGS THAT YOU SHOULDN'T TAKE THE
BLAME FOR. BUT WHEN YOU'RE IN AN ABUSIVE
DYNAMIC, PSYCHOLOGICALLY, EMOTIONALLY, AND PHYSICALLY, YOU
DON'T HAVE THE LUXURY OF SAYING, "HEY, THIS IS BLACK AND WHITE.
'CAUSE IT'S ANYTHING BUT WHEN YOU'RE -- LIVING IN IT
>> Reporter: HE SAYS HE NEVER HIT YOU.
NEVER. IS THAT A LIE?
>> YES, IT IS. >> Reporter: HE SAYS HE'S NEVER
STRUCK ANY WOMAN HIS LAWYERS ARGUED AT TRIAL NONE
OF HIS OTHER PRIOR RELATIONSHIPS, NOT ONE WOMAN HAS
COME FORWARD AND SAID HE PHYSICALLY HIT THEM.
YOU WERE THE ONLY ONE. >> LOOK WHAT HAPPENED TO ME WHEN
I CAME FORWARD WOULD YOU?
>> COMING UP - >> I FELT SO EMBARRASSED THAT HE
COULD KICK ME TO THE GROUND IN FRONT OF PEOPLE.
>> AS YOU SIT HERE TODAY, DO YOU STAND BY YOUR TESTIMONY AND YOUR
ACCUSATIONS AGAINST JOHNNY DEPP ABOUT ABUSE?
>> OF COURSE >>> IT WAS A SHOCKING DAY IN
COURT. >> Reporter: THE ATTENTION
SEEMED TO GROW DAY BY DAY. >> THE SURPRISES JUST KEEP
COMING IN THIS TRIAL >> Reporter: BUT FOR ALL THE
INTENSE CURIOSITY, THIS WAS NOT THE FIRST TIME AMBER HEARD AND
JOHNNY DEPP FACED OFF IN COURT >> THERE WAS ANOTHER TRIAL,
DEALT WITH THE SAME SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES, HANDLED DIFFERENTLY, BY
A JUDGE INSTEAD OF A JURY. >> Reporter: JOHNNY DEPP SUED
THE SUN, A BRITISH TABLOID, OVER AN ARTICLE IT PUBLISHED
DESCRIBING HIM AS A "WIFE BEATER."
THE CASE WENT TO TRIAL TWO YEARS AGO IN THE UK.
THERE WERE NO CAMERAS IN COURT THE JUDGE IN THAT CASE FOUND
THAT MOST OF AMBER HEARD'S ALLEGATIONS OF ABUSE WERE
"SUBSTANTIALLY TRUE. >> JOHNNY DEPP HAS LOST HIS
LEGAL BATTLE WITH A BRITISH TABLOID.
>> WE PREVAILED, OVERWHELMINGLY. >> Reporter: THE JURY IN THE
U.S. TRIAL WASN'T ALLOWED TO HEAR ABOUT THAT JUDGMENT
AND AMBER SAYS THAT BY THE TIME SHE GOT UP TO TELL HER SIDE OF
THE STORY -- >> I DO.
>> Reporter: -- THE COURT OF PUBLIC OPINION HERE HAD ALREADY
TURNED AGAINST HER >> AFTER THREE AND A HALF WEEKS
I TOOK THE STAND AND SAW THE COURTROOM PACKED FULL OF CAPTAIN
JACK SPARROW FANS WHO WERE VOCAL, ENERGIZED, WHO HAD
CAME -- COME FROM ALL ENDS OF THE WORLD.
>> WE'VE BEEN HERE ALL NIGHT LONG
>> I TOOK TWO BUSES, TWO TRAINS AND I HAD TO WALK A HALF AN
HOUR >> AND THE JURY SAW ALL OF THAT.
>> Reporter: DURING FIVE DAYS ON THE STAND, AMBER TOLD HER
VERSION OF THE TOXIC RELATIONSHIP
SHE SAID THE PHYSICAL ABUSE BEGAN WHEN THEY WERE FIRST
DATING AND CONTINUED THROUGHOUT THEIR MARRIAGE
>> AND I WAS WALKING OUT OF THE BEDROOM SLAPPED ME ACROSS THE
FACE I TURNED TO LOOK AT HIM.
AND I SAID, "JOHNNY YOU HIT ME YOU JUST HIT ME.
I -- I TESTIFIED ON THE STAND I GOT HIT FOR A VERY LONG TIME
BEFORE I KNEW HOW TO EVEN TRY TO DEFEND MYSELF.
>> Reporter: AMBER SAID THE ABUSE USUALLY HAPPENED IN
PRIVATE, BUT TOLD THE JURY DEPP ONCE KICKED HER ON A PLANE IN
FRONT OF HIS ENTOURAGE >> I FELT SO EMBARRASSED THAT HE
COULD KICK ME TO THE GROUND IN FRONT OF PEOPLE.
>> Reporter: IN ALL, SHE DESCRIBED AT LEAST 12 TIMES WHEN
DEPP HIT HER >> AND HE'S PUNCHING ME,
PUNCHING ME WITH A CLOSED FIST, PUNCHING ME.
>> Reporter: SHE SAID IT OFTEN HAPPENED WHEN HE WAS DRUNK OR ON
DRUGS. RIGHT NOW, AS YOU SIT HERE
TODAY, DO YOU STAND BY YOUR TESTIMONY AND YOUR ACCUSATIONS
AGAINST JOHNNY DEPP ABOUT ABUSE? >> OF COURSE
AND I WILL 'TIL MY DYING DAY I KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO ME
I'M HERE AS A SURVIVOR I, TO MY DYING DAY, WILL STAND
BY EVERY WORD OF MY TESTIMONY. >> Reporter: TO SUPPORT HER
ALLEGATIONS, HER ATTORNEYS SHOWED PHOTOS OF INJURIES THEY
SAID WERE CAUSED BY DEPP ONE ALLEGED BEATING HAPPENED IN
2015, BEFORE AMBER APPEARED ON "THE LATE LATE SHOW WITH
JAMES CORDEN." A MAKE-UP ARTIST SAW AMBER THE
DAY OF THE ALLEGED INCIDENT AND SAID SHE DIDN'T SEE ANY
INJURIES BUT THE NEXT DAY -
>> SHE HAD DISCOLORATION HERE UNDER BOTH EYES AND ON THE
BRIDGE -- ON THE BRIDGE OF HER NOSE
AND SHE HAD, WHAT I WOULD CALL, A SPLIT LIP.
>> IF I WITNESSED. >> Reporter: A NURSE TESTIFIED
SHE SAW AMBER'S BLOODY LIP >> AND SHE TOLD YOU THAT THAT
WAS THE RESULT OF, UM, THE ALTERCATION WITH MR. DEPP,
RIGHT? >> RIGHT
>> Reporter: AND AMBER'S SISTER TOOK THE STAND AND TOLD THE
STORY OF ONE FIGHT THAT SHE SAID INCLUDED DEPP HITTING HER,
SOMETHING DEPP DENIES. >> HE COMES UP BEHIND ME,
STRIKES ME IN THE BACK, KIND OF, JUST SOMEWHERE OVER HERE, HE
STRIKES ME IN THE BACK I HEAR AMBER SHOUT, "DON'T HIT
MY [ BLEEP ] SISTER. SHE SMACKS HIM, LANDS ONE, AND
THEN HE GRABBED AMBER BY THE HAIR WITH ONE HAND AND WAS
WHACKING HER REPEATEDLY IN THE FACE WITH THE OTHER.
>> MR. DEPP, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS
>> Reporter: AMBER'S SIDE ALSO PLAYED ITS OWN SNIPPETS OF
AUDIO. >> GO PUT YOUR [ BLEEP ]
CIGARETTES OUT ON SOMEONE ELSE, YOU [ BLEEP
HAVE CONSEQUENCES FOR YOUR ACTIONS, THAT'S IT
>> SHUT UP, FAT ASS. >> A [ BLEEP ] WEEK PRIOR AFTER
YOU BEAT THE [ BLEEP ] OUT OF ME
WHAT HAPPENED? >> Reporter: THEN THERE WAS THIS
VIDEO. >> DID SOMETHING HAPPEN TO YOU
THIS MORNING I DON'T THINK SO
IT'S CRAZY ALL YOU'RE CRAZY
YEAH, YOU'RE CRAZY >> HAVE YOU DRUNK THIS WHOLE
THING THIS MORNING >> YOU WOULD AGREE THAT YOU WERE
VIOLENT IN THAT CLIP, CORRECT? >> UM, CLEARLY I WAS HAVING A
BAD TIME YES, I -- I DID ASSAULT, UM, A
COUPLE OF CABINETS, BUT I DID NOT TOUCH MS. HEARD.
>> YOU -- YOU POURED YOURSELF A -- A MEGA PINT OF RED WINE,
CORRECT? >> A MEGA PINT
>> YEAH. >> I POURED MYSELF A LARGE GLASS
OF WINE. >> Reporter: AND REMEMBER WHAT
DEPP SAID ABOUT THAT FIGHT IN AUSTRALIA WHEN HIS FINGER WAS
SEVERED? AMBER DENIED HURTING HIM, AND
SAID ON THAT TRIP SHE WAS THE REAL VICTIM.
>> I DON'T WANT TO DO THIS >> Reporter: AMBER WENT ON TO
DESCRIBE A HARROWING INCIDENT OF SEXUAL ABUSE
SHE TESTIFIED THAT DEPP ASSAULTED HER WITH A BOTTLE.
>> BUT I COULD JUST FEEL THIS PRESSURE
I REMEMBER JUST NOT WANTING TO MOVE BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW IF
THE BOTTLE THAT HE HAD INSIDE ME WAS BROKEN
IN THAT COURTROOM, I AM TESTIFYING ABOUT -- ABOUT SEXUAL
ASSAULT AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, NEXT TO A JURY, IN FRONT OF A
WHOLE PACKED COURTROOM OF PEOPLE WHO ARE EXPRESSING THEIR VOCAL
SUPPORT AND DISDAIN FOR ME >> Reporter: AMBER HAD TOLD HER
STORY. >> SITTING HERE TODAY MISS -
>> Reporter: NOW SHE WOULD BE FORCED TO DEFEND IT.
>>> COMING UP -- WHAT THE JURY NEVER SAW.
>> THERE'S A BINDER WORTH OF NOTES THAT WERE TAKEN BY MY
DOCTOR HER NOTES REPRESENTED YEARS OF
WHAT WAS GOING ON.
TO THE WORLD MULTIPLE TIMES, RIGHT?
>> I HAVEN'T LIED ABOUT ANYTHING I'VE BEEN HERE TO SAY.
>> Reporter: AFTER DESCRIBING THE ABUSE SHE SAYS SHE SUFFERED
AT THE HANDS OF JOHNNY DEPP, AMBER HEARD THEN FACED HIS
ATTORNEY CAMILLE VASQUEZ >> MISS HEARD?
MISS HEARD >> Reporter: VASQUEZ SET OUT TO
CONVINCE JURORS THEY COULDN'T TRUST A WORD THAT CAME OUT OF
AMBER'S MOUTH. >> YOU GOT PHYSICAL WITH
MR. DEPP OFTEN DURING YOUR RELATIONSHIP, DIDN'T YOU
>> I HAD TO DEFEND MYSELF AS BEST I COULD
>> YOU JUST COULDN'T CONTROL YOURSELF, COULD YOU MISS HEARD
WHO WAS THE REAL MONSTER IN THIS RELATIONSHIP, MS. HEARD?
>> Reporter: DEPP'S TEAM ARGUED THAT AMBER HAD A HISTORY OF
BEING UNTRUTHFUL >> $7 MILLION DOLLARS IN TOTAL
WAS DONATED TO, I SPLIT IT BETWEEN THE ACLU AND CHILDREN'S
HOSPITAL OF LOS ANGELES. >> Reporter: THEY PLAYED A CLIP
FROM AN INTERVIEW ON DUTCH TV WHERE SHE SAID SHE HAD DONATED
HER $7 MILLION DOLLAR DIVORCE SETTLEMENT TO CHARITY.
BUT -- >> Reporter: IT WAS REVEALED AT
TRIAL THAT YOU HAVEN'T DONE SO YET.
DO YOU THINK THAT RAISED QUESTIONS AS TO YOUR CREDIBILITY
WITH THE JURY? >> WELL, I THINK, YOU KNOW --
LOOK, WHEN YOU SAY TO SOMEONE, "I BOUGHT A HOUSE," ARE YOU
LYING BECAUSE YOU HAVE NOT PAID FOR IT IN FULL AT THAT POINT
I MADE -- A PLEDGE AND THAT PLEDGE IS MADE OVER TIME BY ITS
NATURE >> Reporter: YOU'RE SPLITTING
HAIRS A LITTLE BIT THERE BECAUSE WHEN YOU SAY, "I
DONATED," YOU KNOW THAT EVERYBODY THINKS THAT YOU'VE
DONATED IT, NOT THAT YOU'VE PLEDGED IT
SO FOR THE JURORS SITTING THERE, DO YOU THINK THEY FELT LIKE THAT
WAS YOU GETTING CAUGHT IN A LIE? >> I DON'T KNOW, BECAUSE SO MUCH
OF THE -- I FEEL LIKE SO MUCH OF THE TRIAL WAS MEANT TO CAST
ASPERSIONS ON WHO I AM AS A HUMAN, MY CREDIBILITY, TO CALL
ME A LIAR IN -- IN EVERY WAY YOU CAN.
>> Reporter: THAT WAS THE TRIAL. IT WAS A CREDIBILITY CONTEST
DEPP'S TEAM ALSO PAINTED AMBER AS AN ATTENTION SEEKER
SAYING SHE WROTE THAT 2018 OP-ED TO COINCIDE WITH THE RELEASE OF
"AQUAMAN." THEY SUGGESTED THIS WAS A
PUBLICITY STUNT, A WAY TO RAISE YOUR PROFILE AT A TIME WHEN
THESE ISSUES WERE QUITE RELEVANT
>> IT WAS ONE OF THOSE FEW MOMENTS OF -- LEVITY IN THE
TRIAL WHEN I HEARD IT SUGGESTED THAT MY OP-ED IN "THE WASHINGTON
POST" COULD -- POTENTIALLY BOOST SALES FOR AN INTERNATIONAL
MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR SUPERHERO FRANCHISE MOVIE THAT I WAS
STARRING IN. IT'S THE OTHER WAY AROUND.
YOU KNOW, IF ANYTHING, WE WERE TRYING TO GET MORE AWARENESS AND
ATTENTION ON THE ISSUES WITHIN THE ARTICLE.
>> Reporter: IT WASN'T A PUBLICITY STUNT OR A WAY TO --
>> IT'S THE OPPOSITE YOU KNOW
>> Reporter: DEPP'S LAWYERS CALLED WITNESSES TO CHALLENGE
AMBER'S STORIES OF ABUSE ONE OF DEPP'S FRIENDS TESTIFIED
ABOUT THAT FIGHT ON A PLANE WHEN AMBER SAYS HE KICKED HER
>> AND -- AND IT'S YOUR TESTIMONY THAT MR. DEPP DIDN'T
KICK AMBER >> I --I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING
LIKE THAT. >> Reporter: AND TO COUNTER THE
PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE OF AMBERS INJURIES, DEPP'S LAWYERS SHOWED
THE JURY A SLEW OF PICTURES OF THE ACTRESS LOOKING UNBLEMISHED
AFTER THE ALLEGED ABUSE. >> YOUR NOSE DOESN'T APPEAR TO
BE INJURED IN ANY OF THESE PICTURES
DOES IT MISS HEARD >> IT'S WHY I'M WEARING MAKEUP
>> Reporter: AMBER TESTIFIED THAT SOME OF THE PHOTOS DEPP'S
LAWYERS BROUGHT TO COURT WERE TAKEN DAYS, EVEN WEEKS AFTER THE
ALLEGED INJURIES OCCURRED. >> WHAT I LEARNED IN THAT TRIAL
IS IT'S -- IT'S NEVER GOING TO BE GOOD ENOUGH
IF YOU HAVE PROOF THEN IT WAS A SCHEME, IT WAS A HOAX.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE PROOF IT DIDN'T HAPPEN.
IF YOU HAVE A BRUISE, IT'S FAKE. IF YOU DON'T HAVE A BRUISE THEN
IT DID -- VIOLENCE CLEARLY DIDN'T HURT YOU.
IF YOU TOLD PEOPLE, THEN YOU'RE HYSTERICAL
IF YOU DIDN'T TELL ANYONE, DIDN'T HAPPEN.
>> Reporter: WHEN IT CAME TO AMBER'S MOST EXPLOSIVE
TESTIMONY -- THE SEXUAL ASSAULT -- DEPP'S TEAM POINTED
OUT THE ALLEGATIONS ONLY CAME UP AFTER HER DIVORCE.
IN COURT, ATTORNEY CAMILLE VASQUEZ PULLED NO
PUNCHES. >> YOU TESTIFIED YOU BLED FROM
YOUR VAGINA AS A RESULT OF THAT SEXUAL ASSAULT
>> YES >> THERE AREN'T ANY MEDICAL
RECORDS REFLECTING THAT YOU SOUGHT MEDICAL TREATMENT FOR ANY
OF THESE INJURIES ARE THERE? >> I DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL
TREATMENT AFTER AUSTRALIA. NO
>> NOT FOR THE RAPE? >> NO, I DID NOT WANT TO TELL
ANYONE >> Reporter: THERE'S NO
EXPERIENCE LIKE BEING CROSS-EXAMINED
WHAT WAS THAT EXPERIENCE LIKE FOR YOU?
>> I KNOW THE SCARIEST, MOST INTIMIDATING THING FOR ANYBODY
TALKING ABOUT SEXUAL VIOLENCE IS NOT BEING BELIEVED, BEING CALLED
A LIAR, OR BEING HUMILIATED. >> Reporter: THROUGHOUT THE
TRIAL, BOTH SIDES FOUGHT TO GET ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE IN FRONT OF
THE JURY TO BOLSTER THEIR CLAIMS
SOME OF IT WAS DEEMED HEARSAY UNDER THE RULES OF EVIDENCE AND
DECLARED INADMISSIBLE BY THE JUDGE.
IS THERE ONE PIECE OF EVIDENCE THAT YOU WISH THE JURY HAD SEEN
THAT YOU COULD POINT TO? YOU SAY, "THIS WOULDA MADE THE
DIFFERENCE." >> YEAH.
>> Reporter: WHAT IS IT? >> THERE'S -- A BINDER WORTH OF
YEARS OF NOTES DATING BACK TO 2011 FROM THE VERY BEGINNING
OF MY RELATIONSHIP THAT WERE TAKEN BY MY DOCTOR, WHO I WAS
REPORTING THE ABUSE TO >> Reporter: THAT DOCTOR WAS
AMBER'S THERAPIST AT THE TIME. WE LOOKED AT NOTES THE DOCTOR
TOOK DURING SOME OF THEIR SESSIONS WHICH SHOW THAT AS FAR
BACK AS 2012 AMBER WAS TALKING ABOUT PHYSICAL ABUSE
IN JANUARY OF THAT YEAR, SHE TOLD HER THERAPIST DEPP "HIT
HER, THREW HER ON FLOOR. EIGHT MONTHS AFTER THAT, "RIPPED
HER NIGHTGOWN, THREW HER ON BED" AND IN 2013 THE THERAPIST'S
NOTES SAY, "HE THREW HER AGAINST A WALL AND THREATENED TO KILL
HER. >> I AM TALKING ABOUT WHAT'S
HAPPENING TO ME IN REAL TIME WHEN SHE WAS TAKING
CONTEMPORANEOUS NOTES OF WHAT WAS HAPPENING.
>> Reporter: AMBER'S LAWYERS ALSO SHOWED US TEXT MESSAGES
THAT WERE EXCLUDED FROM TRIAL. LIKE THIS ONE SHE SENT TO
ANOTHER THERAPIST SAYING "JOHNNY DID A NUMBER ON ME
I THOUGHT I HAD A CONCUSSION." AND THIS TEXT MESSAGE SHE SAYS
SHE SENT TO HER FATHER AFTER THAT DISPUTED INCIDENT ON THE
PLANE. SHE WROTE, HE "KICKED ME, IN
FRONT OF EVERYONE. >> I TESTIFIED I WAS ATTACKED ON
THAT FLIGHT AND I WAS ATTACKED IN FRONT OF PEOPLE AND I -- WHEN
I GOT OFF THE PLANE SENT MESSAGES TO PEOPLE ABOUT WHAT
HAD HAPPENED "I'M ANGRY BECAUSE THIS
HAPPENED CAN YOU BELIEVE HE DID THIS AND
THIS AND THIS," YOU KNOW AND ONE OF THE PEOPLE I REACHED
OUT TO WAS MY FATHER >> Reporter: DEPP'S LAWYERS SAY
THE JUDGE'S RULINGS WERE FAIR AND A DEPP SPOKESPERSON TOLD US
IT'S "UNFORTUNATE THAT THE DEFENDANT AND HER TEAM ARE BACK
TO REPEATING, REIMAGINING AND RELITIGATING MATTERS THAT HAVE
ALREADY BEEN DECIDED BY THE COURT.
AMBER THINKS THE CASE WASN'T JUST DECIDED INSIDE THE
COURTROOM. SHE BELIEVES WHAT HAPPENED
OUTSIDE MADE ALL THE DIFFERENCE. >> COMING UP -
>> A MAJORITY OF THIS TRIAL WAS PLAYED OUT OUTSIDE OF A
COURTROOM. >> THE SOCIAL MEDIA STORM.
DID IT AFFECT TH >> Reporter: THERE'S A TEXT
MESSAGE WHERE JOHNNY PROMISES TOTAL GLOBAL HUMILIATION FOR
YOU. DO YOU FEEL LIKE THAT CAME TRUE?
>> I KNOW HE PROMISED IT I TESTIFIED TO THIS.
I'M NOT A GOOD VICTIM. I GET IT
I'M NOT A LIKEABLE VICTIM. I'M NOT A PERFECT VICTIM
I GET IT I'M NOT A SAINT.
I'M NOT ASKING ANYONE TO LIKE ME
BUT WHEN I TESTIFIED, I ASKED THE JURY TO JUST SEE ME AS HUMAN
AND HEAR HIS OWN WORDS, WHICH IS A PROMISE TO DO THIS, A PROMISE
TO HUMILIATE ME, A PROMISE TO RUIN ME.
IT FEELS AS THOUGH HE HAS. >> Reporter: AS THE TRIAL
UNFOLDED INSIDE THAT VIRGINIA COURTROOM, AMBER HEARD AND
JOHNNY DEPP WERE BEING JUDGED IN THE COURT OF PUBLIC OPINION.
>> THIS JOHNNY DEPP-AMBER HEARD THING HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR A
LITTLE BIT NOW, AND IT'S GOTTEN PRETTY WILD.
>> Reporter: THOUGH BOTH STARS HAD THEIR SUPPORTERS ON SOCIAL
MEDIA, THERE IS NO QUESTION THAT THE INTERNET SIDED AGAINST
AMBER HEARD. >> EW.
THIS IS SO CRINGE. GUILTY
>> I MEAN, THIS WAS A SORT OF MEDIEVAL ORGY OF HATRED.
>> Reporter: MICHELLE GOLDBERG IS AN OPINION COLUMNIST FOR THE
NEW YORK TIMES >> I THINK IT WAS, YOU KNOW,
PEOPLE REALLY ENJOYED JOINING IN
THAT'S, YOU KNOW, OFTEN THE CASE WITH MOB BEHAVIOR.
I THINK THAT'S ESSENTIALLY WHAT THIS WAS
IT WAS KIND OF, YOU KNOW, MISOGYNIST MOB BEHAVIOR.
>> Reporter: ONLINE, PEOPLE PICKED APART AMBER'S EVERY MOVE.
VIDEOS RIDICULED HER FACIAL EXPRESSIONS AND ACCUSED HER OF
FAKING EMOTION ON THE STAND. >> THIS -- THIS IS JUST A FAKE
CRYING TRAIN WRECK YOU CAN'T LOOK AWAY FROM
>> JOHNNY, YOU HIT ME. YOU HIT ME
>> IT WAS REALLY STRIKING TO ME TO SEE ALL OF THESE PEOPLE
ENGAGING IN THIS TREND OF REENACTING HER TESTIMONY
>> "I WAS WALKING ACROSS THE BEDROOM, SLAPPED ME ACROSS THE
FACE." >> I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER SEEN
ANYTHING LIKE THIS, A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE TRIAL BECOMING THIS
SOURCE OF NATIONAL HILARITY. >> Reporter: ONE OF THE MOST
INFAMOUS MOMENTS IN THE TRIAL WAS WHEN JOHNNY DEPP SUGGESTED
SHE MAY HAVE DEFECATED ON THEIR BED.
>> AND ON MY SIDE OF THE BED WAS HUMAN FECAL MATTER
>> Reporter: AMBER DENIED IT, BUT THAT DIDN'T STOP THE
INTERNET FROM BRANDING HER WITH A VIRAL NICKNAME
>> I SAW WHAT WAS HAPPENING TO ME IN REAL TIME.
I DON'T CARE WHAT ONE THINKS ABOUT ME OR WHAT JUDGMENTS YOU
WANNA MAKE ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED IN THE PRIVACY OF MY OWN HOME,
IN MY MARRIAGE, BEHIND CLOSED DOORS.
I DON'T PRESUME THE AVERAGE PERSON SHOULD KNOW THOSE THINGS.
AND SO I DON'T TAKE IT PERSONALLY
BUT EVEN SOMEBODY WHO IS SURE I'M DESERVING OF ALL THIS HATE
AND VITRIOL, EVEN IF YOU THINK THAT I'M LYING, YOU STILL
COULDN'T TELL ME -- LOOK ME IN THE EYE AND TELL ME THAT YOU
THINK ON SOCIAL MEDIA THERE'S BEEN A FAIR REPRESENTATION
YOU CANNOT TELL ME THAT YOU THINK THAT THIS HAS BEEN FAIR.
>> Reporter: IF AMBER WAS THE VILLAIN, THEN JOHNNY DEPP WAS
OFTEN PORTRAYED AS THE HERO. >> THIS DUDE'S SUCH A STUD
>> Reporter: PEOPLE ONLINE FOUND HIS GRASP OF THE LAW CHARMING.
>> THAT'S HEARSAY, I GUESS I'M LEARNING
>> Reporter: AND TESTIMONY ABOUT HIS DRINKING ONLY SEEMED TO
ENDEAR HIM MORE TO HIS DIGITAL FANS
>> YOU POURED YOURSELF A -- UM -- A MEGAPINT OF RED WINE,
CORRECT? >> A MEGAPINT?
>> Reporter: DURING THE SIX WEEK TRIAL, JURORS WEREN'T
SEQUESTERED. THEY SPENT NIGHTS AND WEEKENDS
AT HOME WITH THEIR PHONES. >> I THINK A MAJORITY OF THIS
TRIAL WAS PLAYED OUT OUTSIDE OF A COURTROOM, UNFORTUNATELY
I THINK THE VAST MAJORITY OF THIS TRIAL WAS PLAYED OUT ON
SOCIAL MEDIA AND I THINK THAT THIS TRIAL IS
AN EXAMPLE OF THAT GONE HAYWIRE, GONE AMOK.
AND THE JURY'S NOT IMMUNE TO THAT
>> Reporter: YOU THINK THE JURY SAW IT
>> HOW COULD THEY NOT? I THINK EVEN THE MOST
WELL-INTENTIONED JUROR, IT WOULD OF BEEN IMPOSSIBLE TO AVOID
THIS >> Reporter: DEPP'S ATTORNEYS
REJECT THE NOTION THAT SOCIAL MEDIA INFLUENCED THE JURY IN ANY
WAY. THEY SAY THEY BELIEVE JURORS
FOLLOWED THE JUDGE'S INSTRUCTIONS TO NOT READ ABOUT
THE CASE THEY SAID SOCIAL MEDIA WANSN'T
THE PROBLEM, AMBER WAS >> Reporter: THE DEPP LAWYER
SAID -- CALLED YOUR TESTIMONY THE PERFORMANCE OF A LIFETIME
AND SAID YOU WERE ACTING WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THAT?
>> SAYS THE LAWYER FOR THE MAN WHO CONVINCED THE WORLD HE HAD
SCISSORS FOR FINGERS I'M THE PERFORMER?
I HAD LISTENED TO WEEKS OF TESTIMONY INSINUATING THAT, OR
SAYING QUITE L -- DIRECTLY THAT Y -- YOU KNOW, I'M A TERRIBLE
ACTRESS. SO -- I'M -- I'M A BIT CONFUSED
HOW I COULD BE BOTH. >>> COMING UP --
THE VERDICT. WHAT MIGHT THE IMPACT BE
>> I WORRY ABOUT SOME OF THE VERY, VERY REAL FEARS OTHERS MAY
HAVE ABOUT COMING FORWARD. >> AND WHAT MAY SURPRISE YOU
>> Reporter: YOU ISSUED A STATEMENT, "I STILL HAVE LOVE
FOR JOHNNY." IS THAT STIL
>> Reporter: AFTER SIX WEEKS OF JOHNNY DEPP AND AMBER HEARD
SLUGGING IT OUT IN COURT, THE CASE WENT TO THE JURY.
IT'S THE DAY OF THE VERDICT, YOU COME INTO THE COURTROOM.
WERE YOU FEELING CONFIDENT >> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION
I WISH I COULD SAY YES TO THAT I WANNA SAY YES TO YOU
BUT IT WOULD -- IT WOULDN'T BE TRUE
>> THE STATEMENT HAS A DEFAMATORY IMPLICATION ABOUT
MR. DEPP >> YES
>> THE COURT IS ADJOURNED. >> Reporter: IN THE END, THE
JURY BELIEVED JOHNNY DEPP, AWARDING HIM MORE THAN
$10 MILLION IN DAMAGES AMBER WON A SINGLE DEFAMATION
CLAIM IN HER COUNTERSUIT AND WAS AWARDED $2 MILLION
>> Reporter: THERE'S NO POLITE WAY TO SAY IT.
THE JURY LOOKED AT THE EVIDENCE YOU PRESENTED, THEY LISTENED TO
YOUR TESTIMONY, AND THEY DID NOT BELIEVE YOU, THEY THOUGHT YOU
WERE LYING >> HOW COULD -- I'LL PUT IT THIS
WAY, HOW COULD THEY MAKE A JUDGMENT
HOW COULD THEY NOT COME TO THAT CONCLUSION
THEY HAD SAT IN THAT -- IN THOSE SEATS, AND HEARD THR -- OVER
THREE WEEKS OF NONSTOP, RELENTLESS TESTIMONY FROM PAID
EMPLOYEES, AND, TOWARDS THE END OF THE TRIAL, RANDOS, AS I SAY
>> Reporter: SO YOU DON'T BLAME THE JURY
>> I DON'T BLAME THEM. IT WASN'T -- I -- I DON'T BLAME
THEM I ACTUALLY UNDERSTAND HE'S A
BELOVED CHARACTER AND PEOPLE FEEL THEY KNOW HIM
HE'S A FANTASTIC ACTOR >> Reporter: THEIR JOB IS TO NOT
BE DAZZLED BY THAT >> AGAIN, HOW -- HOW COULD THEY,
AFTER LISTENING TO THREE AND A HALF WEEKS OF TESTIMONY ABOUT
HOW I WAS A NON-CREDIBLE PERSON? NOT TO BELIEVE A WORD THAT CAME
OUT OF MY MOUTH? I'M A HYSTERICAL WOMAN, I'M A
CRAZY WOMAN, I CAN'T BE TRUSTED, OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
>> Reporter: JOHNNY DEPP WAS QUICK TO CELEBRATE HIS VICTORY
IN A STATEMENT THAT READ, IN PART, "FROM THE VERY BEGINNING,
THE GOAL OF BRINGING THIS CASE WAS TO REVEAL THE TRUTH,
REGARDLESS OF THE OUTCOME. ADDING, "THE JURY GAVE ME MY
LIFE BACK. I AM TRULY HUMBLED."
WHEN I ASKED HIS LAWYERS, "WHY DO YOU THINK YOU WON?"
THE ANSWER I GOT WAS, "BECAUSE SHE NEVER TOOK RESPONSIBILITY
FOR ANYTHING SHE DID IN THE MARRIAGE."
AND AS WE'RE SITTING HERE AND I WATCHED YOUR CROSS-EXAMINATION,
THERE'S AN ANSWER FOR EVERYTHING
DO YOU FEEL YOU SHOULD'VE OWNED UP TO MORE OF YOUR OWN BAD
BEHAVIOR >> I'M -
>> Reporter: THAT WAS REVEALED IN COURT
>> I'M GLAD, ACTUALLY, YOU ASKED ME THAT, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW,
THERE IS AN ANSWER FOR THESE THINGS THAT YOU SAY.
I SAID THIS ON THE STAND MY -- YOU KNOW, YOU HEAR MY
VOICE IN THOSE AUDIO TAPES IT'S NOT THE VOICE I -- OF ME
NOW. THAT'S NOT WHO I AM NOW.
I DID DO AND SAY HORRIBLE, REGRETTABLE THINGS THROUGHOUT MY
RELATIONSHIP I BEHAVED IN HORRIBLE -- ALMOST
UNRECOGNIZABLE TO MYSELF WAYS. THERE'S SO MU -- I HAVE SO MUCH
REGRET >> Reporter: ON THE FIRST DAY OF
THE TRIAL YOU ISSUED A STATEMENT, AND PART OF THE
STATEMENT SAID, "I STILL HAVE LOVE FOR JOHNNY.
>> YES >> Reporter: IS THAT STILL TRUE.
>> YES >> Reporter: AFTER EVERYTHING.
>> ABSOLUTELY. ABSOLUTELY
I LOVE HIM I LOVED HIM WITH ALL MY HEART.
AND I TRIED THE BEST I COULD TO MAKE A DEEPLY BROKEN
RELATIONSHIP WORK. AND I COULDN'T
>> Reporter: AMBER HEARD SAYS SHE INTENDS TO APPEAL HER CASE
AND SHE'S CONCERNED HER DEFEAT MAY BE A SET-BACK FOR OTHER
WOMEN. >> I HOPE THIS HASN'T, YOU KNOW,
HAD THE CHILLING EFFECT THAT I WORRY IT MAY HAVE ON OTHER
PEOPLE I WORRY ABOUT THAT
BUT IF I CAN LOOK YOU IN THE EYES, SAVANNAH, AND SAY, "I'M
STILL HERE," THEN MAYBE THAT SERVES TO BALANCE OUT SOME OF
THE VERY, VERY REAL FEAR OTHERS MAY HAVE ABOUT COMING FORWARD OR
SPEAKING OUT >> Reporter: HOW DO YOU SEE YOUR
FUTURE NOW DO YOU THINK YOU'LL ACT AGAIN?
>> I GET TO BE A MOM I GET TO BE A MOM, LIKE,
FULL-TIME. >> Reporter: ONE DAY YOU MAY
WANT TO TELL YOUR DAUGHTER ABOUT THIS OR HAVE TO TELL YOUR
DAUGHTER ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE GONE THROUGH.
WHAT WOULD YOU TELL HER ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED HERE AND WHAT THIS
EXPERIENCE HAS MEANT >> I THINK NO MATTER WHAT, IT
WILL MEAN SOMETHING. I DID THE RIGHT THING.
I DID EVERYTHING I COULD TO STAND UP FOR MYSELF AND THE
TRUTH. I LOOK FORWARD TO LIVING MY
LIFE AND I HAVE A LONG ONE, I HOPE,
IN FRONT OF ME AND I -- I'LL CONTINUE TO WALK
THROUGH THIS WITH MY -- MY CHIN UP
>>> THAT'S ALL FOR THIS EDITION OF "DATELINE."
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I'M LESTER HOLT.