Amber Heardis embracing the next chapter of her life following the recently wrappeddefamation court battlewith her ex-husbandJohnny Depp.
A source tells PEOPLE in this week’s issue that theAquamanactress, 36, is “doing okay” following the verdict and that while “she feels drained and exhausted after the trial,” she “is trying her best to have a positive outlook.”
Earlier this month, Depp, 59,won all three defamation claimsin his case against Heard over her 2018 op-ed about coming forward as a survivor of domestic abuse. The jury awarded Depp $15 million in damages but Heard will onlyhave to pay $10.35 milliondue to a Virginia law capping punitive damages (the judge reduced the amount).
Amber Heard.Neilson Barnard/Getty
Additionally, Heard was awarded $2 million in damages for her counterclaims against Depp. The actress’s attorney has said that Heard will"absolutely" appeal the verdictagainst her.
“Amber is still disappointed about the jury’s verdict,” says the source. “She is still weighing her legal options, but right now, she needs some breathing room to just enjoy the summer.”
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Heard previously called the verdict a “setback” for women and toldToday’sSavannah Guthriethatshe’s “scared” it will mean more “silencing"for survivors looking to come forward. (Depp, meanwhile, has maintained that he never laid a hand on Heard, and has accused herof physically harming him.)
Johnny Depp; Amber Heard.Kevin Dietsch/Getty ; Ron Sachs/Consolidated News Pictures/Getty
“How do you see your future now?” asked Guthrie, to which Heard responded with a smile, “I get to be a mom, like, full time, you know? Where I’m not having to juggle calls with lawyers.”
Guthrie, 50, then said, “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 want to say?”
“I think no matter what,” said Heard,“it will mean something. I did the right thing. I did everything I could to stand up for myself and the truth.”
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Heard also said in the interview with Guthrie thatshe has “so much regret"for what transpired during her past relationship with thePirates of the Caribbeanactor, whom she was married to from 2015 to 2017.
“Idid do and say horrible, regrettable thingsthroughout my relationship. I behaved in horrible, almost unrecognizable to myself ways,” the actress said. “I freely and openly and voluntarily talked about what I did. I talked about the horrible language. I talked about being pushed to the extent where I didn’t even know the difference between right and wrong.”
“I will always continue to feel like I was a part of this, like I was the other half of this relationship because I was. And it was ugly, and could be very beautiful. It was very, very toxic,” she continued. “We were awful to each other.”
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source: people.com
