Amber Heard simply addressed Blake Energetic’s allegations in opposition to Justin Baldoni, saying she had “firsthand” expertise going through the identical sort of smear techniques throughout her defamation battle with ex-husband Johnny Depp.
In a criticism to the California Civil Rights Division which got here to gentle on Friday, Energetic accused Baldoni of sexual harassment and fostering a hostile work setting on the set of their movie, “It Ends With Us,” which Baldoni starred in and directed.
Pressure between the 2 was obvious within the time main as much as the movie’s August launch, throughout which period Energetic and different members of the “It Ends With Us” solid refused to do any press with Baldoni.
The pair’s icy promo tour was adopted by rumors that there was main battle between the actors throughout the making of the movie, an adaptation of a 2016 Colleen Hoover novel about an abusive relationship.
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Energetic’s criticism claims that Baldoni subsequently enlisted skilled disaster administration publicist Melissa Nathan to launch a “retaliatory social manipulation campaign” to “help change narrative” round an obvious conflict between the actors.
Legal professionals for Baldoni and his manufacturing firm, Wayfarer Studios, have known as the allegations “categorically false.”
Heard seemed to be all too aware of techniques levied by Nathan, who additionally represented Depp throughout his high-profile defamation go well with in opposition to his ex-wife and former co-star.
In a assertion to NBC Information printed on Monday, the “Aquaman” actor appeared to trace on the similarities between the 2 conditions.
“Social media is the absolute personification of the classic saying ‘A lie travels halfway around the world before truth can get its boots on,’” she mentioned. “I saw this firsthand and up close. It’s as horrifying as it is destructive.”
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Heard was the topic of widespread on-line harassment from Depp followers throughout the 2022 authorized battle.
Ultimately, a jury discovered that she had defamed her ex by describing herself as “a public figure representing domestic abuse” in a 2018 op-ed within the Washington Put up.
Depp was awarded a complete of $15 million in punitive and compensatory damages whereas Heard was granted $2 million in compensatory damages in her counterclaim.
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Within the wake of the trial, Depp mentioned that the jury’s resolution “gave me my life back.”
Heard maintained the decision set “back the clock to a time when a woman who spoke up and spoke out could be publicly shamed and humiliated.” She subsequently relocated to Spain to flee the media scrutiny spurred by the high-profile defamation case.
