Amber Heard made a rare comment about the impact she felt after losing her ex-husband Johnny Depp’s 2022 defamation trial.
During the Sundance Film Festival 2026 Saturday, the “Aquaman” actress made a guest appearance in “Silenced,” a documentary about accused men weaponizing defamation lawsuits to silence women speaking out about abuse.
“This is not about me. I have lost my ability to speak,” she said during a confessional chat with director Selina Miles, per Variety.
“I am not here to tell my story. I don’t want to tell my story,” Heard, 39, added.
“In fact, I don’t want to use my voice anymore. That’s the problem.”
Page Six reached out to Heard’s rep for comment but did not immediately hear back.
In February 2019, Depp, 62, sued Heard for $50 million for defaming him in a 2018 Washington Post op-ed about abuse.
Three years later, the mom of three lost the defamation trial and was ordered to pay her ex $10 million in compensatory damages and $350,000 in punitive damages. She was awarded $2 million in compensatory damages for her counterclaim.
In December 2022, the “Justice League” star settled the case with Depp, agreeing to pay him $1 million.
Three months after losing the trial, Heard and her eldest daughter, Oonagh Paige, 4, relocated to Spain.
Last June, the “Edward Scissorhands” star claimed he was a “crash test dummy” for the #MeToo movement during his infamous trial.
“I’ll tell you what hurts. There are people, and I’m thinking of three, who did me dirty,” he told the Times of London about his unnamed pals.
“Those people were at my kids’ parties. Throwing them in the air. And, look, I understand people who could not stand up [for me], because the most frightening thing to them was making the right choice,” Depp added.
The “Pirates of the Caribbean” actor said his lengthy trial with the “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom” actress was before the #MeToo movement, which amplified the voices of survivors of sexual harassment and assault.
“I was like a crash test dummy for MeToo … and I sponged it, took it all in,” he told the outlet.
“And so I wanted from the hundreds of people I’ve met in that industry to see who was playing it safe. ‘Better go woke!’”
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