デップさん元妻、証言内容を固持　裁判は「屈辱」

【ワシントンＡＦＰ＝時事】米俳優ジョニー・デップさんの元妻で米女優のアンバー・ハードさんは、１４日放送のインタビューで、デップさんとの名誉毀損（きそん）裁判で証言した内容については「一言一句」固持すると語った。（写真は米バージニア州フェアファックス郡の裁判所で評決を待つハードさん）
　米裁判所で６週間に及び繰り広げられた法廷闘争で、陪審は最終的に、ハードさんに対して１０３５万ドル（約１４億円）の損害賠償支払いを命令。デップさんにも損害賠償支払いを命じたが、その額は２００万ドル（約２億７０００万円）にとどまった。
　裁判では、双方が相手からドメスティックバイオレンス（ＤＶ）を受けたと主張。裁判の様子は生中継され、ソーシャルメディアはハードさんを批判したりやゆしたりする投稿であふれた。
　ハードさんはＮＢＣニュースに「自分の証言は一語一句、死ぬまで固持する」と断言。裁判は「今までで最も屈辱的で恐ろしい経験だった」とした。
　出廷の際、裁判所前に集まった多数のデップさん支持者のそばを通ったことについて触れると、「これほど自分の人間性を奪われたと感じたことはなかった」と語った。
　裁判でデップさん側は、ハードさんが暴力をけしかけたと主張したが、ハードさんはインタビューでこれを否定。「私がけしかけるようなことは一度もなく、私は（暴力に）反応した。証言した通り、（暴力の）中で暮らし、それが普通になると、適応しなければならない」と語った。
　一方で、デップさんとの結婚中の自身の振る舞いには「大きな後悔」もあるとし、「自分の行動とは考えられないようなひどい振る舞いをした」と吐露した。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2022/06/15-11:30）

Amber Heard stands by every word of her testimony during the defamation trial against former husband Johnny Depp, she said in an interview released Tuesday.
After a six-week legal tussle between the former Hollywood power couple, a US jury awarded Depp more than $10 million in damages, in contrast to just $2 million for Heard, who had counter-sued.
During the trial, which was live-streamed to millions, the two traded claims of violent domestic abuse, and Heard was targeted by countless social media posts and internet memes throughout.
To my dying day (I) will stand by every word of my testimony, Heard told NBC News.
Depp sued Heard over a Washington Post op-ed in which she did not name him, but described herself as a public figure representing domestic abuse.
Heard counter-sued after Depp's lawyer described her abuse claims as a hoax.
Online public opinion during the trial appeared to come down heavily on Depp's side, and Heard's lawyers accused his legal team of working to demonize her.
Heard said the trial was the most humiliating and horrible thing I've ever been through.
I have never felt more removed from my own humanity, she said, describing the sea of Depp supporters she passed through to get to court.
Heard also told NBC that she did not instigate violence with Depp, as his team argued.
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, she said.
But she also has regrets about her behavior during her relationship with Depp.
I behaved in horrible, almost unrecognizable, to myself, ways, said Heard, adding: I have so much regret.