JOHNNIE, JOHNNIE.
MARIA: WOW, WHAT A HE REACTION,
JOHNNIE, JOHNNIE, FANS REACTING
OUTSIDE THE COURTHOUSE FOLLOWING
JOHNNY DEPP’S VICTORY IN THE
CASE AGAINST HIS EX-WIFE AMBER
HEARD.
INSIDE THE COURTROOM IT WAS A
DIFFERENT TONE FOR HEARD.
WATCH.
>> AS AGAINST AMBER HEARD, WE
THE JURY AWARD COMPENSATORY
DAMAGES IN THE AMOUNT OF
$10 MILLION.
AS AGAINST AMBER HEARD, WE THE
JURY AWARD PUNITIVE DAMAGES IN
THE AMOUNT OF $5 MILLION.
MARIA: $15 MILLION TOTAL.
DEPP ISSUED A STATEMENT,
CELEBRATING HIS LEGAL VICTORY,
QUOTE, AND SIX YEARS LATER THE
JURY GAVE ME MY LIFE BACK, I AM
TRULY HUMBLED WROTE JOHNNY DEPP.
HEARD SAYING, QUOTE, THE
DISAPPOINTMENT I FEEL TODAY IS
BEYOND WORDS.
I’M HEART BROKEN THAT THE
MOUNTAIN OF EVIDENCE STILL WAS
NOT ENOUGH TO STAND UP TO THE
DISPROPORTIONATE POWER,
INFLUENCE AND SWAY OF MY
EX-HUSBAND.
JOIN EGG ME RIGHT NOW IS --
JOINING ME RIGHT NOW IS TRIAL
ATTORNEY, HEATHER HANSON.
GREAT TO HAVE YOU.
THANKS VERY MUCH FOR WEIGHING IN
HERE.
GIVE US YOUR REACTION TO THE
VERDICT.
>> I ALWAYS SAY IF THEY DON’T
BELIEVE YOU, YOU CAN’T WIN.
I THINK AMBER HEARD’S
CREDIBILITY WAS COMPLETE KNOCKED
DOWN IN HER CROSS EXAMINATION,
THINGS LIKE PROMISES TO GIVE A
SETTLEMENT TO CHARITY, THAT
NEVER HAPPENED, THINGS LIKE THE
PICTURES THAT SHOWED DAMAGE TO
HER FACE AND OTHER PICTURES
SHOWED HER FINE THE NEXT DAY,
THOSE THINGS STICK IN A JURY’S
MIND AND EVEN IF THE LAW IS FOR
SOMEBODY, CREDIBILITY WILL TAKE
CARE OF THAT AND THAT IS WHAT I
THINK HAPPENED HERE.
MARIA: YEAH, YOU KNOW, I THINK
WHAT THAT IS SPOT-ON BECAUSE WE
ALL WERE RIVETTED BY THIS CASE,
WATCHING, AND IF YOU DIDN’T HAVE
THE BELIEF IN WHAT SHE WAS
SAYING, OF COURSE YOU WERE
SKEPTICAL.
NOW, DEPP WAS AWARDED
$15 MILLION BY THE JURY BUT
BECAUSE OF A VIRGINIA STATE LAW
THE ACTUAL AMOUNT AWARDED TO DE
BE PP WILL BE LESS THAN THAT.
TELL US MORE ABOUT THAT AND HOW
DO YOU EXPECT HEARD TO PAY THESE
DAMAGES AND DO YOU EXPECT AN
APPEAL?
WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?
>> SO, IT’S INTERESTING.
IN VIRGINIA THEY HAVE A CAP FOR
PUNITIVE DAMAGES, PUNITIVE
DAMAGES ARE MEANT TO PUNISH THE
PERSON WHO HAS TO PAY THE MONEY.
THE CAP IS $350,000.
THAT MEANS IN THIS CASE THAT IS
ALL THEY CAN GET, THAT JOHNNY
DEPP CAN GET FROM THAT
$5 MILLION.
IT’S ALSO DECREASED BY
$2 MILLION THAT SHE WAS AWARDED
SO IT COMES TO 8,350,000.
I DON’T KNOW THAT SHE HAS IT,
MARIA.
YOU KNOW, SHE HAS TALKED ABOUT
HOW SHE DOESN’T HAVE THE MONEY.
SHE DIDN’T HAVE THE MONEY TO
GIVE TO CHARITY.
WE’RE NOT CLEAR WHO HAS BEEN
BANK ROLLING THE LAWSUIT IN THE
FIRST PLACE AND TO APPEAL, SHE
HAS GOT TO BE PUT UP A BOND FOR
THE AMOUNT SHE OWES.
SO I THINK SHE WANTS TO APPEAL
AND SHE WILL FIND, SHE AND HER
LAWYERS WOULD BE ABLE TO FIND
REASONS IN THE LONG TRIAL TO
APPEAL.
BUT IT DOES COST MONEY AND I’M
JUST NOT SURE THAT THE MONEY IS
THERE AND WHO WOULD BE ABLE TO
PAY THAT MONEY FOR HER.
MARIA: WHAT ABOUT THESE TWO
FIGURES, I MEAN, JOHNNY DEPP
WROTE IN HIS STATEMENT THE JURY
GAVE ME MY LIFE BACK.
DO YOU AGREE WITH THAT?
DID HE GET HIS LIFE BACK?
DID HE GET HIS CREDIBILITY BACK?
AND THEN THERE’S THE ONLINE
PETITION TO REMOVE AMBER HEARD
FROM THE UPCOMING AQUAMAN HE
SEQUEL, IT’S CLOSING IN ON THE
GOAL OF 4 AND-A-HALF MILLION
SIGNATURES.
IS HER LIFE WORSE OFF TODAY?
>> OH, MY GOODNESS.
I THINK THAT WITHOUT A DOUBT HER
LIFE IS WORSE OFF TODAY AND HIS
LIFE IS BETTER OFF.
FROM THE VERY BEGINNING I
BELIEVE THIS WAS A TRIAL THAT
WAS MEANT TO BE TRIED IN THE
COURT OF PUBLIC OPINION.
I THINK JOHNNY DEPP WANTED THE
CASE TO BE TELEVISED.
I THINK VIRGINIA WAS NO MISTAKE
BECAUSE THEY ALLOW FOR THAT AND
I THINK HE WANTED THE PUBLIC TO
SEE AND WE SAW WHAT HAPPENED
WHEN THE PUBLIC SAW.
PEOPLE WHO WEREN’T INTERESTED IN
THE CASE STARTED WATCHING AND
PAYING ATTENTION BECAUSE IT
REALLY SEEMED TO INCREDIBLE.
SO I THINK HE HAS WON.
IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE IF
HE WINS MORE MORE ACTING ROLES W
IS WHAT HE WANTS.
I THINK SHE LOST.
THAT’S A CONTRACTUAL ISSUE,
WHETHER WARNER BROTHERS WANTS TO
ACBACK OUT OF THE CONTRACT,
THERE’S REPORTS IN THE NEW YORK
POST SHE’S ONLY IN THE MOVIE FOR
10 MINUTES ANYWAY.
THE FANS DON’T ALWAYS RULE.
IF THEY WANT TO BACK OUT OF THE
CONTRACT THAT’S A
SEPARATE ISSUE.
I THINK HER CREDIBILITY HAS
CERTAINLY BEEN DAMAGED AND ANY
FANS SHE HAS MAY BE WONDERING
WHETHER SHE’S CREDIBLE.
MARIA: MARK TEPPER JUMP IN
HERE.
THAT COURT OF PUBLIC OPINION CAN
HAVE A BIG IMPACT.
WE’LL SEE IF SHE LOSES THIS
MOVIE ROLE AS WELL, MARK.
>> YEAH, AND YOU KNOW WHAT?
I’M OKAY WITH THE COURT CAN OF
PUBLIC OPINION.
I’VE GOT NO PROBLEM WITH THAT.
YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE PETITION TO
GET HER BOOTED FROM AQUAMAN TWO
RUBS ME THE WRONG WAY A LITTLE
BIT AND THIS MAY NOT BE A
POPULAR TAKE.
EVEN IF SHE WAS IN THE WRONG, IT
RUBS ME THE WRONG WAY.
I DON’T BELIEVE IN CAN HE SELL
CULTURE AT ALL.
THAT -- CANCEL CULTURE AT ALL.
THAT SMELLS LIKE CANCEL CULTURE
TO ME.
WHETHER IT’S A GOOD GUY OR BAD
GUY GETTING CANCELED, WHETHER
CONSERVATIVE OR LIBERAL GETTING
CANCELED.
I’M NOT A BIG FAN OF CANCEL
CULTURE.
I WOULD RATHER LET THE MARKET
DICTATE SOMEONE’S FUTURE.
MARIA: WHAT DO YOU SAY?
>> I THINK THAT’S RIGHT, MARIA.
I THINK THAT THE INCLUSION OF
AMBER IN THIS MOVIE MIGHT
ACTUALLY INCREASE THE BOX
OFFICE.
PEOPLE MIGHT WANT TO SEE WHAT
HER ROLE IS, WHAT SHE’S DOING IN
THERE SO I AM NOT A FAN OF
CANCEL CULTURE.
I DON’T THINK THE PUBLIC SHOULD
BE ABLE TO DICTATE WHETHER OR
NOT PEOPLE KEEP THEIR JOBS.
I THINK THAT’S A VERY SLIPPERY
SLOPE.
MARIA: YEAH.
GREAT POINTS ALL AROUND.