Amber Heard speaks out on Blake Lively allegations against Justin Baldoni
Amber Heard said social media is where a lie becomes the truth in response to the complaint Blake Lively filed against her “It Ends With Us” co-star Justin Baldoni, telling NBC News on Monday she "saw this firsthand."
Amber Heard said social media is where a lie becomes the truth in response to the complaint Blake Lively filed against her “It Ends With Us” co-star Justin Baldoni, telling NBC News on Monday she "saw this firsthand."
Lively accused Baldoni, the film's director, of sexual harassment, creating a hostile work environment and trying to tarnish her reputation with a targeted social media campaign in an undated complaint filed with the California Civil Rights Department.
The complaint said Baldoni retained prominent PR crisis manager Melissa Nathan — the woman Johnny Depp hired during his high-profile trial defamation trial against Heard, his former wife.
Amber Heard during her exclusive interview with Savannah Guthrie for the "TODAY" show.NBC NewsIn an exclusive statement shared with NBC News, Heard, who lives in Spain, said: “Social media is the absolute personification of the classic saying ‘A lie travels halfway around the world before truth can get its boots on.’ I saw this firsthand and up close. It’s as horrifying as it is destructive.”
A jury unanimously found that Heard had defamed Depp, and he was awarded $5 million in punitive damages and $10 million in compensatory damages. Heard was also awarded $2 million in compensatory damages in her counterclaim but nothing in punitive damages.
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