Amber Heard’s Lawyers Revised Article Johnny Depp Sued Over

Amber Heard’s Lawyers Revised Article Johnny Depp Sued Over
Actor Amber Heard arrives in the courtroom at the Fairfax County Circuit Court in Fairfax, Va., on April 28, 2022. Michael Reynolds/Pool Photo via AP
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FALLS CHURCH, Va.—Amber Heard pushed to have details of her marriage with fellow actor Johnny Depp included in an op-ed piece that she wrote about domestic violence, even though her lawyers wanted those passages removed from the article, which is now the subject of a libel lawsuit, according to evidence introduced Thursday at the trial.

Jurors in the libel lawsuit Depp filed against Heard heard testimony Thursday from Terence Dougherty, general counsel for the American Civil Liberties Union. It was the ACLU that drafted the article under Heard’s name, reflecting her role as an ACLU ambassador on gender violence issues.