Amber Heard is opening up about the challenges of her legal battle against Johnny Depp.
In a raw new film Silenced, which screened at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival on Saturday, Amber speaks out on the negative impact her highly-publicized defamation cases against the actor had on her.
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According to Variety, in the doc, Amber expressed:
“This is not about me. I have lost my ability to speak. I am not here to tell my story. I don’t want to tell my story. In fact, I don’t want to use my voice anymore. That’s the problem.”
Oof.
Addressing The Sun trial, she went on:
“I remember at the close of the trial, the idea that I could say something to the press came up. [Lawyer Jennifer Robinson] asked if I was sure about that. [I thought], ‘If they throw things at me, it will make this point more obvious.’ I didn’t understand it could get so much worse for me as a woman, using my voice.”
Amber was booed by her ex’s fans as she delivered a statement outside a London court after closing arguments in the case. And things only got much worse as the parties battled in the US.
The documentary highlights how accused men and “powerful systems” use defamation lawsuits to “discredit and punish” women and also depicts “Catalina Ruiz-Navarro’s fight for press freedom in Colombia,” and “Brittany Higgins’ struggle within Australia’s political establishment.”
While the Aquaman star feels defeated, she expressed hope for the future, adding:
“It gives me strength seeing other people take on the fight. Women brave enough to address the imbalance of power. Looking at my daughter’s face as she grows up and slowly starts to walk into this world … I believe it can be better.”
After losing her case, Amber and her eldest daughter, Oonagh Paige, 4, moved to Spain. She’s since welcomed twins, Agnes and Ocean, in May 2025, and has stayed largely out of the public eye.
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