"I spoke out against sexual violence and faced the wrath of our culture": Amber Heard's letter that sparked the trial of the year

• Verdict Verdict: Amber Heard will pay 15 million to Johnny Depp for accusing him of abuse;

  Depp must also give him 2 for defamation

• Amber Heard reacts after losing the trial against Johnny Depp: "I am disappointed with what this verdict means for women"

"I spoke out against sexual violence and faced the anger of our culture. This has to change."

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What

did not know when she published her letter in the

on December 18, 2018 (which is still appearing in the digital edition of the American newspaper) was that her words would unleash a media storm that would end up leading to

.

Johnny Depp sued Heard for

after the letter was published, claiming the

article was a ruse by his ex-wife for attention.

He also claimed that she was not the victim, but the perpetrator of the abuse.

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court

agreed with Depp

assuring in its

that Heard

The actress must pay a total of

to the actor for the three charges charged, in a

closely followed by millions of people in which the lawyers of both parties have taken their strategy to the limit to discredit the other party.

without mentioning his name

Heard, who writes in the first person throughout the article, starts off like this: "

. I knew certain things from the beginning, without anyone having to tell me. I knew that men have the power, physical, social and financial, and that many institutions support this situation".

The actress continues her story remembering that she was

, and that at that time she did not make any complaint, because she did not recognize herself as a victim.

And in the third paragraph comes the turn of Depp, whom without naming he accuses of having mistreated her: "Two years ago, I became

and felt the full force of our culture's anger towards women that speak".

"My friends and advisers told me that I would never work as an actress again, that I

," she says.

Indeed, she relates, her work in film and advertising began to collapse like dominoes.

"I had the rare benefit of seeing, in real time, how institutions protect men accused of abuse," she says.

She continues her veiled accusation of the

actor with a justification as to why, according to her, he has gotten away with mistreatment.

"

. That ship is a huge undertaking. When it hits an iceberg, there are many people on board desperate to fix the holes, not because they believe in the ship or care about it. "

, but because their own destiny depends on the company".

The power of #MeToo

Erected as a representative of the #MeToo cause, Amber Heard affirms that "we are experiencing a transformative political moment", and

shows how "a power like this" works, referring to that of powerful men, "not only in Hollywood, but in all kinds of institutions."

"Now we have an opportunity to strengthen and build institutions that protect women," continues the actress, who asks that Congress reauthorize and strengthen the

, that creates support systems for people who report abuse and that provide funding for rape crisis centers, legal aid programs, and other critical services.

She also calls for the fight against sexual assault on university campuses to continue and for the

to be protected .

“

. For months, I rarely left my apartment, and when I did, I was chased by camera drones and photographers on foot, on motorcycles, and in cars. cars," says Heard towards the end of the text.

"

, and my life and livelihood depended on a myriad of trials beyond my control."

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