It was in this guys taped deposition
The ACLU’s general counsel
Terence Dougherty complicated that portrait in a videotaped deposition played in court on Thursday, where he estimated that Heard donated
only $1.3 million of the $3.5 million that she pledged.
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On Dec. 18, 2018, Heard published a
Washington Post op-ed titled “I spoke up against sexual violence — and faced our culture’s wrath. That has to change.” Her byline identified her as the ACLU’s ambassador on women’s rights.
Undisclosed in the op-ed’s byline, the draft had a co-writer and a bevy of lawyers striking out any explicit reference to Heard’s former husband.
Asked about the ACLU lawyers scrutinizing the draft, Dougherty said: “I think there were four.”
The piece did not mention Depp by name, and the ACLU’s lawyer testified that this was by design.
Depp’s lawyers claim that his name was not necessary because the piece referred obliquely to their well-publicized and tawdry legal proceedings in 2016, when Heard filed for a restraining order.
An email pitching the piece to the
Post’s op-ed editor
Michael Larabee suggests that those involved in the op-ed knew the subtext was clear.
“Hey Michael, [I’m] wondering if we might interest you in a piece by Amber Heard (who, as you may recall, was beaten up during her brief marriage to Johnny Depp), on what the incoming Congress can to do to help protect women in similar situations,” the email said, with the parenthetical in original.
Dougherty agreed that sizing down references from her marriage and divorce to Depp made it more impactful. One of the co-writers of the op-ed,
Robin Shulman, opined that the legal team had “neutered” references to Heard’s marriage and allegations of domestic violence.
Amber Heard pledged to donate $3.5 million to the ACLU, half of her $7 million divorce settlement with Johnny Depp. She really paid $1.3 million, a jury heard.
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