“She is figuring out the next legal step,” the source added.
(On Thursday morning, Heard’s attorney Elaine Bredehoft confirmed that they plan to appeal the verdict, claiming “lopsided” social media attention could have swayed the jurors.)
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Meanwhile, a source recently told PEOPLE that Depp, 58, is “focused on himself” right now: “He is absolutely looking ahead and past this. He’s looking for positivity and to move away from negativity.” The source added that the actor is “happy” and “relieved” after the verdict.
“He’s figuring out what he does next. He feels like he’s been vindicated,” the source said. “He feels a significant weight off his shoulders. It’s been six years of this. It’s been so gratifying to hear from men and women — he’s heard a lot of positive support from both men and women.”
Depp, in his post-verdict statement, said he felt like he’d been given his “life back” and that the “best is yet to come” for him. The actor — who has two adult kids, daughter Lily-Rose, 23, and son Jack, 20, with ex Vanessa Paradis — added, “Speaking the truth was something that I owed to my children and to all those who have remained steadfast in their support of me. I feel at peace knowing I have finally accomplished that.”
In her statement after the verdict, Heard said she was “heartbroken that the mountain of evidence still was not enough to stand up to the disproportionate power, influence and sway of my ex-husband.”
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She added, “It sets back the clock to a time when a woman who spoke up and spoke out could be publicly shamed and humiliated. It sets back the idea that violence against women is to be taken seriously.”
“I believe Johnny’s attorneys succeeded in getting the jury to overlook the key issue of Freedom of Speech and ignore evidence that was so conclusive that we won in the U.K.,” she continued. “I’m sad I lost this case. But I am sadder still that I seem to have lost a right I thought I had as an American — to speak freely and openly.”
source: people.com
