Amber Heard set for ‘meteoric rise’ before Depp lawyer’s ‘defamatory’ comments

Actor Amber Heard listens in the courtroom at the Fairfax County Circuit Courthouse in Fairfax, Va., Monday, May 23, 2022. Actor Johnny Depp sued his ex-wife Amber Heard for libel in Fairfax County Circuit Court after she wrote an op-ed piece in The Washington Post in 2018 referring to herself as a “public figure representing domestic abuse.” (AP Photo/Steve Helber, Pool)

Amber Heard was “on the precipice of a meteoric rise” before the negative press caused by allegedly defamatory comments made by Johnny Depp’s legal team, a court has heard.

Entertainment industry expert Kathryn Arnold, said she believed Ms Heard had lost out on up to 50 million dollars (£40 million) after her claims of abuse by her former partner were labelled a “hoax” by Adam Waldman in 2020.