Amber Heard is showing support for Blake Lively following the actress' sexual harassment filing.
News surfaced over the weekend that Lively accused Justin Baldoni of sexual harassment, a hostile work environment, and trying to tarnish her reputation with a targeted social media campaign. The pair starred opposite each other in the film, It Ends With Us, which Baldoni also directed.
According to NBC News, Baldoni hired the same crisis PR team as Depp during their 2022 defamation trial, prompting commentary from Heard.
“Social media is the absolute personification of the classic saying ‘A lie travels halfway around the world before truth can get its boots on,'” Heard told NBC News. “I saw this firsthand and up close. It’s as horrifying as it is destructive.”
In Heard and Depp’s trial, a jury unanimously found the actress guilty of defamation against Depp. He was given $5 million in punitive damages and $10 million in compensatory damages. Heard—who now lives in Spain—was only awarded $2 million in compensatory damages.
On Saturday, Lively made headlines for her sexual harassment lawsuit. Rumors had already been swirling that there was tension between her and Baldoni. In her complaint, she said Baldoni “fat-shamed” her during filming, and launched a smear campaign against her, which caused “severe emotional stress” for her and her family, among other claims.
Ryan Freedman, who represents Baldoni, responded to the filing, calling it “shameful” that Lively "would make such serious and categorically false accusations against Mr. Baldoni.”
Freedman also said that her actions were “another desperate attempt to ‘fix’ her negative reputation which was garnered from her own remarks and actions during the campaign for the film.”
