[199] Article by Doug Stanhope for The Wrap, published on May 29, 2016. https://www.thewrap.com/johnny-depp-is-being-blackmailed-by-amber-heard-heres-how-i-know-guest-column/.

[200] Exclusive published by TMZ on September 6, 2016. https://www.tmz.com/2016/09/06/amber-heard-drops-doug-stanhope-lawsuit/.

[201] Heard’s lawyer's apology to Depp was reported by several media outlets, for instance, The Independent. .https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/amber-heard-s-lawyer-apologises-to-johnny-depp-for-saying-heard-was-vindicated-in-court-of-public-opinion-a7197336.html

[202] Information retrieved from a media article published by the Daily Mail (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3624790/Amber-Heard-s-Wikipedia-page-altered-describing-gold-digger.html).

[203] Jonathan Show on Facebook, 30 May 2016.

[204] Article by iO Tillett Wright, published on June 8, 2016. https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2016/06/113149/domestic-violence-911-call-famous-friend 

[205] The book was co-authored by Jennifer Robinson (Heard’s lawyer) and Keio Yoshida and released with the title, How many more women?: Exposing how the law silences women. 

[206] One of the sources is Sky News, available at https://news.sky.com/video/johnny-depp-and-amber-heard-arrive-at-court-12022939.

[207] Footage of the outside of the courthouse during the second day of the UK trial was broadcast by the Daily Mail World (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBpTxFmaqLg); Photos of the actress smiling while entering the courthouse through the front door during the second day are available at https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/amber-heard-arrives-at-the-royal-courts-of-justice-strand-news-photo/1225395981.

[208] Footage from AP Archive available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=WwmGqDMx3lY.

[209] Information retrieved from https://www.irishmirror.ie/showbiz/celebrity-news/amber-heard-parties-until-130am-22327501

[210] Information retrieved from https://metro.co.uk/2020/08/03/amber-heard-enjoys-day-london-sunshine-ex-johnny-depps-libel-trial-13076064/

[211] Information retrieved from https://www.aclu.org/news/womens-rights/actress-amber-heard-donates-millions-support-aclu-and-its.

[212] Information retrieved from https://whitewall.art/lifestyle/the-art-of-elysiums-8th-annual-heaven-gala/.

[213] Information retrieved from https://www.aclu.org/news/womens-rights/actress-amber-heard-donates-millions-support-aclu-and-its.

[214] UK, Team Depp Court of Appeals, Witness Statement 5. US, plaintiff exhibit 23

[215] Information retrieved from https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/04/28/johnny-depp-amber-heard-defamation-trial-op-ed/.

[216] Jeff Sessions had some time before asserting that ‘claims by aliens pertaining to domestic violence perpetrated by non-governmental actors will not qualify for asylum’ (https://www.aclu.org/news/immigrants-rights/jeff-sessions-illegal-attacks-asylum-seekers).

[217] The new Title IX rule would supposedly bolster the rights of those accused of wrongdoing (https://edition.cnn.com/2018/11/16/politics/education-department-betsy-devos-sexual-misconduct/index.html) but according to the ACLU, the rule would ‘subject reports of sexual harassment to a different and more skeptical review than reports of harassment based on race, national origin, or disability’ which would create a ‘second-class standard for reports of sexual harassment and assault.’ Information retrieved from https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/aclu-sues-betsy-devos-allowing-schools-ignore-sexual-harassment-and-assault.

[218] Christine Blasey Ford was a university professor who accused Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh—nominated Associate Justice of the US Supreme Court by Trump on July 9, 2018—of having sexually assaulted her at a high school party in the early 1980s. 

[219] The ACLU‘s general counsel's words during the US trial were reported by media outlets, for instance, Business Insider (https://www.businessinsider.com/amber-heard-domestic-violence-timed-aquaman-release-2022-4)

[220]The Wrap reported about the ACLU’s general counsel deposition during the US trial (https://www.thewrap.com/amber-heard-op-ed-aquaman-release/).

[221] Information retrieved from https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/amber-heard-domestic-violence-open-letter-porter-a7472426.html

[222] Heard’s role as an ambassador for the United Nations Human Rights Champion was announced on August 12, 2018.

[223] Heard’s ACLU ambassadorship was announced in October 2018

[224] Article available from https://www.vulture.com/2016/11/watch-amber-heards-domestic-violence-psa.html 

[225] Heard read this letter on October 9, 2018, during the Incredible Women Gala for the #MeToo anniversary

[226] Article available at https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-6376807/Amber-Heard-reveals-trauma-divorce-Johnny-Depp.html 

[227] Heard’s testimony during the UK trial.

[228] Amici Curiae means literally, ‘friends of the court’. It refers to a person or group who is not a party to a legal case but assists the court by providing information, expertise, or insight into the case's issues. The Amicus Curiae was presented in support of Heard’s case when she appealed to reverse the judgment in the US. It was submitted to the Virginia Court of Appeals on November 23rd, 2022.

[229] Article by Alyssa Rosenberg

[230] Article by Leaf Arbuthnot published on November 11, 2018.

[231] Information retrieved from https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/british-feminists-pick-sides-in-amber-heard-v-johnny-depp-drama-gt70vr766.

[232] Roberta Kaplan on Twitter.

[233] Information retrieved from https://righttoequality.org/who-we-are/our-team/.

[234] Information retrieved from https://x.com/Right2Equality/status/1611049773494112277.

[235] Article by Julia Métraux, available at https://www.poynter.org/ethics-trust/2022/what-the-johnny-depp-v-amber-heard-case-could-mean-for-survivors-who-speak-out-in-media/.

[236] Article by Michelle Goldberg, available at https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/18/opinion/amber-heard-metoo.html.

[237] Article by Moira Donegan.

[238] Article by Jessica Winter, available at https://www.newyorker.com/tag/johnny-depp.

[239] Article by Ej Dickson.

[240] Article by Eliana Dockterman available at https://time.com/6183505/amber-heard-perfect-victim-myth-johnny-depp/.

[241] Article by Claire Goforth.

[242] Article by Jessica Winter.

[243] Article by Charlotte Proudman.

[244] To those readers who are not acquainted with the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, it says, ‘Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.’