In December 2018,
The Washington Post published an
op-ed article written by Heard, titled: "Amber Heard: I spoke up against sexual violence — and faced our culture's wrath. That has to change".
[22][23] In the article, Heard stated: "two years ago, I became a public figure representing domestic abuse, and I felt the full force of our culture's wrath for women who speak out. [...] I had the rare vantage point of seeing, in real time, how institutions protect men accused of abuse."
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In February 2019, Depp sued Heard over her December 2018 op-ed in
The Washington Post.
[25][26][27] Depp also again alleged that Heard had been the abuser, and that her allegations constituted a hoax against him.
[26] In August 2020, Heard countersued Depp, alleging that he had coordinated "a harassment campaign via Twitter and [by] orchestrating online petitions in an effort to get her fired from
Aquaman and L'Oréal".
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