https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9618547/Johnny-Depp-sue-ACLU-defamation-Amber-Heards-op-ed.html
PUBLISHED: 08:56 EDT, 27 May 2021
EXCLUSIVE:
Johnny Depp's legal battle against the ACLU heats up as emails reveal
nonprofit's staff wrote Amber Heard's explosive domestic violence op-ed at the center of his $50M defamation suit against his ex-wife
Emails obtained by DailyMail.com suggest Amber Heard, 35, had minimal input in her Washington Post op-ed on domestic abuse published December 2018
Documents reveal ACLU staff came up with the idea for Heard to write the essay now titled, 'I spoke up against sexual violence and faced our culture's wrath'
The op-ed went through multiple legal revisions, with Heard's lawyer anxious not to mention Depp by name or breach the couple's non-disclosure agreement
Depp, 57, later sued Heard for libel claiming the article included references to their failed marriage and falsely labeled him an abuser
But the unearthed emails which show the ACLU had actually penned the piece - and could drag the organization deeper into the toxic lawsuit
Depp's attorney Adam Waldman told DailyMail.com the emails 'prove' the ACLU wrote Heard's 'false op-ed for her and were co-conspirators from the start'
Last week the actor sued the ACLU to force them to reveal if Heard ever honored a 2016 pledge to donate half her divorce money ($3.5M) to the nonprofit
In her own filings, Heard does not claim to be the sole author of the op-ed, stating that she wrote it 'with the assistance and advice of others'
By BEN ASHFORD FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
PUBLISHED: 08:56 EDT, 27 May 2021 | UPDATED: 08:56 EDT, 27 May 2021
Three years on, the ACLU's involvement is threatening to drag the nonprofit deeper into the toxic lawsuit. Depp's lawyers hint it could even see them added as a defendant.
'This new trove of emails finally proves one of the things the ACLU has fought for years to hide:
they wrote Amber Heard's false op-ed for her and were co-conspirators with Ms Heard from the start,'
Depp's attorney Adam Waldman told DailyMail.com.
Documents reveal ACLU staff actually came up with the idea for Heard to write the essay now titled,
'I spoke up against sexual violence and faced our culture's wrath'
'Those who scheme, write and publish defamation, even purported free speech advocates, are not immune from the consequences.'
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