Amber Heard publicly supports Blake Lively's claims of a hostile work environment against director Justin Baldoni and discusses the power dynamics at play in Hollywood.
I saw this firsthand and up close. It’s as horrifying as it is destructive,” Heard said in reference to Lively’s complaint. Lively had accused her 'It Ends with Us' co-star and director Baldoni of creating a “ hostile work environment .” Text messages allegedly exchanged between Baldoni and his team show them discussing their social media strategies. She further accused the director of orchestrating a retaliatory social media campaign to tarnish her reputation.
“I hope that my legal action helps pull back the curtain on these sinister retaliatory tactics to harm people who speak up about misconduct and helps protect others who may be targeted,” Lively said in a statement to the“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 said in a statement provided toHer comments sparked backlash online, with one social media user saying, “You’re not helping her case.” “Amber is the LAST person you want backing you up,” read a second comment while a third said, “Ummm, probably not the endorsement Blake wanted.”“I saw this firsthand and up close. It’s as horrifying as it is destructive,” Heard said in reference to Lively’s complaintHe was awarded $5 million in punitive damages and $10 million in compensatory damages, while Heard was awarded $2 million in compensatory damages. The jury’s decision “sets back the clock to a time when a woman who spoke up and spoke out could be publicly shamed and humiliated,” Heard said at the time.“I spoke up against sexual violence — and faced our culture’s wrath. That has to change,” read one of the statements, while another said, “Then 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” was her third statement that was deemed defamator
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