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Whitney, 34, reacted to the supporton Instagram, saying it gave her “a much needed breath of fresh air” more than five months after the June 1 verdict.
Whitney shares two children with husband Gavin Henriquez: Hunter, who turns 4 next month, and Harlin Willow, 8 months. She continued in her post, “Its a world that I’m scared to raise my kids in, and every day it just seems harder and harder to navigate and deal with. Until today….”
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This week’s open letter read, in part: “In our opinion, the Depp v. Heard verdict and continued discourse around it indicate a fundamental misunderstanding of intimate partner and sexual violence and how survivors respond to it. The damaging consequences of the spread of this misinformation are incalculable. We have grave concerns about the rising misuse of defamation suits to threaten and silence survivors.”
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In astatement after the verdict, Depp said the jury “gave me my life back.” He added at the time, “I hope that my quest to have the truth be told will have helped others, men or women, who have found themselves in my situation, and that those supporting them never give up. I also hope that the position will now return to innocent until proven guilty, both within the courts and in the media.”
Heard, meanwhile, said in her post-verdict statement that she was “disappointed with what this verdict means for other women,” calling it a “setback.”
source: people.com
