Amber Heard, the embattled Aquaman actor, was seen bargain shopping at a TJ Maxx in New York after Johnny Depp won his defamation trial against her and was granted $15 million.
According to TMZ, the 36-year-old actress and her sister, Whitney Henriquez, went discount shopping at the Bridgehampton retail business.
The sisters were spotted searching clothing shelves and debating white linen trousers, according to the site.
Heard was spotted with her hair in a bun, a white blouse, and a pair of loose trousers, a stark contrast to her ostentatious court attire and hairstyles.
Henriquez parked her shopping car to the side so an elderly woman could check in the mirror if her probable buy was a good fit for her.
Henriquez was by Heard’s side throughout the trial, testifying against Depp and giving an emotional message after the judgment confirming her support for Heard.
It comes after the actress openly stated she can’t afford the $8.3 million in damages Depp was granted on June 1.
It’s unclear whether Depp will pursue the verdict and demand that Heard pay the entire amount.
His lawyers have hinted that might not be the case, saying his motivation behind the lawsuit, which was to restore his reputation after Heard raised claims of domestic abuse in a 2016 Washington Op-ed, has already been achieved.
Speaking to NBC’s Dateline last week, Heard chose to focus on the positives after the trial left her reputation severely bruised and her opportunities for work continue to decrease.
The actress said that a silver lining of not being busy with work at the moment is that she can enjoy being a full-time mom to one-year-old daughter Oonagh.
According to the outlet, the sisters were seen perusing racks for clothes and discussing white linen pants.
Heard was seen wearing her hair up in a bun, a white shirt and a pair of baggy jeans, a sharp contrast from her very elaborated court outfits and hairstyles.
At one point, Henriquez pulled her shopping car to the side so an older woman could see in the mirror if her potential purchase favored her.
Henriquez stood by Heard’s side throughout the court proceedings, testifying against Depp and sharing a heartfelt message reiterating her support for Heard after the verdict.
It comes as the Hollywood star has publicly admitted she can’t afford the $8.3 million in damages awarded to Depp on June 1.
It is unclear whether Depp will enforce the ruling and ask Heard to pay the high sum of money in its totality.
His lawyers have hinted that might not be the case, saying his motivation behind the lawsuit, which was to restore his reputation after Heard raised claims of domestic abuse in a 2016 Washington Op-ed, has already been achieved.
Speaking to NBC’s Dateline last week, Heard chose to focus on the positives after the trial left her reputation severely bruised and her opportunities for work continue to decrease.
The actress said that a silver lining of not being busy with work at the moment is that she can enjoy being a full-time mom to one-year-old daughter Oonagh.
In a chat screened in its entirety for the first time Friday, Heard told Dateline’s host Savannah Guthrie that she was ‘terrified’ of telling her side of the story.
Heard said she had been wounded by the ‘hate and vitriol’ directed at her, but did not regret bringing the case.
‘I know the scariest, most intimidating thing for anybody talking about sexual violence is not being believed, being called a liar, or being humiliated,’ she said.
Heard said she was not speaking out because she was ‘vindictive’.
‘This would be a really lousy way of getting vengeance,’ she said.
‘As silly as it is to say this out loud, my goal is – I just want people to see me as a human being.’
Heard’s interview raised eyebrows, with her repeating her defamatory allegations that he beat her.
Despite continuing to air her allegations, Heard insists that she wants nothing more than to move on with her life, telling Guthrie: ‘I look forward to living my life and I have a long one, I hope, in front of me. And I will continue to walk through this with my chin up.’
In the interview, Heard admits that she ‘absolutely still loves’ Depp – despite branding him a ‘liar’ who swayed the jury with his ‘fantastic acting’, as well as:
‘I will [stand by my testimony] to my dying day. I know what happened to me. I’m here as a survivor,’ she said.
‘To my dying day I will stand by every word of my testimony.’
Yet on Friday, shortly before the interview aired, Heard’s team insisted they were unrepentant.
‘If Mr Depp or his team have a problem with this, we recommend that Johnny himself sit down with Savannah Guthrie for an hour and answer all her questions,’ a spokesperson told DailyMail.com, as Heard branded Depp, 59, a ‘liar’ and doubled down on claims that he beat her and sexually assaulted her during their relationship.
Despite the fact that the notes had previously been dismissed by the judge, Heard published a ‘binder full’ of notes from her therapist, which she says is new proof confirming her allegations of physical and sexual abuse against Depp.
Heard handed over ‘years’ of notes from her therapist outlining incidents in which she claims the actor “struck her, pushed her against a wall, and threatened to kill her.”
However, the judge in her trial against Depp had already dismissed the notes as ‘hearsay’ and barred her legal team from submitting the documents as evidence.
Nevertheless, the actress has now gone public with the binder, which ‘dates back to 2011 from the very beginning of her relationship’.
The notes contain descriptions of violence dating back to January 2012, when ‘Heard told her therapist Depp ‘hit her, threw her on the floor”.
Eight months after that he ‘ripped her nightgown, threw her on the bed’ and then in 2013 ‘he threw her against a wall and threatened to kill her’, the notes allege.
A jury determined earlier this month that Heard defamed her ex-husband by posting a column in the Washington Post about being a sexual assault survivor.
The judge ordered her to pay Depp $10 million in compensatory damages and $5 million in punitive damages, albeit the judge lowered the second amount to $350,000 according to Virginia law.
Depp walked away from the lawsuit paying Heard $8.35 million in compensatory damages, despite the fact that she was only granted $2 million in compensatory damages.