ACLU admits in testimony that it wrote Amber Heard’s op-ed against Johnny Depp; timed release with ‘Aquaman’
April 29, 2022 | Terresa Monroe-Hamilton
The
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) revealed
in testimony during the Johnny Depp and Amber Heard $100
million defamation trial that it had ghost-written the Washington Post op-ed
allegedly accusing Depp of domestic abuse, reportedly timing it for the release
of “Aquaman” in which she played a role.
The ACLU also stated that Heard had only donated $1.3
million to their coffers after promising in 2016 to fork over $3.5 million from
her divorce settlement with Depp, stating that the actress was having financial
difficulties. The organization also contends that Heard’s ex, South African
billionaire Elon Musk donated $500,000 of the money that Heard gave to the
ACLU, according to the Daily
Mail.
The Washington Post op-ed is central
to the trial with Heard asserting that she is a survivor of
domestic abuse at the hands of Depp.
Jezebel is
reporting that email correspondence indicates that Robin Shulman, who is a
communications strategist with the ACLU, first drafted the op-ed for
consumption in November of 2018 a month before it was published. It is being
alleged that Heard’s legal team deliberately edited the piece to make sure it
did not outwardly incriminate Depp by name.
In a message to Heard that was dated November 29, 2018,
Shulman said that she tried to “gather your fire and rage” for the op-ed piece.
In a follow-up message, Shulman told Heard, “Our lawyers
should review this for the way I skirted around your marriage.”
Jessica Weitz, another member of the ACLU communications
team, told Heard, ‘I want to make sure nothing was said in here that puts you
in jeopardy with your NDA’ with Depp after the divorce.
Terence Dougherty, who is the general counsel and COO of
the ACLU, testified that the ACLU was told to pitch the piece to a number of
media outlets. The New York
Times, Teen Vogue, and USA
Today were initially considered
but The Washington Post eventually won out and ran the op-ed. He claimed that
it was about “gender-based violence issues.”
Stacey Sullivan, who is another member of the ACLU’s
communication team, pitched the article to Michael Duffy, an editor at The
Washington Post.
The email allegedly said, “Hey Michael, wondering if we
might interest you in an op-ed by Amber Heard ‘Who as you may recall was
beaten up during her brief marriage to Johnny Depp.'”
Heard emailed her team and the ACLU after The Washington
Post picked up the piece, “It’s going to the Washington Post!!!”
Garry Johnson, who is another communications associate,
emailed other staff members about the timing of the release of the op-ed in
order to promote the premiere of “Aquaman.”
“Since draft turned out pretty strong and Aquaman slated
to do large numbers I’m wondering what you think about it?” Johnson wrote.
Another staffer was even blunter concerning the timing of
the op-ed and asserted that it should be published as quickly as possible “to
capitalize on the tremendous campaign for Aquaman.”
It is unclear whether the ACLU helping Heard had anything
to do with the donation that she pledged to them.
Heard never signed a formal pledge prepared for her by
the ACLU concerning her vow to donate half of her divorce settlement in 2016 to
them. The other half was slated to go to the Children’s Hospital of Los
Angeles.
“We reached out to Heard starting in 2019 for the next
installment of her giving and we learned that she was having financial
difficulties,” Dougherty stated
There were three payments to the ACLU that included a
$100,000 check from Heard’s ex-husband Johnny Depp, $500,000 from a
donor-advised fund at the Vanguard Group, and $350,000 from a donor-advised
fund at Fidelity Investments.
Dougherty testified that the ACLU believes the Vanguard
payment was from a fund established by Musk. The Tesla CEO had allegedly
emailed Anthony Romero, the executive director of the ACLU, informing him that
Heard would donate the total $3.5 million sum over a 10-year period as opposed
to a one-time donation.
“Amber, I described your plan to donate $3.5 million to the ACLU over the next 10 years as you very much believe what you were doing,” Musk purportedly wrote in 2016.
Connecting the Dots:
Washington Post Co. was the owner of the Washington Post.
Warren E. Buffett was
a director for the Washington Post Co.
and is an adviser for the Nuclear Threat
Initiative (think tank).
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think
tank) was a funder for
the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).
Gregory B. Craig is
a trustee at the Carnegie Endowment for
International Peace (think tank), was a lawyer for the Washington Post and
the White House counsel for the Barack
Obama administration.
Alger
Hiss was the president of the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank) and Murrey Marder a reporter for the Washington Post and
covered his trial.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation
to Promote Open Society.
Jessica
Tuchman Mathews is a director at the Nuclear
Threat Initiative (think tank), was he president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank),
an honorary trustee at the Brookings
Institution (think tank) and an editorial board member for the Washington Post.
Robert Kagan was
a senior associate at the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank), a senior fellow at
the Brookings Institution (think tank) and is a columnist for the Washington Post.
E.J.
Dionne is a senior fellow at the Brookings
Institution (think tank) and a columnist for the Washington Post.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings Institution (think tank) the Center for American Progress and the Human Rights Watch.
George Soros is
the chairman for the Foundation to Promote
Open Society,
a director at the Drug Policy
Alliance, a supporter for the Center
for American Progress and the
founder & chairman for the Open Society
Foundations.
Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Center for American Progress and the Human Rights Watch.
Ira
Glasser is a director at the Drug
Policy Alliance and was an executive director for the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).
Melody C. Barnes was
the EVP for the Center for American
Progress, the domestic policy council, director for the Barack Obama administration, a principal for
the Raben Group and is Barack
Obama’s golf partner.
Raben Group was
the lobby firm for the American Civil
Liberties Union (ACLU).
Aryeh
Neier is the vice chairman for the Foundation
to Promote Open Society, a director at the Center for American Progress, was an executive
director for the Human Rights Watch,
the president for the Open Society
Foundations and an executive director for the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).
Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Center for American Progress, the Human
Rights Watch and he American Constitution Society.
George
Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations and
a supporter for the Center for
American Progress.
Dawn E. Johnsen is
a director at the American Constitution
Society, was the director nominee, Office of Legal Counsel for
the Barack Obama administration,
and counsel for the American Civil
Liberties Union (ACLU).
Caroline
Fredrickson is the president for the American
Constitution Society and was the
Washington legislative director for the American
Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).
Robert Raben was
a director at the American Constitution
Society and is the president for the Raben Group.
Raben Group was the lobby firm
for the American Civil Liberties Union
(ACLU).
Melody C. Barnes was
a principal for the Raben Group,
the domestic policy council, director for the Barack
Obama administration, the EVP for the Center for American Progress, and is Barack Obama’s golf
partner.
Ezekiel Emanuel is
a senior fellow at the Center for American
Progress, Ari Emanuel’s brother and was the health care policy
adviser for the Barack Obama administration.
Ari
Emanuel is Ezekiel Emanuel’s brother and the co-CEO & director
for William Morris Endeavor Entertainment.
Amber Heard is a William
Morris Endeavor Entertainment client
and an ambassador for the American Civil
Liberties Union (ACLU).
Aryeh
Neier was an executive director for the American
Civil Liberties Union (ACLU),
vice chairman for the Foundation to
Promote Open Society, a director at the Center for American Progress, an executive director
for the Human Rights Watch and the president for the Open Society Foundations.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder the Center for American Progress, the Human Rights Watch, and the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank) and for the Brookings Institution (think tank).
George Soros is
the chairman for the Foundation to Promote
Open Society, a supporter for the Center
for American Progress and the
founder & chairman for the Open Society
Foundations.
Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Center for American Progress, the Human
Rights Watch.
Andrew Sherry was
the SVP for the Center for American
Progress and a deputy managing editor for USAToday.com.
USAToday.com is an online
branch for USA Today.
Madeleine K.
Albright was a director at the Center
for American Progress and a
member of the Aspen Strategy Group.
Nicholas Kristof is
a member of the Aspen Strategy Group
and a columnist for the New York Times.
David E. Sanger is
a member of the Aspen Strategy Group and the chief Washington correspondent for
the New York Times.
Carla Anne Robbins is a member of the Aspen Strategy Group and was a deputy editorial page editor for the New York Times.
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Only Made Possible
Though Networking (Past Research on the Washington
Post)
MONDAY, JUNE 9, 2014
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2014/06/only-made-possible-though-networking.html
ACLU Vows to Fight
Reinstating Cross on L.A. County Seal (Past
Research on the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU))
SATURDAY, JANUARY 4, 2014
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GE, Walmart, AT&T,
Google Among Center for American Progress Donors (Past
Research on the Center for American Progress)
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2013
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2013/12/ge-walmart-at-google-among-center-for.html
Amber
Heard Phone Number, Fan Mail
Address, Email ID, Contact Details
https://bollysuperstar.com/amber-heard-phone-number/
Address Information
William Morris Endeavor
Entertainment
(Talent and Literary Agency)
9601 Wilshire Blvd.
3rd Floor
Beverly Hills, CA 90210-5213
USA
Dennis Quaid: Gun
Control as American as Football and Taylor Swift (Past
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2016
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2016/02/dennis-quaid-gun-control-as-american-as.html
NYT Says Palin Is
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FRIDAY, JUNE 16, 2017
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USA Today Axes Dozens;
Marched Out, Email Cut (Past Research on USA Today)
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2014
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