Amber Heard Reads Stanford Sexual Assault Victim’s Essay at Glamour Women of the Year Awards
Six months after Amber Heard accused now-ex husband Johnny Depp of being physically abusive, the actress took the stage at the Glamour Women of the Year Awards to read an essay written by the Stanford sexual assault victim out loud.
According to Entertainment Tonight, the “Aquaman” star joined Gabourey Sidibe, Lena Dunham and Freida Pinto on Monday night to honor the unnamed woman, who was announced as the magazine’s woman of the year earlier this month.
The piece marks her first public comments since her attacker, Brock Turner, was sentenced to a mere six months in jail after he was convicted on three felony counts of sexually assaulting an intoxicated and unconscious woman in 2015 at a fraternity party on the Stanford campus.
Identified by Glamour as “Emily Doe,” the victim detailed what it was like after Judge Aaron Persky handed down the sentence widely criticized for being far too lenient, and after her letter made international news.
The estranged couple eventually settled their divorce case for $7 million, with Heard donating her entire settlement to two charities, the American Civil Liberties Union and the Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles.
