8 h 50 m, 19 jul 2020 año - DAILY MAIL British feminists including Cherie Blair and Jess Phillips rally behind Amber Heard amid trial

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High profile British feminists have rallied behind Amber Heard amid her ex-husband Johnny Depp's bombshell libel trial.

Cherie Blair, the barrister and wife of former Prime Minister Tony Blair, is understood to have spoken with the actress' legal team last week, as Depp's High Court trial entered its second week.

The pair met last year when they both spoke at the United Nations general assembly in New York to campaign against women being unjustly imprisoned, the Sunday Times reported.

Labour MP and Shadow Minister for Domestic Violence and Safeguarding Jess Phillips has also spoken to Heard.

'When I spoke to [Heard] about violence against women policies and the UN, I didn't know how she is remaining so calm and strong,' she said. 'She seemed incredibly together.'

Ms Phillips added she is worried the trial has focused so much on Heard, who is 'not even party to the proceedings'. She claimed some of the analysis of Heard's character was 'dangerous' and 'irrelevant to the facts of the case'.

Depp is suing News Group Newspapers, the parent company of the Sun, for libel over a 2018 article which labelled him a 'wife-beater.'

'It is very problematic because this is not a trial [Heard] is party to, she is a witness,' Ms Phillips added.

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