By Blessing Udeobasi
Amid the ongoing $50 million defamation trial between actor Johnny Depp and his ex wife, Amber Heard, Depp has received support from Mission NGO, a women’s abuse organisation led by the former Miss Italy, Valeria Altobelli.
Valeria, who is also the Mission NGO founder, in a statement said Depp has the organisation’s ‘compassion.
“Violence is a serious topic. As women, as mothers, we have the duty and the responsibility to educate our sons and daughters, that’s to say, the future generation, in the light of the values of dialogue, respect and compassion between men and women, without any gender distinction, in order to prevent violence with the weapons of love and education.
“In deep respect of the victims of domestic abuses that we have to affirm for intellectual honesty are, generally, WOMEN, we feel to express, as women, as mothers, as free thinkers, our compassion for Johnny Depp in this bad page of his personal history.”In an open letter, she added: “As women, we have compassion and we feel empathy not for THE star, THE talent, THE actor but for a man, a father, a worker, A HUMAN.
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“Mental Health is something we have to care about to live in a positive environment where women and men can love and respect each other without any kind of abuse and violence. We are human and we have to find the HUMANITY we are born to live for,” she said.
Mission NGO is a non-profit organisation that ‘supports women and children worldwide, defending their rights and protecting them from physical, sexual, and psychological abuse through education and activism’.
Recall that Depp is suing Heard for $50 million (£38.2 million), and she has issued a counterclaim for $100 million (£76.4 million).
