Amber Heard's attorney claims her client would be unable to pay the millions of dollars in damages she owes Johnny Depp after a jury ruled she defamed her ex-husband during the lengthy trial.

Elaine Bredehoft told Savannah Guthri on NBC's The Today Show a day after the verdict was handed down that her client is "absolutely not" able to pay the $8.35m in damages that the Pirates of the Caribbean actor was awarded after a jury deliberated for three days following a closely watched and widely panned trial.

Mr. Depp received a total of $15 million in compensatory charges related to lost career opportunities and $5 million in punitive damages after prevailing on all three counts of his defamation lawsuit against his ex-wife, which stemmed from an opinion piece she published in The Washington Post in 2018 about being a victim of domestic abuse.

Heard, who had countersued Mr. Depp for defamation, prevailed in one of three claims against her ex-attorney, husband's who had labeled her allegations of abuse as a fake, and was granted $2 million.

Ms. Bredehoft informed the host of the morning talk program that her client wanted to file an appeal.

Ms. Brededeoft reported that one of the first things she said was, "I am so sorry to all those women out there." This is a setback for all women inside and outside of the courtroom, and she bears the weight of that.

"Unless you pull out your phone and record your spouse or significant other assaulting you, no one will believe you," she warned.

The Aquaman actor released a statement expressing "heartbreak" upon hearing the decision on Wednesday afternoon.

"The disappointment I feel today is indescribable," said Ms. Heard. "I'm heartbroken that the mountain of evidence was insufficient to combat my ex-disproportionate husband's power, influence, and sway."

The attorney also criticized the social media circus that relentlessly mocked her client during the six-week defamation trial, stating that there was "no way" it could not have impacted the verdict.

"It is impossible for them not to have been influenced. It was dreadful. She told Ms. Guthri on Thursday morning that it was highly asymmetrical. The way they saw this case is comparable to the Roman coliseum.