According to a former friend Jennifer Howell, Amber Heard’s sister is “doing something very wrong” by supporting the actress’ charges of abuse against Johnny Depp.

During the multimillion-dollar defamation trial, Howell, the CEO and founder of the NGO The Art of Elysium, told the court that she “liked” Ms. Heard’s sister Whitney Henriquez but believes she is “trying to protect her sister.”

Ms. Henriquez’s former supervisor and friend, Howell, said she sent her an email in July 2020 pushing her to “speak the truth.”

“I struggled very much with what to do in a situation that I loved someone who I know is doing something very wrong and I know that they’re doing it because they’re trying to protect their sister and I’m trying to protect her,” she testified about the email.

“And I’m just trying to get her to wake up and do the right thing which tells the truth. That’s the only thing that can help everyone involved in this thing.”

Ms. Heard and Ms. Henriquez met Howell at an afterparty for the Los Angeles premiere of the film Pineapple Express in 2008, according to video testimony given in court on Tuesday.

Ms. Henriquez worked for her NGO for a short time in 2014 and lived in her home from May 2015 to April 2016, according to her.

Ms. Henriquez traveled back and forth between her home and Ms. Heard and Mr. Depp’s residence during that time, but according to Ms. Howell, all of her items were relocated into her home at the time.