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        <title><![CDATA[#MeToo activist Katherine Kendall says she was ‘misquoted’ amid Johnny Depp case]]></title>
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        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A #MeToo activist who says she was targeted by disgraced movie mogul <strong>Harvey Weinstein</strong> told the a court Friday she was “misquoted” in a newspaper article that’s at the center of Johnny <strong>Depp’s explosive libel trial</strong>.</p><p>Actress Katherine Kendall — who was quoted in an article in The Sun calling Depp “wife beater” in 2018 — told London’s High Court that her &#8220;words were taken out of context” and that she was “misquoted” in the story, <strong>according to Sky News</strong>.</p><p>In a witness statement, Kendall said she never accused the “Pirates of the Caribbean” star of &#8220;hurting&#8221; ex-wife Amber Heard and that she has &#8220;no first-hand knowledge&#8221; that he was ever violent.</p><p>Instead, Kendall said she actually texted a reporter for the paper at the time that, “Amber had hit him, which is why as you know I don&#8217;t condone &#8216;any&#8217; violence.”</p><p>Kendall — who says she was harassed and chased around her apartment by Weinstein in 1993 — added that she felt the paper used the #MeToo movement for its own “purposes.&#8221;</p><p>The actress, who is best known for her role in the 1996 movie &#8220;Swingers,&#8221; also told the court she considers herself a &#8220;survivor of abuse.&#8221;</p><p>After The Sun article ran, Kendall sent an angry text to The Sun’s executive editor Dan Wootton, according to the Evening Standard.</p><p>“I never meant to be in an article that called Johnny Depp a ‘wife beater,’” the actress wrote. “I told you that I didn’t know that to be true at all!”</p><p>Friday marked the ninth day of Depp’s&nbsp; libel trial against the The Sun. He claims he’s not a “wife beater,”&nbsp; has never hurt Heard and that she&#8217;s a &#8220;<strong>sociopath</strong>&#8221; who has made up tales of abuse.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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