Amber Heard stayed in a luxury $22,500-a-month Virginia mansion during her blockbuster defamation trial against Johnny Depp, it has emerged. Despite forking over cash for the 13,000 square-foot home throughout the trial, the 36-year-old says she can’t afford to pay the more than $8 million she owes her ex-husband after a jury ruled she defamed him. The actress was ordered to pay Depp, 58, $15 million – $10 million in compensation and $5 million in punitive damages. The judge later capped the damages at the Virginia maximum of $350,000. Minus the $2 million Depp was ordered to pay Heard, she owes him a total of $8.35million. Heard’s attorney, Elaine Bredhoft recently announced the actress ‘absolutely’ cannot afford to pay the damages, and said she intends to appeal the verdict.

Despite her representation’s claims of financial woes, Heard hunkered down in the lap of luxury with her family while the trial played out, according to TMZ . The actress reportedly rented the mansion in McLean, Virginia, a leafy D.C. suburb, and a 25-minute drive from the Fairfax Country Courthouse where her trial played out over 6-weeks. The house sits on an acre of land, and sports a tennis court, a home movie theater, eight bedrooms, and a pair of sweeping staircases in the entryway.

A Zillow listing for the property describes it as ‘One of the most distinctive and private estates offered in McLean,’ and gushes about a ‘2 story grand Foyer with an elegant double curved staircase, a true ‘wow’ and dream for entertainers.’

Rental records on the listing do not include Heard’s name, but they show that the property was rented on May 4, 2020. It is unclear if the property was being rented at the start of the trial on April 11.

Witnesses reportedly said Heard was seen at the home her sister Whitney, and her daughter Oonagh Paige. Heard’s security was also seen at the property.

The home boasts a massive living room with all white decor and metal accents.

The living room is full of natural light and leads into a big kitchen with plenty of seating for guests.

The massive kitchen has several counter top areas in addition to multiple chandeliers.

Bredhoft appeared on the Today Show on Thursday and said that Heard has ‘excellent grounds’ to appeal the verdict and plans to do so. Asked if the Aquaman actress would be able to pay the damages she owes Depp after a jury vindicated his claims that she lied by accusing him of abuse during their marriage, Bredhoft replied: ‘No, absolutely not.’

Another dining room in the mansion in flooded with natural light from the many windows in the room.

Despite there being eight bedrooms, each one appears quite spacious. This one, pictured, even has a stocked bar cart in the corner.

One of the two dining rooms in the mansion heard rented during her trial against ex-husband Johnny Depp has a table that will comfortably sit eight people.

Here’s another massive bedroom in the mansion Heard rented with two of it’s own sitting areas.

This sitting room boasts a wide set of windows and is inlayed with bookshelves and desks. There’s also an inviting couch and multiple workout machines.

The mansion also features a jacuzzi and a large steam room as a part of its in-home spa .

The home includes a professional home-theater, complete with reclining seats and a projector.

There’s a private tennis court in the home at the bottom of a sloping back yard under the sunny Virginia sky in case any visitors would like to hit the ball around.

Heard intends to appeal on the grounds that Depp’s legal team suppressed a mountain of evidence including therapist notes and texts detailing abuse which may have won her the case, according to Bredehoft. ‘We had an enormous amount of evidence that was suppressed in this case that was in the UK case,’ Bredehoft said, ‘In the UK case when it came in, Amber won and Mr Depp lost… The court found there – and we weren’t allowed to tell the jury this – but the court found that Mr Depp had committed at least 12 acts of domestic violence, including 𝑠e𝑥ual violence against Amber.’

Britain’s High Court ruled in 2020 that it was ‘substantially true’ to describe Johnny Depp as a ‘wife beater’. It also found that Heard was put in fear for her life on three occasions. Pictured: A daybed on carpeted floors between built-in bookshelves in the mansion.

A year later, the UK’s Court of Appeal upheld the verdict, stating the trial was ‘full and fair’. But the jury in Fairfax County flipped that judgment after a six-weeks-long trial and hours of deliberations. Pictured: A living room in the luxurious mansion Amber Heard rented during her trial.

It decided that Heard had acted ‘with actual malice’ in effectively accusing Depp of abuse via a 2018 op-ed for the Washington Post. Ms Bredehoft said Heard has ‘excellent grounds’ for a sensational appeal. The attorney blamed the absence of ‘very, very significant’ medical records dating back to 2012.’ Pictured: A living room just off the grand front entrance of the mansion.

They ‘showed a pattern’ of Heard reporting Depp’s alleged abuse to her therapists. There were also a pile of texts detailing the nature of Depp’s violence toward Heard, Ms Bredehoft added. Pictured: A view from the entry-living room towards the twin sweeping staircases of the house’s two-story foyer.

She said: ‘We had significant amount of texts, including from Mr. Depp’s assistants, saying “When I told him he kicked you, he cried, he is so sorry.” That didn’t come in.’ Pictured: A living room with wrap-around windows.