Johnny Depp s lawsuit against ex-wife Amber Heard following her op-ed in The Washington Post led to a media blitz and televised defamation trial. The plaintiffs daughter Lily-Rose Depp kept quiet throughout and plans to keep it that way.

When its something thats so private and so personal that all of a sudden becomes not so personalI feel really entitled to my secret garden of thoughts, the 23-year-old actor told Elle in an interview published Wednesday .

I also think that Im not here to answer for anybody, and I feel like for a lot of my career, people have really wanted to define me by the men in my life, Lily-Rose continued, whether thats my family members or my boyfriends, whatever.

Lily-Rose was well aware of the social media storm surrounding her fathers trial in Virginia earlier this year. Heard had publicly alleged since 2016 that Depp physically abused her during their relationship, which began in 2011. Depp claimed at trial he was the one being abused.

Depp filed his suit following Heards 2018 opinion piece and said he had lost lucrative roles as a result of her allegations. He argued these were clearly directed at him despite Heard not naming him in the article. The trial saw jurors award him with $15 million in total damages .