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Amber
Heard was convicted of defaming Johnny Depp in an
opinion piece
Johnny
Depp won the lawsuit against Amber Heard in
Fairfax County, Virginia. The jury found that the
actress defamed her ex-husband in an opinion
piece, published by her in December 2018, in which
Heard made a statement about domestic abuse.
Johnny
Depp was not present in court and watched the
decision on video from England, where he is due to
perform with Jeff Beck. Amber Heard witnessed the
decision in court.
Johnny
Depp Also Convicted Although Heard lost, the jury
also convicted Depp of defamation. The amount to
be paid by the actress, however, is much higher.
Her sentence was $15 million, while the actor will
have to pay $2 million. "The disappointment I
feel today goes beyond words," the actress
said after the verdict.
Johnny
Depp and Amber Heard are constantly in the
spotlight in international newspapers due to the
legal fights they have been fighting since their
troubled divorce, filed in 2016. The former couple
faced each other in a defamation lawsuit, but
domestic violence and physical and emotional abuse
were also subjects. that marked the complicated
trajectory.
Johnny
Depp sued Amber Heard for defamation in a $50
million lawsuit. The lawsuit was prompted by an
article she wrote for The Washington Post in 2018,
in which she described herself as a "public
figure representing domestic abuse".
Although
Depp was not named in the article, the star
claimed it cost him lucrative film roles. Heard
then counter-sued her ex-husband, with a $100
million claim over statements his lawyer made
about his abuse allegations.
The
couple met in 2011 while filming “Diary of a
Drunken Journalist”, and got married in 2015.
Their divorce was finalized about two years later.
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