Amber Heard appeals Johnny Depp defamation verdict six months after trial

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WASHINGTON: Hollywood actor Amber Heard has appealed the USD 10 million Johnny Depp defamation verdict within the Virginia courtroom, lower than a month after the ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ actor filed his personal enchantment.

According to Deadline, an internet leisure information web site, Amber has changed most of her authorized group and the brand new group is flying the flag of the First Amendment and taking trial courtroom Judge Penney Azcarate to job six months after a jury dominated that Heard was liable of defaming her ex-husband.

In paperwork obtained by E! News, a USA-based leisure information outlet, Heard acknowledged that the decision “undoubtedly will have a chilling effect on other women who wish to speak about abuse involving powerful men.”

The doc additionally famous that “even if this Court were to disagree with all of the foregoing, the jury’s award to Depp of USD 10 million in compensatory damages and USD 5 million in punitive damages (statutorily reduced to USD 350,000) clearly is excessive given the narrow time-frame for which Depp could recover.”

Depp’s 2020 libel case in opposition to The Sun was additionally referenced in Heard’s enchantment. He had sued the British tabloid newspaper over an article wherein he was labelled a “wife beater.”

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The ‘Aquaman’ actor states that their defamation case ought to’ve by no means made it to the courtroom as a result of a High Court decide dominated in opposition to Depp.

“Another court had already concluded that Depp abused Heard on multiple occasions… After Depp filed this case, the United Kingdom High Court of Justice ruled in a separate defamation action brought by Depp that Heard’s abuse allegations were true,” the doc learn, reported E! News.

The US lawsuit passed off in a courtroom in Fairfax, Virginia, throughout the course of April and May of 2022. It was based mostly on the allegation that Heard had defamed Depp by referring to herself as a “public figure representing domestic abuse” in a 2018 op-ed for the Washington Post.

Although the op-ed didn’t particularly check with Depp, the actor claimed it harmed his repute and wrecked his profession. Heard and Depp separated a yr earlier than the op-ed was revealed, following two years of marriage, with Heard stating that Depp had subjected her to emotional, bodily, and sexual abuse throughout their relationship.

Heard’s legal professionals had beforehand requested Judge Penney Azcarate to put aside the US trial’s verdict for a number of causes, together with the allegation that one of many jurors confirmed as much as the trial regardless of by no means receiving a summons, reported Variety. That request had been denied by the decide.

WASHINGTON: Hollywood actor Amber Heard has appealed the USD 10 million Johnny Depp defamation verdict within the Virginia courtroom, lower than a month after the ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ actor filed his personal enchantment.

According to Deadline, an internet leisure information web site, Amber has changed most of her authorized group and the brand new group is flying the flag of the First Amendment and taking trial courtroom Judge Penney Azcarate to job six months after a jury dominated that Heard was liable of defaming her ex-husband.

In paperwork obtained by E! News, a USA-based leisure information outlet, Heard acknowledged that the decision “undoubtedly will have a chilling effect on other women who wish to speak about abuse involving powerful men.”

The doc additionally famous that “even if this Court were to disagree with all of the foregoing, the jury’s award to Depp of USD 10 million in compensatory damages and USD 5 million in punitive damages (statutorily reduced to USD 350,000) clearly is excessive given the narrow time-frame for which Depp could recover.”

Depp’s 2020 libel case in opposition to The Sun was additionally referenced in Heard’s enchantment. He had sued the British tabloid newspaper over an article wherein he was labelled a “wife beater.”

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The ‘Aquaman’ actor states that their defamation case ought to’ve by no means made it to the courtroom as a result of a High Court decide dominated in opposition to Depp.

“Another court had already concluded that Depp abused Heard on multiple occasions… After Depp filed this case, the United Kingdom High Court of Justice ruled in a separate defamation action brought by Depp that Heard’s abuse allegations were true,” the doc learn, reported E! News.

The US lawsuit passed off in a courtroom in Fairfax, Virginia, throughout the course of April and May of 2022. It was based mostly on the allegation that Heard had defamed Depp by referring to herself as a “public figure representing domestic abuse” in a 2018 op-ed for the Washington Post.

Although the op-ed didn’t particularly check with Depp, the actor claimed it harmed his repute and wrecked his profession. Heard and Depp separated a yr earlier than the op-ed was revealed, following two years of marriage, with Heard stating that Depp had subjected her to emotional, bodily, and sexual abuse throughout their relationship.

Heard’s legal professionals had beforehand requested Judge Penney Azcarate to put aside the US trial’s verdict for a number of causes, together with the allegation that one of many jurors confirmed as much as the trial regardless of by no means receiving a summons, reported Variety. That request had been denied by the decide.