Amber Heard to appeal Johnny Depp defamation verdict 6 months after trial: report

Amber Heard has replaced most of her legal team and the new team is flying the flag of the First Amendment and hiring trial court judge Penny Ezcarate six months after the jury’s decision, according to Deadline, with Heard taking on her former Was liable for defaming her husband. , an online entertainment news website,

In documents obtained by E! News, a United States-based entertainment news outlet, Heard said the verdict “will undoubtedly have a chilling effect on other women who wish to speak out about abuse involving powerful men.”

The document also noted that “notwithstanding this Court disagrees with all of the foregoing, the jury’s award of US$10 million in compensatory damages and US$5 million in punitive damages (statutoryally reduced to US$350,000) is clear.” literally excessive. Shorter timeframe for which Depp could be okay.”

Meanwhile, the ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ actor has filed documents to appeal the decision of the same lawsuit in which he defamed Heard, through his own attorney, that led to the countersuit claim being awarded to him.

In documents reviewed by Fox News, Depp argued that the court “should reverse the verdict on Ms. Heard’s counterclaim,” but he was otherwise in favor of the jury’s decision.

In documents reviewed by Fox News, Depp argued that the court “should reverse the verdict on Ms. Heard’s counterclaim,” but he was otherwise in favor of the jury’s decision.

“The trial court was faced with many new and complex legal and factual issues, and although the trial court wisely and correctly decided the vast majority of those issues, some of the decisions were erroneous,” the documents said.

Heard’s appeal also referenced Depp’s 2020 defamation case against The Sun. He sued the British tabloid newspaper for an article that labeled him a “wife beater”.

The ‘Aquaman’ actor says his defamation case should never have been brought to court because a High Court judge ruled against Depp.

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

The US trial took place during April and May of 2022 in a courtroom in Fairfax, Virginia. This was based on allegations that Heard had defamed Depp in 2018 by referring to herself as a “public figure representing domestic abuse”. Op-ed for The Washington Post.

Although the op-ed did not specifically mention Depp, the actor claimed that it damaged his reputation and ruined his career. Heard and Depp separated a year before the op-ed was published, after two years of marriage, with Heard saying that Depp emotionally, physically and sexually abused her during their relationship.