Not over but. Regardless that a jury dominated in favor of Johnny Depp in his defamation go well with towards ex-wife Amber Heard, their authorized battle is way from over.
“She is 100% interesting on freedom of speech and is telling associates she is set to take all of it the way in which to the Supreme Court docket if she has to,” a supply advised Us Weekly in June 2022 after the decision was introduced. “She is just not in a position to comprehend that she misplaced.” The insider added that whereas the Aquaman star has not but filed the attraction “she is satisfied that she’s going to win.”
Depp, who was married to Heard from 2015 to 2017, filed a lawsuit towards his Rum Diary costar for defamation, citing an op-ed that she wrote for The Washington Post in 2018. In her essay, Heard revealed that she was a survivor of home abuse, although she didn’t title the Pirates of the Caribbean star within the publish. (The information outlet has since added an editor’s notice to the article with the trial outcomes.)
After a two-month trial, a jury dominated in favor of Depp, awarding the Kentucky native $10 million in compensatory damages and $5 million in punitive damages. His punitive award was subsequently decreased to $350,000 as a consequence of a Virginia state regulation that set a cap on the utmost quantity that may be awarded.
The Justice League actress was additionally awarded $2 million after the jury discovered that Depp’s lawyer had made a defamatory assertion about her when he alleged that her abuse claims have been a hoax.
“The frustration I really feel immediately is past phrases,” Heard stated in an announcement to Us after the decision was introduced. “I’m heartbroken that the mountain of proof nonetheless was not sufficient to face as much as the disproportionate energy, affect, and sway of my ex-husband. I’m much more disillusioned with what this verdict means for different ladies. It’s a setback. It units again the clock to a time when a girl who spoke up and spoke out may very well be publicly shamed and humiliated.”
The Magic Mike XXL star continued: “I’m unhappy I misplaced this case. However I’m sadder nonetheless that I appear to have misplaced a proper I believed I had as an American — to talk freely and overtly.”
Depp, for his half, launched an announcement of his personal following the jury’s ruling, through which he famous he was “humbled” and happy with the choice. “From the very starting, the aim of bringing this case was to disclose the reality, whatever the consequence,” he stated in an announcement to Us. “Talking the reality was one thing that I owed to my kids and to all those that have remained steadfast of their help of me. I really feel at peace realizing I’ve lastly completed that.”
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