Johnny Depp VS Amber Heard trial – The trial between Amber Heard and Johnny Depp is finally over. After weeks of accusations, low blows and (often gloomy) memories of their former married life, the ex-spouses received the verdict of the jurors.
The verdict has finally been rendered! After several intense weeks during which Johnny Depp and Amber Heard fought in court in Fairfax, Virginia, the jurors finally rendered their decision on Wednesday, June 1, 2022.
From the first moments of this long-awaited day, the judge announced that a unanimous verdict had been reached by the jury and asked the members who compose it to withdraw to rule on an amount of damages to be paid. Once the hearing resumed, the reading of the verdict quickly turned in favour of Johnny Depp. The actor achieved a huge victory since the court ruled that he had indeed been a victim of defamation. He was awarded $15 million in damages, TMZ reports.
The seven jurors answered in the affirmative to the question of whether the title and two passages of an op-ed, published in 2018 by Amber Heard, contained defamatory remarks against Johnny Depp, according to the reading of their decision. (Johnny Depp VS Amber Heard trial)
At the same time, however, the actor was also ordered to pay $ 2 million to his ex-wife, also for defamation.
As a reminder, the actor claimed $ 50 million in damages from his ex-wife, believing that his remarks in the op-ed published in the Washington Post in 2018 had destroyed his career and reputation. In it, she accused Johnny Depp of domestic violence, without naming him directly.
Johnny Depp VS Amber Heard trial: the final verdict has been rendered!
Since April 11, 2022, the jury has heard dozens of hours of testimonies and audio or video recordings that revealed the scabrous details of their life together, far from the glamour of Hollywood, including an anecdote of etron found in the marital bed.
Amber Heard said that Johnny Depp became a “monster” under the influence of an explosive cocktail of drugs and alcohol and did not undergo rehab but also that he allegedly raped her with a bottle of alcohol in March 2015, a month after their wedding, in Australia where the actor was filming episode 5 of Pirates of the Caribbean. That day, Johnny Depp had the tip of a finger severed and was hospitalized. He claims it’s because of the sheer of a bottle thrown by Amber Heard. She says he injured himself.
After leaving in May 2016, she says she became the target of a smear campaign on social media that wiped out her career. “Harassed” since the beginning of the trial, broadcast live on television, she says she has received “thousands” of death threats. Johnny Depp can count on the support of hundreds of fans who have cheered him every day in court.
In the past, the comedian had lost a first defamation lawsuit in London in 2020, against the tabloid The Sun which had called him an “abusive husband“. The two actors, who divorced in 2017, each claim to have lost between $40 million and $50 million in fees since the op-ed appeared.
Amber Heard’s life “has become hell” since the trial began, said her lawyer, Elaine Bredehoft. She asked jurors — five men and two women — to dismiss Johnny Depp’s complaint to “let her go on with her life and raise her child.” For his part, the 58-year-old actor also wants to “resume the course of his life“, had previously said his lawyer, Camille Vasquez.
Johnny Depp VS Amber Heard trial: the final verdict has been rendered!
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