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After weeks of testimonies from dozens of witnesses, the high-profile defamation case between actors Johnny Depp and Amber Heard has finally reached an end.
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The verdict
Following a six-week trial and less than three days of deliberation, the jury in the defamation case between actors Johnny Depp and Amber Heard ruled that Heard defamed Depp on all three counts, awarding Depp $15 million dollars in damages. In Heard’s countersuit, Depp was found guilty of one of three charges, with Heard awarded $2 million dollars in compensatory damages.
Depp filed a $50 million defamation case against his ex-wife Amber Heard in 2019, alleging that a 2018 op-ed she wrote for the Washington Post, in which she referred to herself as a “public figure representing domestic abuse” but did not mention Depp by name, harmed his reputation and career. Heard countersued for $100 million after Depp’s lawyer called her allegations a “hoax.”
What led up to this
Throughout the trial, Depp and Heard presented their own versions of several shocking instances of alleged abuse. In his testimony, Depp accused Heard of leaving human feces on his bed and severing his finger by throwing a vodka bottle at him, and attempted to explain audio recordings and text messages that detailed abuse against Heard.
On the stand, Heard alleged that Depp abused her physically during their relationship, describing multiple instances of alleged violence. She detailed an altercation in which she hit Depp, claiming it was in defense of her sister, Whitney Henriquez, who interfered during an argument. “I just, in my head, instantly think of Kate Moss and stairs, and I swung at him,” Heard said.
Moss later testified that Depp never pushed her down the stairs. The trial also…
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Source : time
