Sentenced to pay $ 10 million in damages following a defamation lawsuit brought by her ex-husband Johnny Depp, Amber Heard officially appealed her conviction on Thursday, July 21.
Amber Heard counter attack. On June 1, Amber Heard was ordered to pay $10 million in damages to Johnny Depp following the defamation lawsuit against her ex-husband. The lawyers of the American actress had quickly indicated that the latter would not wish to stop there. And this Thursday, July 21, the New York Post reports that Amber Heard has finally decided to appeal.
According to the same source, his lawyers filed a “notification of intention to appeal“, in Fairfax County Court, Virginia.
Amber Heard had tried to overturn the verdict of the trial
A few days ago, these same lawyers had called for the reversal of the verdict of the trial. To justify this request, they had put forward several arguments. The lawyers had initially estimated that Johnny Depp had brought no evidence of financial harm that the tribune of the washington post in which Amber Heard presents herself as a victim of domestic violence. Moreover, they judged that the amount of damages is excessive, and that the lawsuit should be invalidated because a bad juror would have participated in the trial.
But Amber Heard had suffered a setback because a magistrate at the Fairfax court rejected the cancellation request, considering that the actress did not have “suffered no harm” in the conduct of the trial. For his part, Johnny Depp had assured that “thethe verdict is fair“, and that the conviction of Amber Head reflected the losses suffered after defamation.
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The lawyers of the American actress had quickly indicated that the latter would not wish to stop there.
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And this Thursday, July 21, the New York Post reports that Amber Heard has finally decided to appeal.
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According to the same source, his lawyers have thus filed a “notice of intention to appeal” in the court of Fairfax County, Virginia.
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A few days ago, these same lawyers had demanded the annulment of the verdict of the trial.
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To justify this request, they had put forward several arguments.
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The lawyers had first considered that Johnny Depp had provided no evidence of the financial damage that would have resulted from the platform of the Washington Post in which Amber Heard presents himself as a victim of domestic violence.
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In addition, they had ruled that the amount of damages is excessive, and that the trial should be invalidated because a bad juror would have participated in the trial.
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But Amber Heard suffered a setback as a magistrate at Fairfax Court denied the request to have it overturned
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The magistrate considered that the actress had “suffered no prejudice” in the holding of the trial.
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For his part, Johnny Depp had assured that “The verdict is fair”, and that the conviction of Amber Head reflected the losses suffered after defamation.