Is that the end of his fight? Johnny Depp's application to appeal against the British "The Sun" is said to have been rejected.
Johnny Depp (57, "Pirates of the Caribbean") is said to have failed with his application for appeal in the trial against the British tabloid "The Sun". As "The Times" reports, the judge in charge stated that this had no "reasonable prospect of success". The actor was also asked to pay "The Sun" £ 628,000 in court fees for his failed defamation suit against the newspaper. Depp's lawyers can now try to bring the case to an appeals court.
In an article published in April 2018, the Hollywood star was described as a "woman beater". This was followed by a 16-day trial before the Royal Courts of Justice in London, in which Depp's ex-wife Amber Heard (34, "Aquaman") testified. Judge Andrew Nicol gave the verdict on November 2, stating that the expression "woman beater" was "essentially true".
The "surreal verdict" of the British court will not change his fight to tell the truth, Depp said a few days after the verdict on Instagram. "I confirm that I intend to appeal. I am determined and want to prove that the allegations made against me are false. My life and my career will not be determined by it at this point," Depp concluded his statement in he also announced that he was stepping down from his Grindelwald role in the "Fantastic Beasts" series.