Johnny Depp
His lawyers demand that the trial be repeated
Johnny Depp in the London court in July.
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In an appeals court in London, Johnny Depp's attorneys have called for the "women thug" trial to be repeated.
The legal dispute between Johnny Depp (57, "Pirates of the Caribbean") and the British daily "The Sun" is not over yet. Depp's lawyers complained again in writing on Thursday before an appeals court in London that the actor had not received a fair hearing and are demanding a new trial. This reports "The Guardian".
Depp doesn't want to accept judgment
Depp sued the publication after the newspaper published an article in April 2018 that referred to him as a "woman's thug". In the summer of a 16-day trial before the Royal Courts of Justice in London, the judge ruled that the wording was "essentially true" and found that the News Group Newspapers, which owns the "Sun", have "sufficiently proven" this.
Depp's lawyers have now argued before the appeals court that the judge had accepted the evidence presented by Depp's ex-wife Amber Heard (34, "Aquaman") too uncritically, and that he had ignored relevant evidence or not even allowed it. They are demanding another trial under the direction of another judge.