Johnny Depp
Hollywood star did not want to appeal
Johnny Depp outside the courthouse where his ex-wife Amber Heard’s defamation trial was taking place.
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Amber Heard and Johnny Depp have appealed the verdict in a defamation lawsuit. Apparently he felt compelled to do so.
The last word in the protracted dispute between Johnny Depp (59) and Amber Heard (36) does not seem to have been spoken yet. After the Hollywood star’s ex-wife appealed the verdict in a defamation lawsuit, Depp followed suit. In a short interview with Gayle King (67) for “CBS Mornings” explains Depp’s lawyerCamille Vasquez (38), this step.
The Depps side therefore expected that Heard would appeal, as did her lawyer shortly after the verdict was announced announced on the “Today” show. Depp’s return is therefore part of a strategy “so that the court [Einsicht in] “I have the complete file”. If the actress insists on litigating, “we have to defend our client’s interests”.
“The Right Judgment”
It is now hoped that the verdict will stand, because from the point of view of Depp’s legal team, it was “the right verdict”. When asked if Depp would have refrained from appealing if Heard hadn’t, Vasquez replies with a resounding “yes”. Heard’s attorneys, meanwhile, declined to comment, according to King. Vasquez also confirmed to her again that it was not a “like you me, like me” situation.
In early June, the verdict came in a week-long defamation trial between Depp and Heard, in which the former couple had accused each other of domestic violence. The jury sided in large part with the ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ star who has to pay his ex-wife two million dollars. However, Heard was hit much harder. She is said to transfer more than ten million dollars to Depp.
After US media initially unanimously reported that Heard was filing an appeal, had written, among other things, the “People” magazine shortly afterwardsthat Depp would also take this step. An anonymous source close to the actor said: “If Ms Heard is determined to proceed with the litigation by appealing the verdict, Mr Depp will be appealing at the same time to ensure that the full file and all relevant legal issues dated be taken into account by the Court of Appeal.” Previously, Heard had already failed with an application to have the judgment overturned.