Six months after being ordered to pay $10 million to Johnny Depp, Amber Heard made a big decision at the end of November.
This trial made international headlines for six weeks. Early June, Johnny Depp and Amber Heard have both been found guilty of defamation. The actress ofAquaman spoke in 2018 in a column published in the washington postin which she claimed to have suffered domestic violence, without ever mentioning the name of Johnny Depp, her ex-husband. The latter, however, attacked her for defamation.
At the end of the trial, the jury sentenced Amber Heard to pay $10 million to Johnny Depp, who for his part had to pay $ 2 million in financial compensation. However, Amber Heard still hopes overturn this verdict. That’s why she did appeal against his conviction for defamation at the end of November, reports BFM TV. The lawyers of the American producer criticize in particular the fact that the trial took place in Virginiawhere the log Tea washington post hosts its servers, when it should have, according to them, stand in california, State where Amber Heard and Johnny Depp lived when they were still together. In addition, Amber Heard’s lawyers accuse the judge of not not including certain evidence that they considered crucial in the file.
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The annulment of the verdict advocated by the lawyers of Amber Heard
“The trial court wrongly prevented the jury from considering several separate cases in which Amber Heard has reported abuse by Johnny Depp to a medical professional“, have indeed written the lawyers of the actress in their appeal of 68 pages, dated November 23, and quoted by BFMTV. As a result, Amber Heard’s defense calls for reversal of the jury’s verdictand proposes two solutions: a waiver of charges or organizing a new trial.
In the call relayed by Deadlinewe can also read that for the lawyers of Amber Heard, “the court of first instance has made a mistake rejecting Heard’s motion of no confidencein which she argued that the impugned statements are non-actionable expressions of opinion and are not reasonably capable of conveying the alleged defamatory implication”. For the legal team, “This decision, if upheld, will undoubtedly have a chilling effect on other women who want to talk about abuse involving powerful men“. For his part, Johnny Depp also filed a request for appeal at the beginning of November.