To overturn the verdict, the actress will have to pay $ 8.35 million for the appeal process to go forward formally.
or Johnny Depp’s libel suit against Amber Heard returned to the Halifax City Court, Virginia this Friday (24 hours a day), in a hearing scheduled by Judge Penney Azarate pending a conciliation. However, Johnny Depp’s lawyers have not made official their intention to forgive the amount of damages and the actress’s lawyer has tried to say that she will appeal the sentence.
Faced with the demonstration by Elaine Bredhoft, Amber Heard’s lawyer, the judge indicated a condition for the return to court: the payment of the totality of the defined indemnity and higher interest as a bail. This means that if the plaintiff tries to overturn the defamation verdict, she will have to pay $ 8.35 million at 6% per annum interest for any appeal to go forward formally.
Reiterating what he has said publicly in recent weeks, Bredehoft has made it clear that Heard will appeal the verdict, but also stated that Heard does not have the money to pay Depp or meet the bail requirement. Your path will be to appeal the decision and appeal within the maximum legal term of 21 days.
A Heard spokesperson reported that the “Aquaman” actress plans to appeal. “Don’t ask for forgiveness if you’re innocent. And don’t refuse to appeal if you know you’re right,” she reads in the official statement.
Although they both attended the entire six-week trial, neither Depp nor Heard returned to the Virginia courthouse for Friday’s hearing.
Source: Terra
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