Jury found that Amber Heard defamed her ex-husband, Johnny Depp, in a 2018 article written for The Washington Post.
After more than six weeks on trial, Johnny Depp won the lawsuit against Amber Heard in Fairfax County Courthouse, Virginia, USA. This Wednesday, the 1st, the jury considered that the actress from Aquaman (2018) defamed her ex-husband, and must pay the actor $15 million.
heard was present in court during the time of the decision, while the star of Pirates of the Caribbean watched the result by video, straight from England. During the trial, more than 100 hours of witness statements were heard, in addition to recorded audio and live testimonies of depp and heard, according to the CNN Brazil.
The defamation lawsuit filed against the actress is based on an article she wrote in 2018 for the newspaper. The Washington Post. In it, the artist does not cite depp, but claims to be a “public figure representing domestic abuse.”
The ex-couple’s trial process began on April 11.
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Source: Rollingstone
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