Depp / Heard trial: the actor finally refuses to pay damages to his ex-wife

The verdict of the ultra-publicized trial between Amber Heard and her ex-husband Johnny Depp was pronounced last June, in favor of the actor. After a bitter trial of several months, which revealed the lackluster private lives of two Hollywood celebrities, and thirteen hours of deliberation, the seven jurors of the Fairfax court found that Amber Heard had made defamatory remarks against the star of Pirates of the Caribbean and awarded him $ 10 million in damages. Judicial victory for Johnny Depp against his ex-wife Amber HeardAmber Heard had then counter-attacked and asked for double, believing that three statements by an ex-lawyer for Johnny Depp to the Daily Mail in 2020 were also defamatory. The jury only answered in the affirmative for one of them, finding that one of Depp’s lawyers, Adam Waldman, had made defamatory comments in the English press by calling the allegations of sexual violence a ‘Amber Heard of “set up”, and then awarded two million dollars in compensation to the actress. case is not yet closed. Amber Heard’s lawyers first asked for the verdict to be overturned – a request which was rejected by the judge – and the actress then hired a new team of lawyers to prepare her appeal trial. For his part, Johnny Depp finally considers the judgment “erroneous” and let it be known via his lawyers that he refused to pay damages to his ex-wife, believing that the popular jury had supported him “massively”. but true: a film about the Depp v. Heard trial is already in the box“The court was faced with many complex questions […] and some of his conclusions were erroneous”, writes the legal team of the actor on the Law & Crime site in a document revealed by the American media, ensuring that no proof of the malice of Mr. Waldman had been put in evidence at the trial. On the contrary, he had never heard of them before they were the subject of a complaint.” Johnny Depp’s lawyers are therefore asking the court to confirm the initial conviction of Amber Heard and to annul that of their customer. The actress’s lawyer had indicated that her client was unable to pay 10 million in damages to her ex-husband.