While a judge ruled in Johnny Depp’s favor regarding his Amber Heard defamation lawsuit, multiple sources confirm to Us Weekly that the Aquaman actress intends to appeal the verdict.
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Amber Heard has claimed that her ex-husband Johnny Depp won’t look at her in court due to a promise he allegedly made in 2016, as their blockbuster defamation trial continues. Monday at the trial, which has gripped the world, saw actress Amber, 36, take to the stand once again after a week-long break. She was cross-examined by 58 year old Pirates of the Caribbean actor Johnny’s lawyer, Camille Vasquez.
Ms Vasquez claimed that Johnnyonce promised Amber that she 'would never see his eyes again', and asked Amber if this was the reason that he had never looked at her in court. Amber agreed with the question and statement delivered to her by Vasquez. Get exclusive celebrity stories and fabulous photoshoots straight to your inbox with OK!'s daily newsletter .
You can sign up at the top of the page. As she cross-examined Amber, Ms Vasquez questioned her about why Johnny had not looked at his ex-wife once during the trial.The lawyer said: “Mr Depp hasn’t looked at you once this entire trial, has he?”, to which Amber replied: “Not that I’ve noticed, no”. Vasquez went on to say: “You know exactly why Mr Depp won’t look back at you don’t you?”, and Amber replied: “I do.” His lawyer continued: “He promised you you would never see his eyes again.
While a judge ruled in Johnny Depp’s favor regarding his Amber Heard defamation lawsuit, multiple sources confirm to Us Weekly that the Aquaman actress intends to appeal the verdict.
following her being found guilty of defamation.On Wednesday (June 1) the jury in the Depp and Heard trial at the district court in Fairfax, Virginia ruled in favour of Depp, agreeing that he should be awarded $10million (£8million) in compensatory damages and $5million in punitive damages. Heard was awarded $2million (£1.5million) after the jury found that Depp had defamed her through his attorney.Depp had accused his ex-wife of defaming him in a 2018 The Washington Post op-ed in which she wrote about being a survivor of domestic violence.
Zack Sharf Elaine Bredehoft, Amber Heard’s attorney in her defamation trial against Johnny Depp, appeared on “Today” in the aftermath of the verdict and said Heard will “absolutely” want to appeal the jury’s decision that was in favor of Depp. Bredehoft added, “She has some excellent grounds for it.”“She was demonized here,” Bredehoft added about Heard. “A number of things were allowed in this court that should not have been allowed, and it caused the jury to be confused.
While a jury delivered a verdict in the defamation trial between ex-spouses Johnny Depp and Amber Heard, the case isn’t necessarily over.
EXCLUSIVE: Amber Heard will apparently have the last word in Johnny Depp’s $50 million defamation trial against her for a 2018 Washington Post op-ed on domestic violence.
Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterAn entertainment industry expert testified Monday that Amber Heard lost $45 million to $50 million in endorsements and TV and film income over claims that she faked domestic violence allegations against ex-husband Johnny Depp.Heard’s team called the expert, Kathryn Arnold, as well as a psychiatrist and an orthopedic surgeon as the defamation trial began its sixth and final week. Heard’s lawyers were also expected to call Depp to the stand on Monday, but they ultimately decided they did not need his testimony.
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OK, this is a weird one. Like, why even lie about this? But that’s exactly what appears to be happening.
Aquaman sequel has been reduced amid her court battle with ex-husband Johnny Depp.Speaking in court on Monday (May 16), Heard stated “they didn’t want to include me in the film” and she only shot a “very pared down version” of her part as Mera after she “fought really hard to stay in the movie”.“I was given a script and then given new versions of the script that had taken away scenes that had action in it,” Heard said (via Yahoo Entertainment). “That depicted my character and another character, without giving any spoilers away, two characters fighting with one another.
Johnny Depp questioned the truthfulness of Amber Heard's claim that Depp sexually assaulted her with a liquor bottle.Heard was cross-examined Tuesday after her testimony in Depp's libel suit against her.Depp is suing Heard in Virginia's Fairfax County Circuit Court over a December 2018 op-ed she wrote in The Washington Post describing herself as “a public figure representing domestic abuse.” His lawyers say he was defamed by the article even though it never mentioned his name. The trial is now in its fifth week.Depp's lawyer, Camille Vasquez, questioned Heard about a variety of incidents in which she says she was assaulted by Depp.Questioning was particularly intense over a March 2015 fight the couple had in Australia, shortly after they were married, while Depp was shooting a fifth film in the “Pirates of the Caribbean” franchise.It was during that fight that Heard says she was sexually assaulted.
Amber Heard released a statement claiming "the truth" is not on ex-husband Johnny Depp's side ahead of her third day of cross examinations following a week-long hiatus from the defamation trial that began in Fairfax, Virginia on April 11. "There's an old saying by trial lawyers: When the facts are on your side, argue the facts; when the facts are not on your side, pound away on the podium.Today, we expect Depp's attorneys will instead pound away on the victim," her representatives said via PEOPLE magazine. "We fear it will be equal parts shameful and desperate.
Amber Heard denied defecating on her and ex husband Johnny Depp’s bed as she returned to the stand in the libel case against her by him on Monday, turning attention to her dog Boo instead as the likely culprit.The 36 year old gave her response to the accusations made by Johnny in February 2016 as the defamation trial involving the former couple continued in Virginia following a week’s hiatus. Johnny, 58, alleged Amber had soiled their bed at their Los Angeles penthouse after an argument they’d had the night before her 30th birthday.The actor’s chauffeur Starling Jenkins previously told the court that Amber had told him it was a “practical joke gone wrong”, which she negated on Monday. Get exclusive celebrity stories and fabulous photoshoots straight to your inbox with OK!'s daily newsletter.