It looks like Kanye West is bringing on Johnny Depp’s powerhouse attorney to his team.
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Amber Heard is taking the next steps in the appeal process.
On Tuesday, the actress filed an appellate brief with the court, laying out 16 grounds for appeal following her trial against ex-husband Johnny Depp, in which he was awarded $10.3 million in damages.
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Heard, who was also awarded $2 million in her countersuit during the trial, had indicated that she planned to appeal the verdict against her.
Vanity Fair reports that the new filing cites lack of “clear and convincing evidence” for actual malice as one of the grounds for appeal, as well as the court’s failure to to invalidated damages awarded to both parties by the jury, calling the verdict “inherently and irreconcilably inconsistent.”
Heard is also asserting that some evidence presented at trial should not have been allowed, while other evidence that was not admitted should have been, including communications with medical professionals and others.
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“The trial court erred in allowing Mr. Depp to argue or suggest at trial that the jury could award damages based on statements or conduct occurring prior to the publication of the challenged op-ed,” the filing also reads.
Depp had sued over statements made in a 2018 op-ed by Heard published in the Washington Post, but Heard claims that he led jurors to believe she was also on trial for statements made prior to the publication.
It looks like Kanye West is bringing on Johnny Depp’s powerhouse attorney to his team.
Johnny Depp and Amber Heard.Depp played Captain Jack Sparrow across five films in the Pirates Of The Caribbean franchise, with the last being 2017’s Dead Men Tell No Tales.According to TMZ, the world’s largest costume retailer, Halloweencostumes.com, has seen sales spike by 90 per cent for Jack Sparrow outfits this year.The retailer sells two different costumes of the character – a basic one for $85 to $95 (£75 to £84), and a premium one for $245 to $299 (£216 to £264). According to the outlet, stocks have already been depleted by more than 85 per cent.The sales boost comes after Depp’s trial against ex-wife Heard earlier this year, where the actor sued Heard for defamation over a 2018 op-ed in The Washington Post.The trial concluded in June with the jury siding with Depp, who was awarded $10million (£8million) in compensatory damages and $5million in punitive damages.
according to Halloweencostumes.com.Depp — who has regained the spotlight since he won his defamation trial against Amber Heard in June — was forced by Disney to walk the plank and quit the “Pirates” franchise. The Halloween outlet has several different types of Jack Sparrow costumes for those who wish to imitate the pirate this year.
Johnny Depp has shaved off his beard and mustache - and he looks so different. The Pirates of the Caribbean actor was photographed in at SiriusXM’s Town Hall in New York with his band and also while greeting fans.MORE: Kate Moss opens up about Johnny Depp trial in rare interview: 'I had to say the truth'With his hair worn loose and his hands tucked into his pockets, Johnny smiled coyly and put his glasses up on his head.WATCH: Johnny Depp makes surprise appearance at MTV VMA'sHis head-turning appearance was made all the more surprising as he was clean shaven, following decades with his facial hair. Johnny looked relaxed and carefree which was in stark contrast to his mood earlier this year when he was embroiled in a bitter court battle with his ex-wife, Amber Heard. MORE: Amber Heard's daughter Oonagh is all grown up in new photoREAD: Johnny Depp's witness goes viral at defamation trialJohnny, 59, won all three defamation claims in his case against her. The $50m case stemmed from a 2018 op-ed article she wrote for The Washington Post in which she said she was a "public figure representing domestic abuse". Johnny appeared clean-shavenWhile the piece did not identify Johnny by name, his attorneys said it "incalculably" damaged his career, costing him acting roles.
Amber Heard and her new legal team have filed an appellate brief listing 16 grounds for appeal, Fox News Digital can confirm. A jury awarded her ex-husband, Johnny Depp, $10.3 million in damages after he won their defamation trial that dominated the headlines over the summer. The "Pirates of the Caribbean" star argued that Heard defamed him in a 2018 op-ed she wrote detailing domestic abuse. Amber Heard filed a notice of appeal a month after a jury awarded Johnny Depp $10.3 million in damages.
looked unrecognizable with a clean-shaven face, was in town.The actor-slash-musician, 59, will appear alongside Jeff Beck at the Paramount in Huntington on both Friday and Saturday nights. Depp and Beck are partway through their North American tour and will also take to the stage together in Red Bank, New Jersey, on Tuesday night. Over the weekend, Depp was seen out in Port Chester, where he signed autographs and posed for selfies with fans.
his bizarre landing at the MTV VMAs as a moon person. He ditched the facial hair for that virtual appearance, too, and appeared throughout the award show to make a series of weird statements.
Johnny Depp flashed a smile for fans who waited outside his show in New York as he returned to the states to perform with Jeff Beck on the US leg of the tour after spending the summer playing gigs in Europe. The 59-year-old actor appeared to be in high spirits ahead of the performance while signing autographs and chatting with legions of loyal followers at the Capitol Theatre in Port Chester.
Johnny Depp's performance at The Anthem in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday night was in front of familiar faces. The "Pirates of the Caribbean" star kicked off his U.S. tour with Jeff Beck in front of Camille Vasquez and Ben Chew, his attorneys from the Amber Heard trial.
Amber Heard was photographed in Spain with her daughter and some friends. Heard was photographed doing various activities with her daughter, playing with her in a park and while out on a walk.
Johnny Depp and Amber Heard in a new film about the former couple’s recent defamation trial have responded to a backlash from domestic abuse survivors.Hot Take: The Depp/Heard Trial, which stars Mark Hapka and Megan Davis, premiered on Tubi last week, and recreates the headline-making trial over the summer that saw Depp sue Heard for defamation regarding a 2018 op-ed in The Washington Post.In it, Heard wrote about being a survivor of domestic violence, and while the piece did not explicitly name Depp by name, his lawyers argued that it falsely implied that she was sexually and physically abused by him during their marriage.The outcome saw Depp awarded $10million (£8million) in compensatory damages and $5million in punitive damages, while Heard was awarded $2million (£1.5million) following the jury finding that Depp had defamed her through his attorney.Alongside courtroom scenes, the new Hot Take film includes imagined scenes of what may have happened behind closed doors during the couple’s relationship, including scenes of domestic violence.Responding to objections from domestic abuse survivors, Davis – who plays Heard – told Entertainment Weekly: “I think those people are very nervous about this film and very nervous that anything would make light of something as serious as domestic violence.“I think those people have been very vocally upset on social media because their experience is something that deserves to be respected.“To those people, what I’d want them to know is, I believe, based on all of my conversations with producers and directors and the studios involved in this project, that no one would come into this wanting anything other than to try and portray the truth as best as possible from two sides where we
Megan Davis is speaking out about her role as Amber Heard in Tubi’s movie, Hot Take, about the trial between Amber and her ex-husband, Johnny Depp.
Amber Heard hasn’t been seen for a while since the conclusion of the highly publicized defamation trial against ex Johnny Depp, but she’s just resurfaced.
Megan Davis “had not watched” any of Amber Heard and Johnny Depp's defamation trial before she was cast to play the actress in a new movie. The 33-year-old actress admitted she had very little to base her portrayal of the 'Aquaman' star on when it came to filming 'Hot Take: The Depp/Heard Trial' - which is based on their ongoing controversial legal battle - because she hadn't seen any of Amber's movies, or even followed the case closely. Speaking on PEOPLE magazine’s ‘Every Day’ podcast, Megan said: "I had not seen anything she had done.
Johnny Depp v. Amber Heard -- the defamation trial that gripped the country, is coming to our screens in the form of a new Tubi original movie. ET's Denny Directo spoke to the stars of, Megan Davis and Mark Hapka, about portraying one of the most talked about trials on-screen.The actors admittedly had their reservations before signing on to the project, with Hapka sharing that it wasn't a «yes» right away.«It wasn’t right away a 'hell yes,' because we got questions, you know?» Hapka said.
James Franco catches heat in the upcoming Johnny Depp-Amber Heard biopic, “Hot Take: The Depp/Heard Trial.”The 43-year-old “Pineapple Express” frontman is the superstar object of ire between 2022’s most infamous exes in the forthcoming film, premiering Friday on streaming service Tubi. “Another one with James Franco?” asks an annoyed Depp, portrayed by “Days of Our Lives” actor Mark Hapka, reading a script over Heard’s shoulder in a trailer for the flick. Heard, played by actress Megan Davis, 33, responds, “Are you jealous of him, too?”The production comes just four months after the formerly wed couple’s highly-publicized $50 million defamation suit. The “Pirates of the Caribbean” star accused Heard — whom he met on the set of “The Rum Diary” in 2011, married in February 2015 and divorced in 2017 — of defaming him as an abuser in a 2018 op-ed for the Washington Post. Heard countersued Depp for $100 million for defamation, citing comments his lawyers made about her domestic violence allegations. During a staggering six weeks of testimony, Heard alleged that Depp kicked her in the back during a May 2014 flight from Boston to Los Angeles, owing to his suspicions that she was “secretly having a thing” with Franco. “He hated James Franco,” she explained while on the stand.