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‘s lawyer Elaine Bredehoft went viral for a moment during Johnny Depp‘s defamation trial.
While questioning her client, Bredehoft questioned Amber about why Johnny has not looked at Amber at all during the trial. Specifically, Bredehoft seemed to bring her speaking voice several octaves lower to mimic him while saying, “You will not see my eyes again.”
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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.
Attorney Elaine Bredehoft sounded off on "CBS Mornings" and NBC's "TODAY" show Thursday, one day after the defamation trial between actor Johnny Depp and actress Amber Heard concluded, and turned the verdict into a message about women and domestic abuse accusations going forward. In her CBS appearance, Heard's attorney described Depp's win as a "major setback for women," citing the actress's "enormous amount of evidence" and telling hosts Gayle King, Tony Dukoupil and Nate Burleson that a lot of that evidence was "suppressed." "Look at all the women who have no evidence," Bredehoft said, adding, "Basically, what this jury said is unless you pull out your cell phone, and you tape record your spouse beating you, you’re out of luck." The attorney also took to both channels to discuss the sway social media had on the jury's decision, telling NBC's "TODAY" show that the jurors undoubtedly witnessed the social media frenzy surrounding the high-profile case because "they have families" and personal lives, too.
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.
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Law & Crime Trial Network who were taking questions from social media during the day’s lunch break briefly addressed the moment during their live stand-up on what appeared to be the covered sidewalk of a nearby building. “Biggest question I think people have right now is, ‘Why are we here? Why are we not outside the courthouse?’ There are severe thunderstorms outside,” reporter and show host Jesse Weber said.
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Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterJohnny Depp’s lawyer continued to cross-examine Amber Heard on Tuesday, accusing Heard of assaulting Depp and suggesting she was lying about her allegations of domestic violence.Attorney Camille Vasquez played audio recordings of arguments between the couple and read aloud love notes that Heard had written to Depp after the alleged incidents.“You weren’t scared of him at all, were you?” Vasquez asked at one point.“This is a man who tried to kill me,” Heard responded. “Of course it’s scary.
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.