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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OK, this is a weird one. Like, why even lie about this? But that’s exactly what appears to be happening.
Johnny Depp‘s attorney Camille Vasquez really held Amber Heard‘s feet to the flames throughout her cross-examination, notably getting her to admit she had not actually donated the money she got in the divorce to charity as she’d publicly claimed for years.
But this line of questioning is where the rubber meets the road in this case: proof of abuse. Amber’s team has provided texts and video recordings of Johnny being crude and consumed with rage. But never hitting her. Likewise she doesn’t have a single medical record of an injury, only her word that she had these injuries and covered them up with makeup — and of course the photos she put out back in 2016.
Related: The Surprising Reason Johnny Has Not Made Eye Contact With Amber The Entire Trial
In an effort to really dig down into those photos, Vasquez took issue with something Amber had testified about in direct examination. The lawyer put up two exhibits side by side (the ones you see above) and asked the Aquaman actress to clarify that she had said these were two distinct photographs taken in different lighting. Amber said once again that they were, explaining the one on the left was taken with “the vanity lights” — hence the more yellow hue.
But Vasquez wasn’t buying it. She asked straight-up:
Amber denied this, saying:
Vasquez kept pushing:
Amber kept up the denial, attesting:
If it wasn’t already clear the point of these questions, Vasquez next moved to asking about how neighbor Isaac Baruch testified that he’d seen Amber the day after the alleged phone-throwing incident that cause the alleged bruising on her face in the photos — and she had “no marks or
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.
Johnny Depp denounced allegations of domestic abuse from Amber Heard as “ridiculous, humiliating, ludicrous…and all false” as he returned to the witness stand in his $50 million libel trial. The Pirates of the Caribbean star was recalled to give further evidence as the trial draws to a close, insisting the “outlandish, outrageous” claims against him are all untrue.
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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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.
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.
Amber Heard has denied claims she defecated in Johnny Depp’s bed.
Amber Heard has claimed that her ex-husband Johnny Depp “sexually assaulted her with a bottle”, in the latest revelation to come out of the defamation trial that is currently underway between the two. Amber, 36, took to the stand for the second day and broke down in tears as she described the alleged incident, as she claimed Johnny, 58, put a bottle “inside of” her in an alleged evening of alcohol-fuelled rage and violence.
Amber Heard has alleged a number of violent attacks at the hands of Johnny Depp, but the one that stood out Thursday stemmed from an alleged incident that she claims had her thinking, «This is how I die.»The star recalled near the end of her second day on the witness stand on Thursday an alleged December 2015 incident, in which she claimed Depp's violent rage was so out of control she thought to herself, «He is going to kill me and he won't even have realized it.»It's unclear what triggered the alleged fight, but Heard testified that Depp ultimately chased her and yelled at her while she threw things at him to keep him away from her.Heard claimed she ran upstairs to get away from the actor but alleges he caught her and grabbed her by the hair and dragged her by her hair rest of the way up the staircase. She claimed a shoving match ensued and, at one point, that Depp shoved her so hard she fell over a chaise lounge and hit her head against a brick wall, to which Depp allegedly snickered, «You really wanna go, tough guy?»The actress also claimed Depp head-butted her on the nose, and she felt immediate pain.
Amber Heard is taking the stand in her defamation case against ex-husband Johnny Depp.