Johnny Depp Files to Appeal $2 Million Verdict in Amber Heard's Favor from Defamation Countersuit

Johnny Depp has inked an endorsement deal worth seven figures with French fashion house Dior, a source close to the actor confirmed to Fox News Digital Tuesday. The "Pirates of the Caribbean" star will be the face of Dior's cologne Savauge as part of a multi-year agreement, sources told TMZ. The gossip site reported that Depp, 59, hammered out the deal after fashion photographer Greg Williams attended one of Depp and English guitarist Jeff Beck's concerts in Paris.

Johnny Depp is returning as the face of Dior’s Sauvage men’s fragrance.

Marilyn Manson used a racial slur against The Smashing Pumpkins’ James Iha during a text message conversation with Johnny Depp.The conversation happened in 2016 after Lindsay Usich (Manson’s current wife) allegedly “filed a police report” against Manson.The text accuses Usich of “pulling an Amber (Heard)” by getting the police involved but, according to Manson, it was only because her brother-in-law James Iha and her “poor, fat Mom want to steal my money”. It’s here Manson uses a racial slur targeted at people of East Asian descent.According to the texts, Depp then offers Manson a place to “hide out”, if he needs it.More text messages between Marilyn Manson and Johnny Depp pic.twitter.com/T02Mh1rrqU— kamilla (@k4mil1aa) July 31, 2022Thousands of pages of documents filed in Johnny Depp and Amber Heard’s defamation case were unsealed at the end of last month, with Depp supporters paying over $3,300 (£2700) to access the files.At the start of June, the jury in the Johnny Depp and Amber Heard trial gave their verdict, ruling in favour of Depp.The verdict was returned after almost 13 hours of deliberation across three days at the district court in Fairfax, Virginia.Depp has been awarded $10million (£8million) in compensatory damages and $5million in punitive damages.

Johnny Depp’s assistant said the actor allegedly kicked Amber Heard in the head, according to unsealed court papers. Text messages sent in 2014 from the actor’s then-employee Stephen Deuters are said to have detailed how the actor apparently attacked the ‘Aquaman’ actress, 36, onboard a private jet. Mention of them was barred from the former couple’s defamation trial but have been made public in a tranche of 6,000-plus pages of unsealed documents from the case, which released over the weekend.

Marilyn Manson texted Johnny Depp in 2016 calling his now-wife Lindsay Usich an “Amber 2.0” in a reference to Depp’s ex-wife Amber Heard.

Johnny Depp‘s wallet is feeling a little heavier right now … millions of dollars heavier!

Johnny Depp is quite the artist.

the $2 million verdict awarded to Amber Heard in the couple’s defamation battle.Vasquez told “CBS Mornings” co-host Gayle King it was “fair” to say that Depp’s team wouldn’t be seeking to appeal if his ex-wife hadn’t first filed to challenge the jury verdict ordering her to pay Depp $10 million in damages.Depp filed his notice of appeal Friday seeking to overturn the single count of defamation that Heard won at their bombshell trial last month. His filing came one day after Heard filed her own appeal.The 59-year-old “Pirates of the Caribbean” actor is hoping that the appeal will nullify the $2 million award the jury handed Heard over her claims that Depp’s lawyer made false and damaging comments about her.Depp, of course, came out victorious last month when a Fairfax County, Va., jury found that Heard defamed him in a 2018 Washington Post op-ed piece on being a victim of domestic abuse.Vasquez said Heard’s appeal was “expected.”“I mean, she’s indicated since the day she lost the trial that she was going to appeal,” the lawyer at Brown Rudnick said. Filing their own appeal is an effort “to protect our client’s interest,” Vasquez said, referring to Depp.She also told King she felt “lucky” to represent the star accused of domestic abuse. Johnny Depp’s lawyer, Camille Vasquez, tells @gayleking that their relatively young legal team was an asset in his case: “I think young people have a fresh perspective on especially these issues, the issues that we were discussing in this case — abuse, Me Too.” pic.twitter.com/dmg0TnlNZ1EXCLUSIVE: @GayleKing sits down with attorney Camille Vasquez, who represented Johnny Depp in his defamation trial win against ex-wife Amber Heard, for her first interview since Heard filed a motion to

Amber Heard forced Johnny Depp’s hand, according to his attorney.

Amber Heard filed to appeal the verdict in Johnny Depp's defamation case against her, the 59-year-old actor's attorney, Camille Vasquez, is speaking out. Vasquez sat down with Gayle King in a pre-taped interview that aired during on Thursday and shared their response to Heard's appeal, saying they were not surprised that she filed it.On July 21, ET obtained legal documents which showed that Heard filed her notice to appeal the June 1 verdict in which Depp was awarded $10 million in compensatory damages and $5 million in punitive damages. Due to the state's statutory cap, the punitive damages were later reduced to $350,000.

Washington Post op-ed titled, “Amber Heard: I spoke up against sexual violence — and faced our culture’s wrath. That has to change.” In Heard's countersuit, the same jury also found that Depp's former attorney had defamed her when he claimed that the actress had made up the allegations of assault. Depp and Heard are now both in the process of appealing the verdicts.During her testimony, Heard referenced a rumor she'd heard about Depp pushing Kate Moss down a flight of stairs while the two were dating in the '90s.

Kate Moss explained why she testified on behalf of her ex-beau Johnny Depp in his legal battle against Amber Heard. Moss, who dated Depp from 1994 until 1997, put the rumor that the "Pirates of the Caribbean" actor kicked her down the stairs to rest officially during the six-week trial. "I know the truth about Johnny," Moss explained during a recent interview on BBC Radio 4 (via People magazine).

Less than a day after Amber Heard gave formal notice of her intent to appeal the verdict in Johnny Depp’s defamation trial against her, the Aquaman star’s ex-husband has launched his own countermove.

Johnny Depp just followed in Amber Heard's footsteps — he, too, has filed a notice of appeal in the verdict that awarded her $2 million in the actor's defamation trial against her.According to new legal docs, obtained by ET, the star's legal team filed the documents Friday in Fairfax County, Virginia. The motion comes just one day after the  actress first filed her notice to appeal the June 1 verdict.While Depp won in sweeping fashion, the same jury that awarded him that victory also found he was liable, after his attorney referred to Heard's claims as a «hoax.» That counterclaim awarded Heard $2 million in compensatory damages.Heard on Thursday filed to appeal the $10 million in compensatory damages and $5 million in punitive damages.

$10.35 million verdict Depp was awarded over claims he was defamed by an op-ed article in which Heard made claims of domestic abuse. A source close to Depp told The Post the actor believes the verdict was overwhelmingly positive for him and it’s time for him and Heard to move on with their lives and heal.

Amber Heard has filed an official notice to appeal the outcome of her defamation trial against ex-husband Johnny Depp.The Aquaman star’s legal team submitted the documents on to the Virginia Court of Appeals on Thursday (July 21), stating that the actress intends to appeal the verdict.“We believe the court made errors that prevented a just and fair verdict consistent with the first amendment. We are therefore appealing the verdict,” a spokesperson for Heard said in a statement.“While we realise today’s filing will ignite the Twitter bonfires, there are steps we need to take to ensure both fairness and justice.”A spokesperson for Depp said in a statement: “The jury listened to the extensive evidence presented during the six-week trial and came to a clear and unanimous verdict that the defendant herself defamed Mr Depp in multiple instances.

It looks like Amber Heard and Johnny Depp may be going to court once again.

It looks like the legal battle between Amber Heard and Johnny Depp may not quite be over yet…

Amber Heard has officially filed to appeal her defamation case against her former husband Johnny Depp, almost two months after a court ordered her to pay over $10 million (£8.3m) in damages to the star. The Aquaman star’s legal team filed a notice to appeal on Thursday at the Virginia Court of Appeals in Fairfax County as she appeals the verdict rendered by the court last month in the high profile defamation trial.