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Amber Heard is concentrating on her family while her fight with ex Johnny Depp rages on!

Johnny Depp is moving forward with his appeal!

Johnny Depp wants his defamation cake, and he wants to get to eat it too.

Johnny Depp and ex-wife Amber Heard is set to be the subject of a new movie, Hot Take: The Depp/Heard Trial, which will stream exclusively on Fox’s streaming service, Tubi. Depp will be portrayed by Days of Our Lives actor Mark Hapka, with Megan Davis (Alone in the Dark) has been cast as Heard in the forthcoming film, which follows the ex-couple’s tumultuous relationship in and out of court. Station 19’s Melissa Marty will star as Depp’s lawyer, Camille Vasquez, and Law & Order: True Crime’s Mary Carrig will play Heard’s lawyer, Elaine Bredehoft.

The legal battle continues. Two months after a jury ruled in favor of Johnny Depp in his defamation case against Amber Heard, pretrial court documents have been unsealed, revealing evidence that was ruled “inadmissible” during the highly publicized trial.

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

Johnny Depp was awarded $10 million in the defamation lawsuit that he filed against ex-wife Amber Heard, but she was also awarded $2 million for the countersuit that she filed against him.

$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.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterAmber Heard filed a notice of appeal on Thursday of the $10 million defamation verdict that a Virginia jury awarded to her ex-husband, Johnny Depp.Heard’s lawyers had announced they would appeal immediately after the jury found on June 1 that she had defamed Depp by publishing an op-ed in the Washington Post in which she described herself as a “public figure representing domestic abuse.” The jury held that the statement was false and was made with “actual malice.”“We believe the court made errors that prevented a just and fair verdict consistent with the First Amendment,” Heard’s spokesperson said on Thursday. “We are therefore appealing the verdict.

Johnny Depp has been spotted in Birmingham - ahead of an expected performance at the Symphony Hall tonight. The star has been seen on tour across the UK with his long time friend Jeff Beck in recent days. Beck is performing at the Symphony Hall tonight - and it looks even more likely Depp will join him after he was spotted at a Birmingham restaurant on Sunday evening.

Thursday column about YouTube content creators’ coverage of the Depp/Heard trial, the newspaper issued a correction on Friday. The correction, which also addressed a quote that had been misattributed to Depp’s lawyer Adam Waldman, reads: “A previous version of this story inaccurately attributed to Adam Waldman a quote describing how he contacted some Internet influencers. That quote has been removed.

The long-awaited verdict in the Johnny Depp vs. Amber Heard defamation trial is in, and the "Pirates of the Caribean" star has cause to celebrate.

Johnny Depp’s defamation case against Amber Heard have ruled in favor of the actor’s claims.After weeks of testimony from the pair as well as outside witnesses, Depp, 58, won all three counts of his bombshell defamation lawsuit against ex-wife Amber Heard, 36, on Wednesday after a Virginia jury substantiated the claim that his ex-wife sullied his reputation and damaged his career when she wrote about becoming a “public figure representing domestic abuse” following the couple’s split in the Washington Post in 2018.In November of 2020, a London judge sided against Depp in his libel suit against The Sun after they published the 2018 op-ed piece. Depp later filed suit against Heard, individually, with allegations of defamation stemming from her WaPo essay, which she wrote in partnership with the ACLU.

Despite not showing face in court for Wednesday’s defamation trial verdict, Johnny Depp wasn’t going to miss celebrating his big win against ex-wife Amber Heard.

Amber Heard is opening up about the verdict in her defamation trial against ex-husband Johnny Depp.

The jury in Johnny Depp’s defamation case against ex-wife Amber Heard has reached a verdict, a court spokesperson said Wednesday. The verdict was set to be announced around noon PT in a Virginia courtroom after the panel spent three days deliberating over six weeks of grueling, emotional, and highly contradictory testimony.Court officials said the decision was to be read one hour after the announcement Wednesday that a verdict had been reached.Depp sued Heard for defamation, claiming her 2018 Washington Post op-ed – in which she identified as a victim of domestic abuse – trashed his career.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterThe jury has reached a verdict in the defamation trial between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard. The verdict is set to be read at 3 p.m. Eastern Time (12 p.m.

Amber Heard described the threats she has received and the emotional trauma she has experienced as she countered Johnny Depp’s $50 million lawsuit with her own $100 million counter claim.

Johnny Depp returned to the witness stand in his $50 million defamation trial against Amber Heard in an effort to rebut his ex-wife’s claims of domestic abuse.

Johnny Depp without calling Depp to the stand.Heard's lawyers had initially suggested they would call Depp as a witness, but ultimately opted against it.Depp is suing Heard for libel in 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.Also Tuesday, Judge Penney Azcarate rejected a motion from Depp’s attorneys to toss out a $100 million counterclaim she filed against Depp. The counterclaim alleges Depp's then-lawyer, Adam Waldman, defamed Heard when he called her abuse allegations a hoax.Azcarate said the bar for tossing out a claim before it goes to the jury is exceedingly high, and said there is enough evidence to allow it to go forward.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterA Virginia judge on Tuesday denied Johnny Depp’s motion to dismiss Amber Heard’s counterclaim, ruling that the issue should be decided by the jury.The counterclaim alleges that Depp’s attorney, Adam Waldman, defamed Heard and damaged her career when he accused her and her friends of perpetrating an “abuse hoax.” Heard’s side rested their case Tuesday morning, prompting Depp’s team to make the routine motion to dismiss the claim.Depp’s attorney, Ben Chew, argued that Waldman was offering his opinion, and that therefore he cannot have committed defamation. Chew also argued that there is no evidence that Depp saw or knew about Waldman’s statements until the counterclaim was filed.“He did believe, and will to his dying day, that Ms. Heard’s claims of abuse were patently false,” Chew said.

The judge in the Johnny Depp-Amber Heard defamation trial rejected the actor’s effort to reject his $100 million counterclaim.

Jason Momoa wanted Amber Heard to reprise her role as Mera in “Aquaman 2”, according to new testimony in the defamation trial brought against Heard by her ex-husband Johnny Depp.

Amber Heard allegedly has Jason Momoa to thank for keeping her role in, according to industry expert Kathryn Arnold.Arnold testified in court on Monday during day 20 of Johnny Depp's lawsuit against his ex-wife, where she claimed that Heard's role had been diminished in the second movie, and testified that this usually wouldn't be the case if an actress was a success in the first film. Heard was paid $1 million for the first film, and was set to be paid $2 million for the second. However, after Depp's lawyer, Adam Waldman, called Heard's claims of abuse a «hoax,» Arnold claims that Heard suffered significant career damage.Arnold further claims that Heard's salary for the second movie could have been higher if not for the statements made by Waldman, and she has not been involved in the promotion for the new film — which ultimately hurts her career as well.Arnold claims that Momoa was able to renegotiate his salary for the second film to $15 million, up from $3 million which he got for the first, but Heard never got a similar opportunity for that sort of financial bump.

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.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterAmber Heard’s agent testified Thursday that she lost out on job opportunities amid the online backlash over her abuse allegations against ex-husband Johnny Depp.Jessica Kovacevic, Heard’s agent at WME, was the last of a series of witnesses called by Heard’s attorneys on Thursday. After spending several days defending her from Depp’s defamation claim, Heard’s team is now on offense, seeking to prove their $100 million counterclaim that Heard’s career was harmed by Depp’s lawyer, who called her allegations a “hoax.”Heard was the female lead in “Aquaman,” which grossed more than $1 billion worldwide upon its release in December 2018.

****g sister.”She added that her sister and Depp then got into a physical altercation.“[Heard] smacks him and lands one,” she said, as she recalled trying to get Heard to leave but Depp “grabbed Amber by the hair with one hand and was whacking her repeatedly in the face with the other.” She said Depp was “screaming like an animal” and proceeded to destroy Heard’s closet.Describing the relationship between Depp and Heard, Henriquez said Depp was “protective” over Heard’s career. “The suddenly, he has a problem with her taking any sort of job or any sort of audition and then it became every time that she even thought about taking a meeting, it was another fight.”She said toward the end of the couple’s relationship, Depp was “vehemently against Heard working at all.” She recalled Depp saying, “I don’t even understand why she needs to work.

Well, how about that! A superhero movie rumor that’s actually true! What, was there a blood moon this weekend or something?

Focusing her energy. Amber Heard announced a social media break ahead of her latest legal battle with Johnny Depp.

Amber Heard clapped back after Johnny Depp‘s lawyer tweeted about her and tried to discount her allegations against her ex-husband.

Johnny Depp may have lost his UK libel case against The Sun, but his legal war is just getting started — and it looks like he won’t give up until he drags half of Hollywood into it!

Johnny Depp is set to take legal action against the publisher of British newspaper The Sun over alleged phone hacking.