Why Johnny Depp Filed His Own Appeal In Response To Amber Heard's
29.07.2022 - 11:45
/ perezhilton.com
Amber Heard forced Johnny Depp’s hand, according to his attorney.
As we reported, the Aquaman actress filed to appeal the verdict in her ex-husband’s defamation trial against her, in which he was awarded more than $10 million in damages. In response, the Pirates of the Caribbean star filed an appeal the very next day, seeking to overturn the $2 million verdict in Heard’s countersuit.
On Thursday’s episode of CBS Mornings, Camille Vasquez — undoubtedly the breakout star of Depp v. Heard — sat down with Gayle King and explained why her client filed an appeal of his own, confessing that it was simply a necessary step in the seemingly unending legal tango between the combative exes.
During the chat, Vasquez revealed Heard’s appeal “was expected” from Depp’s legal team, as the actress has “indicated, since the day she lost the trial, that she was going to appeal.”
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When asked by King whether she and her legal team had a plan on how to respond if Heard filed an appeal, Vasquez said:
Makes sense!
Gayle then asked Cami how the former couple could possibly “heal and move on when both sides are still in court arguing?” Vasquez replied:
The lawyer also revealed that Johnny likely would have never appealed if his ex-wife didn’t make the first move, before adding:
For those still scratching their heads, here’s how Johnny and Amber are both able to file appeals: although the Fairfax County, Virginia, jury found that the actress defamed the Oscar nominee in her 2018 op-ed, they sided with Heard on one of her three counterclaims, agreeing Depp defamed her through 2020 comments made by his attorney Adam Waldman.
In a statement about moving forward with