Johnny Depp has won the defamation case against his ex-wife, Amber Heard. Finally, the defamation trial has come to an end with the jury’s final verdict. The actor has now been declared winner of the trial by the jury.
Heard is obligated to pay a total of $15 million to Depp ($10 million in damages and $5 million in punitive damages), although in the end it will only be $10.35 million, while Depp will also have to pay his ex-wife the amount of $2 million
Depp sued Heard for defamation for $50 million over a 2018 op-ed she wrote for The Washington Post in which she described herself as a “public figure representing domestic abuse.”
This, Depp claimed costed him lucrative acting roles.
Heard countersued for $100 million, overstatements Depp’s attorney made about her abuse claims. Heard and Depp met in 2009 and were married from 2015-2016.
The defamation trial has been on since April and jurors have heard over a 100 hours of testimony altogether. They’ve heard from dozens of witnesses, including live testimony from Depp and Heard.
Congratulations to Depp
