If you thought you knew everything about last year’s biggest celebrity trial, think again.
This week, Netflix debuted the new documentary “Depp V Heard”, a three-part series delving into the thorny ins and outs of the defamation trial between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard.
And while many tuned in to the trial as it was broadcast live during the summer of 2022, the docuseries pieces together the information and includes facts and evidence excluded from the trial that may be new to many.
Read More: ‘Depp v. Heard’ Trailer: Netflix Docuseries Covers Social Media’s Impact On One Of Hollywood’s Biggest Lawsuits
Here are some of the biggest takeaways from “Depp V Heard”:
1. The Makeup Palette Defence Was Misrepresented
One of the seemingly big moments in the trial involved a makeup palette Heard’s defence used while bringing up the claim that the actress regularly carried makeup around...
This week, Netflix debuted the new documentary “Depp V Heard”, a three-part series delving into the thorny ins and outs of the defamation trial between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard.
And while many tuned in to the trial as it was broadcast live during the summer of 2022, the docuseries pieces together the information and includes facts and evidence excluded from the trial that may be new to many.
Read More: ‘Depp v. Heard’ Trailer: Netflix Docuseries Covers Social Media’s Impact On One Of Hollywood’s Biggest Lawsuits
Here are some of the biggest takeaways from “Depp V Heard”:
1. The Makeup Palette Defence Was Misrepresented
One of the seemingly big moments in the trial involved a makeup palette Heard’s defence used while bringing up the claim that the actress regularly carried makeup around...
- 8/17/2023
- by Corey Atad
- ET Canada
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Johnny Depp and Amber Heard continue to exchange legal barbs in a Virginia appeals court, setting the stage for a higher-level debate about the line between opinion and defamation.
On Nov. 23, Heard appealed a verdict that she defamed ex-husband Depp by calling herself a survivor of domestic abuse in an op-ed in The Washington Post. The jury handed Depp a near sweep in the case, ruling in his favor on three of his claims and against him on just one. He was awarded over 10 million.
The trial revolved around accusations that Heard defamed Depp in her op-ed because it suggested that he abused her. In her 68-page appeal, Heard argued that her statements at the center of the trial were opinion and didn’t carry a defamatory implication. If the court’s ruling holding that she could be sued over what she wrote in the op-ed stands,...
Johnny Depp and Amber Heard continue to exchange legal barbs in a Virginia appeals court, setting the stage for a higher-level debate about the line between opinion and defamation.
On Nov. 23, Heard appealed a verdict that she defamed ex-husband Depp by calling herself a survivor of domestic abuse in an op-ed in The Washington Post. The jury handed Depp a near sweep in the case, ruling in his favor on three of his claims and against him on just one. He was awarded over 10 million.
The trial revolved around accusations that Heard defamed Depp in her op-ed because it suggested that he abused her. In her 68-page appeal, Heard argued that her statements at the center of the trial were opinion and didn’t carry a defamatory implication. If the court’s ruling holding that she could be sued over what she wrote in the op-ed stands,...
- 12/6/2022
- by Winston Cho
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Less than a month after Johnny Depp filed his formal appeal of some of the verdict in his sweeping defamation case against Amber Heard, his Rum Diary co-star now has put her own brief in the Virginia courts.
And Heard’s new-ish lawyers are flying the flag of the First Amendment and taking trial court Judge Penney Azcarate to task, repeatedly.
“The trial court erroneously refused to dismiss this action on the ground of forum non conveniens, based on its mistaken conclusion that Depp’s claims arose in Virginia because the Washington Post’s servers are located here,” said Jay Ward Brown and David L. Axelrod in the November 23 filed document. “The trial court also erred in overruling Heard’s demurrer, in which she argued that the challenged statements are non-actionable expressions of opinion and are not reasonably capable of conveying the alleged defamatory implication,” the Constitutional law specializing D.
And Heard’s new-ish lawyers are flying the flag of the First Amendment and taking trial court Judge Penney Azcarate to task, repeatedly.
“The trial court erroneously refused to dismiss this action on the ground of forum non conveniens, based on its mistaken conclusion that Depp’s claims arose in Virginia because the Washington Post’s servers are located here,” said Jay Ward Brown and David L. Axelrod in the November 23 filed document. “The trial court also erred in overruling Heard’s demurrer, in which she argued that the challenged statements are non-actionable expressions of opinion and are not reasonably capable of conveying the alleged defamatory implication,” the Constitutional law specializing D.
- 12/5/2022
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
The high-profile defamation trial between 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.
Tubi and MarVista fast-tracked the project into production “to capture a timely take on a story that became part of the cultural zeitgeist, painting a unique picture of what millions watched play out in the headlines over the summer,” Adam Lewinson, Tubi’s chief content officer,...
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.
Tubi and MarVista fast-tracked the project into production “to capture a timely take on a story that became part of the cultural zeitgeist, painting a unique picture of what millions watched play out in the headlines over the summer,” Adam Lewinson, Tubi’s chief content officer,...
- 9/15/2022
- by Inga Parkel
- The Independent - Music
A two-part documentary about Johnny Depp’s 50m (£43.2m) trial against ex-wife Amber Heard is set to be released later this month.
The docuseries is a follow-up to Discovery+’s Johnny vs Amber, which chronicled Depp’s 2020 libel lawsuit against British newspaper The Sun for calling him a “wife beater”.
Johnny vs Amber: The US trial will reportedly present a “forensic account of the key evidence and turning points of the case from both sides”, and reveal “in graphic detail the struggles inside the dysfunctional and turbulent A-list marriage”, according to a press release from Discovery+.
It is scheduled for release on Monday (19 September), NME reported earlier this week.
As per news reports, the two-episode series includes interviews with Depp’s lawyers, legal experts, and reporters. It also features behind-the-scenes footage of the trial that captured America’s unwavering interest, and spawned a parallel social media trial that was...
The docuseries is a follow-up to Discovery+’s Johnny vs Amber, which chronicled Depp’s 2020 libel lawsuit against British newspaper The Sun for calling him a “wife beater”.
Johnny vs Amber: The US trial will reportedly present a “forensic account of the key evidence and turning points of the case from both sides”, and reveal “in graphic detail the struggles inside the dysfunctional and turbulent A-list marriage”, according to a press release from Discovery+.
It is scheduled for release on Monday (19 September), NME reported earlier this week.
As per news reports, the two-episode series includes interviews with Depp’s lawyers, legal experts, and reporters. It also features behind-the-scenes footage of the trial that captured America’s unwavering interest, and spawned a parallel social media trial that was...
- 9/6/2022
- by Maanya Sachdeva
- The Independent - TV
As Amber Heard and Johnny Depp both prepare to appeal the verdict in their mudslinging defamation trial, a newly unsealed document dump reignited the frenzy over the highly publicized trial
The mayhem around the six-week trial — which Depp specifically requested be televised — was nearly unprecedented, even when taking into account that people would naturally be interested in two high-profile actors airing out their dirty laundry. Depp had emerged the winner in the court of public opinion even before the verdict came down, with fans stationing themselves outside the Virginia courthouse...
The mayhem around the six-week trial — which Depp specifically requested be televised — was nearly unprecedented, even when taking into account that people would naturally be interested in two high-profile actors airing out their dirty laundry. Depp had emerged the winner in the court of public opinion even before the verdict came down, with fans stationing themselves outside the Virginia courthouse...
- 8/6/2022
- by Cheyenne Roundtree
- Rollingstone.com
The Johnny Depp-Amber Heard trial captivated viewers with a peek into the stormy marriage of two movie stars but, believe it or not, the proceedings could have been even more sensational.
The unsealing of a trove of 6,000 pages of documents has shown how both sides bitterly fought during the discovery stage of the trial over what could be admitted and what could not. Things were so acrimonious between the parties that there was even a long exchange between the attorneys over Covid safety precautions to be taken during Heard’s deposition.
From Heard’s point of view, Judge Penney Azcarate ended up excluding too much from the jury’s eyes and ears. After the jury awarded Depp 10.4 million in damages, her attorney Elaine Bredehoft appeared on Today and complained that the panel did not hear other evidence in the case that was allowed in Depp’s UK trial, where he...
The unsealing of a trove of 6,000 pages of documents has shown how both sides bitterly fought during the discovery stage of the trial over what could be admitted and what could not. Things were so acrimonious between the parties that there was even a long exchange between the attorneys over Covid safety precautions to be taken during Heard’s deposition.
From Heard’s point of view, Judge Penney Azcarate ended up excluding too much from the jury’s eyes and ears. After the jury awarded Depp 10.4 million in damages, her attorney Elaine Bredehoft appeared on Today and complained that the panel did not hear other evidence in the case that was allowed in Depp’s UK trial, where he...
- 8/2/2022
- by Ted Johnson and Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
Amber Heard officially filed to appeal the verdict in the defamation trial brought against her by her ex-husband Johnny Depp, Daily Mail reports. Filed on Thursday, the appeal — which her lawyers had previously stated they planned to do — comes a little over a week after a Virginia judge rejected Heard’s attempt to throw out the 10 million judgment against her.
“We remain confident in our case and that this verdict will stand,” a spokesperson for Depp said in a statement to Daily Mail.
On July 13, Heard’s legal team had...
“We remain confident in our case and that this verdict will stand,” a spokesperson for Depp said in a statement to Daily Mail.
On July 13, Heard’s legal team had...
- 7/21/2022
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Amber 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. While we realize today’s filing will ignite the Twitter bonfires, there are steps we need to take to ensure both fairness and justice.”
The two-paragraph notice does not spell out the grounds for Heard’s appeal.
In response, Depp’s representative...
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. While we realize today’s filing will ignite the Twitter bonfires, there are steps we need to take to ensure both fairness and justice.”
The two-paragraph notice does not spell out the grounds for Heard’s appeal.
In response, Depp’s representative...
- 7/21/2022
- by Gene Maddaus
- Variety Film + TV
The court battle between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard looks to be heating up again.
Close to two months after a Virginia jury handed the ex-Pirates of the Caribbean star a big win in his multimillion-dollar defamation trial against his ex-wife and Rum Diary co-star, Heard on Thursday officially informed the court that she plans to appeal the verdict.
“Please take notice that Defendant and Counterclaim Plaintiff Amber Laura Heard, pursuant to Rule 5:9 of the Rules of the Supreme Court of Virginia, hereby gives Notice of her Appeal to the Virginia Court of Appeals from this Court’s June 24, 2022 Final Judgment Order, the July 13, 2022 Order on Defendant and Counterclaim Plaintiff Amber Laura Beard’s Post-Trial Motions (“Post-Trial Motions Order”), and from all additional Orders and rulings by the Trial Court prior to the entry of the Final Judgment Order and Post-Trial Motions Order,” said the three-page filing in...
Close to two months after a Virginia jury handed the ex-Pirates of the Caribbean star a big win in his multimillion-dollar defamation trial against his ex-wife and Rum Diary co-star, Heard on Thursday officially informed the court that she plans to appeal the verdict.
“Please take notice that Defendant and Counterclaim Plaintiff Amber Laura Heard, pursuant to Rule 5:9 of the Rules of the Supreme Court of Virginia, hereby gives Notice of her Appeal to the Virginia Court of Appeals from this Court’s June 24, 2022 Final Judgment Order, the July 13, 2022 Order on Defendant and Counterclaim Plaintiff Amber Laura Beard’s Post-Trial Motions (“Post-Trial Motions Order”), and from all additional Orders and rulings by the Trial Court prior to the entry of the Final Judgment Order and Post-Trial Motions Order,” said the three-page filing in...
- 7/21/2022
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
It's another legal loss for Amber Heard in her court battle with Johnny Depp. The Aquaman actress' request for a mistrial in the defamation case filed by her ex-husband, in which a Virginia jury ruled in favor of Depp, has been denied, according to court documents obtained by E! News. In a new order dated July 13, Fairfax County Circuit Court Judge Penney Azcarate rejected Heard's argument that she was not given a fair trial after one juror allegedly served on the jury without being summoned, citing there has been "no evidence of fraud or wrongdoing" that warrants a mistrial. Furthermore, Azcarate—who presided over Depp's six-week long trial against...
- 7/13/2022
- E! Online
A Virginia judge on Wednesday denied Amber Heard’s motion for a mistrial in her defamation suit with former husband Johnny Depp, finding no grounds to overturn the jury’s 10 million verdict in Depp’s favor.
Heard had asked the court to nullify the verdict and order a new trial, after discovering that one of the seven jurors did not receive a summons. Heard’s team stated that the jury summons was sent to a person from the same household who is 25 years older than the juror who came to court.
But in her ruling on Wednesday, Judge Penney Azcarate dismissed that argument, finding that Heard’s team should have raised the objection sooner and that there is no evidence of fraud, and no evidence that the mistake biased the trial.
“Defendant does not allege Juror Fifteen’s inclusion on the jury prejudiced her in any way,” the judge wrote.
Heard had asked the court to nullify the verdict and order a new trial, after discovering that one of the seven jurors did not receive a summons. Heard’s team stated that the jury summons was sent to a person from the same household who is 25 years older than the juror who came to court.
But in her ruling on Wednesday, Judge Penney Azcarate dismissed that argument, finding that Heard’s team should have raised the objection sooner and that there is no evidence of fraud, and no evidence that the mistake biased the trial.
“Defendant does not allege Juror Fifteen’s inclusion on the jury prejudiced her in any way,” the judge wrote.
- 7/13/2022
- by Gene Maddaus
- Variety Film + TV
On Wednesday, a Virginia judge rejected actress Amber Heard’s request to set aside the 10 million awarded to ex-husband Johnny Depp following the conclusion of their defamation trial.
Heard filed a motion earlier this month to either set aside the verdict or declare a mistrial, with her lawyers basing the request on several factors. A major reason was one juror’s case of mistaken identity.
The trial between the former couple, which stemmed from a defamation suit, ended last month with a win for Depp. Heard won a 2 million judgment from a counterclaim she filed against Depp.
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Judge Penney Azcarate rejected all of Heard’s claims in a written order. Azcarate deemed the juror issue insignificant, and declared that Heard can’t show she was prejudiced.
“The juror was vetted, sat for the entire jury, deliberated and reached a verdict.
Heard filed a motion earlier this month to either set aside the verdict or declare a mistrial, with her lawyers basing the request on several factors. A major reason was one juror’s case of mistaken identity.
The trial between the former couple, which stemmed from a defamation suit, ended last month with a win for Depp. Heard won a 2 million judgment from a counterclaim she filed against Depp.
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Judge Penney Azcarate rejected all of Heard’s claims in a written order. Azcarate deemed the juror issue insignificant, and declared that Heard can’t show she was prejudiced.
“The juror was vetted, sat for the entire jury, deliberated and reached a verdict.
- 7/13/2022
- by Dessi Gomez
- The Wrap
Just a few days after Amber Heard filed new paperwork to have Johnny Depp’s defamation trial-winning verdict tossed out and a new trial set, the current Jeff Beck sideman has responded. Unsurprisingly, the lengthy response from Team Depp is to maintain the multi-million dollar decision, insisting that the Virginia court “reject Ms. Heard’s baseless contention” over his more than 10 million damages award and everything else.
“Following a six-week jury trial, a jury of Ms. Heard’s peers rendered a verdict against her in virtually all respects,” says the memorandum in opposition from Depp’s Brown Rudnick attorneys Monday. “Though understandably displeased with the outcome of trial, Ms. Heard has identified no legitimate basis to set aside in any respect the jury’s decision,” the filing in Fairfax County claims. “Virginia law is clear that a verdict is not to be set aside unless it is “plainly wrong or without evidence to support it,...
“Following a six-week jury trial, a jury of Ms. Heard’s peers rendered a verdict against her in virtually all respects,” says the memorandum in opposition from Depp’s Brown Rudnick attorneys Monday. “Though understandably displeased with the outcome of trial, Ms. Heard has identified no legitimate basis to set aside in any respect the jury’s decision,” the filing in Fairfax County claims. “Virginia law is clear that a verdict is not to be set aside unless it is “plainly wrong or without evidence to support it,...
- 7/11/2022
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: If there wasn’t enough drama swirling around Johnny Depp’s win over Amber Heard in his multimillion-dollar defamation suit last month, things have turned judicially weird.
“Ms. Heard had a right to rely on the basic protection, as prescribed by the Virginia Code, that the jurors in this trial would be individuals who were actually summoned for jury duty,” says a partially redacted new filing Friday by the Aquaman star’s legal team (read it here).
“In this case, it appears that Juror No. 15 was not, in fact, the same individual as listed on the jury panel,” attorney Elaine Bredehoft adds in language similar to a previous filing of June 24. “Ms. Heard’s due process was therefore compromised. Under these circumstances, a mistrial should be declared, and a new trial ordered.”
Unlike the previous motion and memorandum placed in the Fairfax County courthouse docket late last month to...
“Ms. Heard had a right to rely on the basic protection, as prescribed by the Virginia Code, that the jurors in this trial would be individuals who were actually summoned for jury duty,” says a partially redacted new filing Friday by the Aquaman star’s legal team (read it here).
“In this case, it appears that Juror No. 15 was not, in fact, the same individual as listed on the jury panel,” attorney Elaine Bredehoft adds in language similar to a previous filing of June 24. “Ms. Heard’s due process was therefore compromised. Under these circumstances, a mistrial should be declared, and a new trial ordered.”
Unlike the previous motion and memorandum placed in the Fairfax County courthouse docket late last month to...
- 7/8/2022
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
A month after Johnny Depp won his multi-million defamation trial against Amber Heard, the ex-Pirates of the Caribbean star now officially faces the first attempt to smack down his legal victory, with a harsh one-two-punch.
“For all the reasons set forth above, and for the reasons set forth on the record during the hearings and at trial, in the Motions in Limine and Motions to Strike, Ms. Heard respectfully requests this Court to set aside the jury verdict in favor of Mr. Depp and against Ms. Heard in its entirety, dismiss the Complaint, or in the alternative, order a new trial,” says a not unexpected memorandum filed July 1 in Virginia Circuit Court by the Aquaman star’s attorneys (read it here).
Heard has long alleged that she suffered violent domestic abuse from Depp. She told a UK court in 2020, and the US trial this year that she had also...
“For all the reasons set forth above, and for the reasons set forth on the record during the hearings and at trial, in the Motions in Limine and Motions to Strike, Ms. Heard respectfully requests this Court to set aside the jury verdict in favor of Mr. Depp and against Ms. Heard in its entirety, dismiss the Complaint, or in the alternative, order a new trial,” says a not unexpected memorandum filed July 1 in Virginia Circuit Court by the Aquaman star’s attorneys (read it here).
Heard has long alleged that she suffered violent domestic abuse from Depp. She told a UK court in 2020, and the US trial this year that she had also...
- 7/3/2022
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
Johnny Depp’s multimillion-dollar defamation suit against Amber Heard is over, but not really over if the Aquaman actress can pay a pricey bond.
In a short and sometimes tense hearing Friday morning in Judge Penney Azcarate’s Fairfax, Va courtroom, a final judgment in the explicit and high-profile civil trial that ended June 1 was presented and entered into the docket (read it here). However, in a contentious back and forth with Azcarate, Heard’s main attorney Elaine Bredehoft sought to set a briefing schedule and more for a proposed appeal for her client.
Azcarate bluntly told Bredehoft that if she wanted to appeal the verdict from the seven-person jury, the lawyer would have to file motions with the court. Azcarate also informed Heard’s attorney that the Aquaman star will have to put up an 8.35 million bond with 6 interest per year for any appeal to formally move forward.
At the start of this month,...
In a short and sometimes tense hearing Friday morning in Judge Penney Azcarate’s Fairfax, Va courtroom, a final judgment in the explicit and high-profile civil trial that ended June 1 was presented and entered into the docket (read it here). However, in a contentious back and forth with Azcarate, Heard’s main attorney Elaine Bredehoft sought to set a briefing schedule and more for a proposed appeal for her client.
Azcarate bluntly told Bredehoft that if she wanted to appeal the verdict from the seven-person jury, the lawyer would have to file motions with the court. Azcarate also informed Heard’s attorney that the Aquaman star will have to put up an 8.35 million bond with 6 interest per year for any appeal to formally move forward.
At the start of this month,...
- 6/24/2022
- by Dominic Patten and Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Amber Heard Says Therapist Notes Not Allowed in Defamation Trial Would Have Led to Different Verdict
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Amber Heard said during a Dateline interview that notes taken by her doctor, who she was reporting abuse to, would have led jurors to side with her in her defamation case against Johnny Depp if they were allowed into the trial.
“There’s a binder [of] years of notes dating back to 2011 from the very beginning of my relationship that were taken by my doctor,” Heard said.
In Heard’s full interview with with NBC News’ Savannah Guthrie on the trial, which aired on the newsmagazine on Friday, the actress said that the notes would have corroborated claims that Depp abused her, including an incident in 2013 in which she told her therapist that Depp threw her against a wall and threatened to kill her.
“I’m talking about what happened to me in real time,” Heard said. “She’s taking contemporaneous notes of what’s happening.
Amber Heard said during a Dateline interview that notes taken by her doctor, who she was reporting abuse to, would have led jurors to side with her in her defamation case against Johnny Depp if they were allowed into the trial.
“There’s a binder [of] years of notes dating back to 2011 from the very beginning of my relationship that were taken by my doctor,” Heard said.
In Heard’s full interview with with NBC News’ Savannah Guthrie on the trial, which aired on the newsmagazine on Friday, the actress said that the notes would have corroborated claims that Depp abused her, including an incident in 2013 in which she told her therapist that Depp threw her against a wall and threatened to kill her.
“I’m talking about what happened to me in real time,” Heard said. “She’s taking contemporaneous notes of what’s happening.
- 6/18/2022
- by Jackie Strause and Winston Cho
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Johnny Depp’s attorneys sat down for interviews on Wednesday on Today and Good Morning America, as they talked about the actor’s victory in his defamation trial last week over ex-wife Amber Heard.
While Heard’s attorney has called the verdict a setback for the MeToo era, Depp’s attorney Camille Vasquez doesn’t think it will have an impact.
“We’re here to talk about the case that we tried, right? We encourage all victims to come forward, have their day in court, which is exactly what happened in this case,” she said in an interview with Today co-host Savannah Guthrie.
The jury awarded Depp 15 million in compensatory and punitive damages after it found that Heard was liable for defamation when she authored a 2018 Washington Post op ed in which she identified herself as “a public figure representing domestic abuse.” The judge in the case, Penney Azcarate, quickly...
While Heard’s attorney has called the verdict a setback for the MeToo era, Depp’s attorney Camille Vasquez doesn’t think it will have an impact.
“We’re here to talk about the case that we tried, right? We encourage all victims to come forward, have their day in court, which is exactly what happened in this case,” she said in an interview with Today co-host Savannah Guthrie.
The jury awarded Depp 15 million in compensatory and punitive damages after it found that Heard was liable for defamation when she authored a 2018 Washington Post op ed in which she identified herself as “a public figure representing domestic abuse.” The judge in the case, Penney Azcarate, quickly...
- 6/8/2022
- by Ted Johnson and Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
Amber Heard’s lawyer Elaine Bredehoft confirmed on “Today” that the “Aquaman” actor cannot afford to pay just over 10 million in damages to Johnny Depp. The defamation trial between Depp and Heard came to an end June 1 when the jury ruled that Heard defamed Depp when she wrote a Washington Post op-ed in 2018 and alluded to her past claims of domestic violence against Depp.
When asked by “Today” host Savannah Guthrie if Heard would be able to afford the 10 million in damages that’s she’s being ordered to pay, Bredehoft answered bluntly, “Oh no. Absolutely not.”
The jury awarded Depp 10 million in compensatory damages, plus 5 million in punitive damages — which Judge Penney Azcarate reduced to 350,000 in accordance with the state’s statutory cap. That brings the total to 10.35 million. The jury also ruled that Depp defamed Heard, through his attorney, while fighting back against her charges. Heard has been...
When asked by “Today” host Savannah Guthrie if Heard would be able to afford the 10 million in damages that’s she’s being ordered to pay, Bredehoft answered bluntly, “Oh no. Absolutely not.”
The jury awarded Depp 10 million in compensatory damages, plus 5 million in punitive damages — which Judge Penney Azcarate reduced to 350,000 in accordance with the state’s statutory cap. That brings the total to 10.35 million. The jury also ruled that Depp defamed Heard, through his attorney, while fighting back against her charges. Heard has been...
- 6/2/2022
- by Zack Sharf
- Variety Film + TV
Amber Heard’s attorney, appearing on NBC’s Today, said that her client “absolutely” wants to appeal a Virginia jury’s decision in favor of Johnny Depp, finding that the actress is liable for defamation in her Washington Post op ed claiming domestic abuse.
“She has some excellent grounds for it,” Elaine Bredehoft told Savannah Guthrie.
In the interview, Bredehoft blamed a number of factors for Heard’s loss, citing evidentiary decisions as well as the influence of social media.
“She was demonized here,” Bredehoft said. “A number of things were allowed in this court that should not have been allowed, and it caused the jury to be confused.” She cited the different outcome in the UK, where a court ruled against Depp after he sought a judgment against The Sun for referring to him as a “wife beater.”
She said that Heard’s side was allowed to tell the jury “about the UK judgment.
“She has some excellent grounds for it,” Elaine Bredehoft told Savannah Guthrie.
In the interview, Bredehoft blamed a number of factors for Heard’s loss, citing evidentiary decisions as well as the influence of social media.
“She was demonized here,” Bredehoft said. “A number of things were allowed in this court that should not have been allowed, and it caused the jury to be confused.” She cited the different outcome in the UK, where a court ruled against Depp after he sought a judgment against The Sun for referring to him as a “wife beater.”
She said that Heard’s side was allowed to tell the jury “about the UK judgment.
- 6/2/2022
- by Ted Johnson and Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
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