Court grants verdict in favor of Johnny Depp in the defamation case
The hyped, broadcast court fight between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard is at last finished. On Wednesday, June 1st 2022, a seven-part jury found that Heard maligned Depp in his common suit against his ex. Depp, who swayed each of the three cases, was granted $10 million in compensatory harms, in addition to reformatory harms of $5 million. Amber on the other hand, won one of three cases in the countersuit against her previous spouse and was granted $2 million.
“False, very serious and criminal allegations were levied at me via the media, which triggered an endless barrage of hateful content, although no charges were ever brought against me,” Depp said in a statement. “It had already traveled around the world twice within a nanosecond and it had a seismic impact on my life and my career…And six years later, the jury gave me my life back. I am truly humbled.”
Whereas, Heard said: “The disappointment I feel today is beyond words. I’m heartbroken that the mountain of evidence still was not enough to stand up to the disproportionate power, influence, and sway of my ex-husband. I’m even more disappointed with what this verdict means for other women. It is a setback. It sets back the clock to a time when a woman who spoke up and spoke out could be publicly shamed and humiliated. It sets back the idea that violence against women is to be taken seriously. I believe Johnny’s attorneys succeeded in getting the jury to overlook the key issue of Freedom of Speech and ignore evidence that was so conclusive that we won in the UK. I’m sad I lost this case. But I am sadder still that I seem to have lost a right I thought I had as an American – to speak freely and openly.”
Heard, who was wearing a black dress, brought down her head as the decisions were perused, looking sad. Staying away from a complete misfortune, she won in her countersuit on the one case that connected with explanations made by a previous Depp lawyer, Adam Waldman. However the jury granted Depp a sum of $15 million, the appointed authority noticed that state regulation covers correctional harms at $350,000, leaving Depp with a $10.35 million honor short the $2 million he is expected to pay Heard.
The two had been combating it out in court — both of them guaranteeing that they were manhandled by the other — for over seven weeks. Depp’s win proposes that the jury questioned Heard’s cases that she had been genuinely and physically manhandled by her previous spouse. The decision could assist with making ready for Depp, who hasn’t worked in a significant studio film in years, to get back to his once rewarding profession as a significant celebrity.
Among the seriously discussed episodes was a 2015 battle in Australia, where Depp was shooting Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales at that point, during which Heard guaranteed in court that he had physically attacked her with an alcohol bottle.
Depp’s legal counselors punched holes in her declaration and countered that the entertainer had really harmed Depp after she “tossed a vodka bottle at him that hit his hand and detonated, cutting off the finish of one of his fingers.” The entertainer flew back to Los Angeles for a medical procedure on the hand following the episode.
Depp’s lawyers likewise focused in on the planning of Heard’s rape guarantee and said reinforcing her guard in the case was weaponized.
“Ms. Heard had never made that allegation against Mr. Depp — it was never essential for her claims of maltreatment in 2016. All in all, what changed? At the point when she understood the earnestness of what she claimed [about being the casualty of homegrown abuse], she terrified and affirmed rape,” Depp’s lawyer Camille Vasquez told the jury. “In Mr. Depp’s 58 years, not a solitary lady has at any point blamed him for brutality.”
During his declaration, Depp was given proof, for example, texts that illustrated a celebrity who manhandled medications and liquor and was twisted on retribution.
“She’s asking for all out worldwide embarrassment. She will get it. … I show no kindness, no trepidation and not an ounce of feeling for sure I once believed was love for this gold digging, low level, very common, soft, futile hanging abused flappy fish market,” Depp wrote in a bunch of texts. “I might dare to dream that karma kicks in and takes the endowment of breath from her … Sorry man … But NOW I will persevere relentlessly!!! … “
On his last day on his stand, Depp portrayed himself as a “casualty, as well, of abusive behavior at home.”
