Six months after the most-watched Hollywood-related divorce trial of all time, Amber Heard has finally settled her defamation action against Johnny Depp by paying the star $1 million. Depp, known for his roles in the “Pirates of the Caribbean” franchise and several Tim Burton films, including “Edward Scissorhands” and “Sleepy Hollow,” is set to donate […]
Amber Heard has settled the defamation lawsuit with her ex-husband, Johnny Depp, according to a statement posted on her verified Instagram account. Heard said she has “made no admission” and that the settlement is “not an act of concession.” She pointed to her experience with the American legal system as part of her motivation for […]
RICHMOND, Va.—Amber Heard notified a Virginia court Thursday that she will appeal the $10.35 million judgment she was ordered to pay ex-husband Johnny Depp during a high-profile defamation trial that exposed the inner workings of their troubled marriage. Heard’s lawyers filed a notice of appeal in Fairfax County Circuit Court, where a six-week trial featured […]
FALLS CHURCH, Va.—A Virginia judge on Wednesday rejected an effort by actress Amber Heard to set aside the $10 million judgment awarded against her in favor of her ex-husband, Johnny Depp. Depp won a defamation suit against Heard last month in a high-profile civil trial. Heard won a smaller, $2 million judgement on a counterclaim […]
Attorneys for Amber Heard have asked the court to declare a mistrial and order a new trial in the defamation case with her ex-husband Johnny Depp. In court documents dated July 8 in the Circuit Court of Fairfax County, Virginia, which supplemented an earlier filing, attorneys for Heard claim the information on the jury panel […]
RICHMOND, Va.—Amber Heard’s lawyers have asked a judge to throw out the $10.35 million verdict against her in the defamation case filed by ex-husband Johnny Depp, arguing that the verdict was not supported by the evidence and that one of the jurors may not have been properly vetted by the court. In post-trial motions filed […]
ALEXANDRIA, Va.—The judge in the Johnny Depp-Amber Heard defamation trial made a jury’s award official Friday with a written order for Heard to pay Depp $10.35 million for damaging his reputation by describing herself as a domestic abuse victim in an op-ed piece she wrote. Judge Penney Azcarate entered a judgment order into the court […]
Amber Heard insisted she “absolutely” still feels love for her ex-husband, Johnny Depp, despite destroying his reputation by repeating claims that the Golden Globe-winning actor abused her. Speaking in the latest installment of Heard’s first post-trial interview, the 36-year-old told NBC Today host Savannah Guthrie that she still loves Depp even after being ordered to pay the 59-year-old […]
Amber Heard slammed the negative social media coverage she faced during a highly-publicized defamation trial that was brought against her by ex-husband Johnny Depp. “Even somebody who is sure I’m deserving of all this hate and vitriol, even if you think that I’m lying, you still couldn’t look me in the eye and tell me […]
GoFundMe has shut down a fake Amber Heard fundraiser with a $1 million goal that claimed it was raising money to pay Johnny Depp after the actress lost a high-publicized defamation trial against her ex-husband last week. Shortly after a 7-person jury in Virginia reached a verdict on June 1, someone named Kimberly Moore created […]
Amber Heard’s lawyer revealed on Thursday that her client can’t afford to pay the millions of dollars in damages after losing a defamation case against her ex-husband and Golden Globe-winning actor, Johnny Depp, saying she will “absolutely” appeal the case. A 7-person jury in Virginia reached a verdict on Wednesday regarding Depp’s defamation lawsuit against […]
A jury in Virginia ruled that actor Johnny Depp’s ex-wife Amber Heard defamed Depp by fabricating claims of domestic violence. They said Depp should get $15 million in damages, but also ruled that Heard should get some compensation as well.
A 7-person jury in Virginia reached a verdict Wednesday regarding Johnny Depp’s defamation lawsuit against ex-wife Amber Heard, who had countersued Depp. Jurors read the verdict aloud in the Fairfax County courtroom, finding that Heard defamed Johnny Depp when she wrote a 2018 opinion article for the Washington Post on almost every count. The jury awarded […]
A 7-person jury in Virginia reached a verdict Wednesday regarding Johnny Depp’s defamation lawsuit against ex-wife Amber Heard. Depp claims Heard wrongly accused him of domestic abuse in a Washington Post op-ed. The verdict will be read at around 3 p.m. ET.
Jurors considering the opposing lawsuits from actors Johnny Depp and Amber Heard deliberated for hours on Tuesday without reaching a verdict in the multimillion-dollar defamation fight that aired unsettling details about their troubled marriage. The seven-person jury is expected to resume their discussions on Wednesday morning in Fairfax County Circuit Court in Virginia. Depp, the […]
After six weeks of testimony in a defamation trial that has aired the good, bad, and the very ugly of Johnny Depp and Amber Heard’s former relationship, the case is now in the hands of the jury. Whatever the verdicts in Depp’s $50 million suit and Heard’s $100 million countersuit, something else is true: The […]
LONDON—Hollywood star Johnny Depp, awaiting a ruling in a U.S. defamation case involving his ex-wife and actress Amber Heard, made an unscheduled appearance at London’s Royal Albert Hall on Monday during a rock concert, his second in as many nights. Depp appeared with English guitarist Jeff Beck to perform a series of music covers in […]
Jurors deliberating the dueling defamation claims from actors Johnny Depp and Amber Heard adjourned on Friday without delivering verdicts, leaving the resolution in the widely watched six-week trial to next week. Depp, the 58-year-old “Pirates of the Caribbean” star, sued ex-wife Heard in Virginia for $50 million and argued that she defamed him when she […]
