Johnny Depp wins defamation case against ex-wife Amber Heard, will get 15 million USD
Time to Read: 1 minuteThe court has ruled in favor of Depp in the defamation case against Hollywood actor Johnny Depp's ex-wife and actress Amber Heard. In this case, Heard claimed that Depp had abused her.
Johnny Depp wins defamation case: The jury has ruled in favor of Depp in the ongoing trial between Hollywood actor Johnny Depp and his ex-wife Amber Heard. Johnny Depp filed a defamation suit against actors Amber Heard, which he has won. The jury has ordered Johnny Depp to pay 15 million US dollars (about Rs 1,16,33,46,750) in damages. At the same time, the jury has also asked Amber Heard to pay 2 million US dollars (about Rs 15,51,12,900) on her countersuit.
allegation of misconductLet us tell you that Amber Heard had claimed that Depp abused her before and after marriage. Depp's lawyer had defamed him and called his abuse allegations a hoax. After this Amber Heard sued Johnny Depp for domestic abuse.
Lawsuit filed in 2018
At the same time, 58-year-old 'Pirates of the Caribbean' star Depp filed a defamation suit against Heard in Fairfax County Circuit Court in a December 2018 op-ed. Depp sued Heard for $50 million, arguing that he had defamed Depp in the Washington Post newspaper by calling him a public figure representing domestic abuse.
Johnny Depp said this thing
At the same time, 36-year-old actress Heard filed a $100 million lawsuit saying that Depp's lawyer has defamed her allegations by calling them hoaxes. At the same time, Depp denied killing Heard or any woman and said that she had become violent in our relationship.
Both got married in 2015
However, Johnny Depp was not present in the courtroom when the jury delivered the verdict. Whereas, Amber Heard was present. Shortly after the decision was announced, Johnny Depp posted a statement from his Facebook account. Let us tell you that
Depp and Heard met during the shooting of the movie 'The Rum Diary' in 2011 and both got married in February 2015. However, after almost two years of marriage, both of them got divorced.