Johnny Depp breathed a sigh of relief after winning the defamation lawsuit against ex-wife Amber Heard.
The six-week-long trial saw many explosive accusations from both parties. After the verdict was pronounced, Johnny took to social media to share his statement. He thanked the jury for giving his life back and explained why he took up the fight.
Johnny Depp took to social media to share his statement after winning the trial.
Here's the statement:
While Johnny Depp was awarded $15 million in damages, Amber Heard received $2 million in a libel countersuit. The trial went on for six weeks and the US jury heard explanations from witnesses of both sides.
The verdicts bring an end to a televised trial that Depp had hoped would help restore his reputation, though it turned into a spectacle of a vicious marriage. body. Throughout the trial, fans — overwhelmingly on Depp’s side — lined up overnight for coveted courtroom seats. Spectators who couldn’t get in gathered on the street to cheer Depp and jeer Heard whenever they appeared outside.
Heard, who was stoic in the courtroom as the verdict was read, said was heartbroken.
“I’m even more disappointed with what this verdict means for other women. It’s a setback. It sets back the clock to a time when a woman who spoke up and spoke out could be publicly humiliated. It sets back the idea that violence against women is to be taken seriously,’’ she said in a statement posted on her Twitter account.
— Amber Heard (@realamberheard) June 1, 2022
Despite testimony at the trial that he could be violent, abusive and out of control, Depp received a standing ovation Tuesday night in London after performing for about 40 minutes with Jeff Beck at the Royal Albert Hall. He has previously toured with Joe Perry and Alice Cooper as the group Hollywood Vampires.
Heard’s acting career has been more modest, and her only two upcoming roles are in a small film and the upcoming “Aquaman” sequel due out next year.
Depp’s lawyers fought to keep the case in Virginia, in part because state law provided some legal advantages compared with California, where the two reside. A judge ruled that Virginia was an acceptable forum for the case because The Washington Post’s printing presses and online servers are in the county.
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