Verdict is in: Amber Listened to guilty of defamation

Jenny Goldsberry

June 01, 03:26 PM June 01, 03:34 PM

A jury has located Amber Listened to responsible of defamation towards Johnny Depp.

The movie star exes have been embroiled in a fiery demo for more than a month, with their authorized groups presenting closing arguments on Friday.

Depp to begin with filed a suit against his ex-wife for $50 million in damages above a claim of defamation. Heard countersued for $100 million.

Jurors have been in deliberations considering the fact that Friday afternoon. The actress was the closing witness to testify right before closing arguments.

Depp submitted the lawsuit over Heard's op-ed in the Washington Post, in which she claimed to be a sufferer of actual physical and sexual abuse. The actor earlier misplaced a 2020 lawsuit towards the U.K. publication the Sun following it referred to as him a "spouse-beater."

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On Tuesday, the jury's second working day deliberating, jurors returned from lunch with a one concern.

Heard will compensate Depp a sum of $15 million.

This arrives right after Depp and Heard's notorious divorce settlement, from which the actress walked away with $7 million. She claimed to have fully donated the sum evenly between the American Civil Liberties Union and the Los Angeles Kid's Hospital. It was unveiled during the demo that she has but to donate all $7 million, but Listened to mentioned she nonetheless promises to do so and only meant her previous statements on the settlement as a pledge.

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