Johnny Depp defamation case against Amber Heard in Fairfax, Virginia. (Reuters Photos)
Johnny Depp on Tuesday won a defamation case against ex-wife Amber Heard. See how Heard reacted here.
Amber Heard has reacted after losing a defamation case against her ex-husband Johnny Depp. On Tuesday night, the jury in a dramatic legal battle, which has been going on for six weeks in Fairfax County, Virginia, announced that Johnny has successfully proved Amber had defamed him when he accused her of his past for the 2018 Washington Post. Wrote op-ed. Domestic violence claims. Hurd has now been ordered to pay Depp US$15 million in damages.
Hurd said he is disappointed “beyond words” about the decision of Depp’s defamation suit against him. “The despair I feel today is beyond words,” Hurd wrote in a statement. “I am saddened that the mountain of evidence was still not enough to withstand the disproportionate power, influence and sway of my ex-husband.”
Heard continued, “I’m even more disappointed at what this decision means to other women. It’s a shock. It sets back a time when a woman who spoke and spoke was publicly shamed and could have been humiliated. It leaves behind the idea that violence against women should be taken seriously.”
“I believe that Johnny’s lawyers were successful in getting the jury to ignore the key issue of freedom of speech and ignore the evidence, which was so conclusive that we won in the UK,” concluded Hurd. “I’m sorry I lost this case. But I’m still sad that I feel like I’ve lost a right as an American – to speak freely and openly.
In March 2019, Depp filed a $50 million defamation suit against Heard, whom she was married to from February 2015 to January 2017, when she wrote a 2018 Washington Post essay in which she described herself as “representing domestic abuse.” as a public figure”.
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