{"id":1165239,"date":"2022-07-25T08:13:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-25T08:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/07\/25\/johnny-depp-to-appeal-2m-verdict-awarded-to-amber-heard-in-trial\/"},"modified":"2022-07-25T08:13:00","modified_gmt":"2022-07-25T08:13:00","slug":"johnny-depp-to-appeal-2m-verdict-awarded-to-amber-heard-in-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/07\/25\/johnny-depp-to-appeal-2m-verdict-awarded-to-amber-heard-in-trial\/","title":{"rendered":"Johnny Depp to appeal $2M verdict awarded to Amber Heard in trial"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Johnny Depp filed a notice of appeal Friday, seeking to overturn the single count of defamation that his ex-wife Amber Heard won at their bombshell trial last month, court records show.<\/p>\n

The 59-year-old \u201cPirates of the Caribbean\u201d actor is hoping that the appeal will nullify the $2 million award the jury handed Heard over her claims that Depp\u2019s lawyer made false and damaging comments about her.<\/p>\n

Depp\u2019s new filing comes just one day after his ex had filed her own appeal of the\u00a0$10.35 million verdict Depp was awarded\u00a0over claims he was defamed by an op-ed article in which Heard made claims of domestic abuse.<\/p>\n

A source close to Depp told The Post the actor believes the verdict was overwhelmingly positive for him and it\u2019s time for him and Heard to move on with their lives and heal.<\/p>\n

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The jury awarded Amber Heard $2 million in her countersuit against Depp. EPA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

But, the source said, since the 36-year-old actress brought further litigation with her appeal, Depp is counter-appealing in Fairfax, Virginia, court to ensure the record includes his side and that all the legal issues are considered by the appeals court.<\/p>\n

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The former couple pictured together in January 2016. WireImage<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Depp originally sued Heard for $50 million. While Heard didn\u2019t name Depp in the Washington Post essay, his lawyers argued that it was a clear reference to her allegations that he abused her during their 2016 split.<\/p>\n

Heard countersued for $100 million, claiming that she was defamed when Depp\u2019s lawyer Adam Waldman made public statements calling her allegations a hoax.<\/p>\n

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A source close to Depp said the actor felt the verdict was \u201coverwhelmingly positive\u201d for him. Reuters<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The jury had to consider three of Waldman\u2019s statements and found that one of them defamed her when Waldman claimed that she and her friends \u201cspilled a little wine and roughed the place up, got their stories straight\u201d when the police responded to a domestic disturbance call at the couple\u2019s home in 2016.<\/p>\n

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Depp\u2019s appeal comes just one day after Heard \u2014 pictured here after the verdict was read \u2014 filed her own appeal. Reuters<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The jury awarded Depp $10 million in compensatory damages and $5 million in punitive damages, but the amount was reduced since Virginia caps punitive damages at $350,000.<\/p>\n

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Depp reportedly feels that it is time for both him and the \u201cAquaman\u201d actress to move on with their lives. POOL\/AFP via Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The jury awarded Heard a $2 million verdict on just one of her defamation claims.<\/p>\n

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Heard becomes emotional on the stand in Fairfax, Virginia, on May 16. EPA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The six-week trial featured wild testimony including\u00a0claims that Heard severed the tip of Depp\u2019s finger\u00a0during a 2015 fight and claims that Heard, or one of her friends, defecated on their bed.<\/p>\n

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Johnny Depp filed a notice of appeal Friday, seeking to overturn the single count of defamation that his ex-wife Amber Heard won at their bombshell trial last month, court records show. The 59-year-old \u201cPirates of the Caribbean\u201d actor is hoping that the appeal will nullify the $2 million award the jury handed Heard over her […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1165241,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[13116,1101,6733,9167,8248,15908,2207,1589],"class_list":["post-1165239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-amber","tag-appeal","tag-awarded","tag-depp","tag-heard","tag-johnny","tag-trial","tag-verdict"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1165239","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1165239"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1165239\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1165239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1165239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1165239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}