Tag: Johnny Depp

Johnny Depp Donates $1 Million Amber Heard Settlement to Charity

Six months after the most-watched Hollywood-related divorce trial of all time, Amber Heard has finally settled her defamation action against Johnny Depp by paying the star $1 million. Depp, known for his roles in the “Pirates of the Caribbean” franchise and several Tim Burton films, including “Edward Scissorhands” and “Sleepy Hollow,” is set to donate…


Johnny Depp, Amber Heard Settle Defamation Appeals

FALLS CHURCH, Va.—Actors Johnny Depp and Amber Heard have settled their defamation lawsuits following a high-profile trial earlier this year in which the former couple accused each other of physical and verbal abuse. Heard announced the settlement Monday on social media. Both sides had filed appeals of various aspects of the jury’s verdicts in June….


Amber Heard to Settle Defamation Case With Ex-Husband Johnny Depp

Amber Heard said in an Instagram post on Monday that she would settle defamation claims brought against her by ex-husband Johnny Depp. Heard called the decision to settle with Depp “very difficult” adding that it followed “a great deal of deliberation.” Depp sued Heard for libel over a December 2018 op-ed she wrote in The…


Amber Heard to Appeal $10 Million Judgment in Jonny Depp Defamation Case

RICHMOND, Va.—Amber Heard notified a Virginia court Thursday that she will appeal the $10.35 million judgment she was ordered to pay ex-husband Johnny Depp during a high-profile defamation trial that exposed the inner workings of their troubled marriage. Heard’s lawyers filed a notice of appeal in Fairfax County Circuit Court, where a six-week trial featured…


Amber Heard to Appeal $10 Million Judgment in Johnny Depp Defamation Case

RICHMOND, Va.—Amber Heard notified a Virginia court Thursday that she will appeal the $10.35 million judgment she was ordered to pay ex-husband Johnny Depp during a high-profile defamation trial that exposed the inner workings of their troubled marriage. Heard’s lawyers filed a notice of appeal in Fairfax County Circuit Court, where a six-week trial featured…


Judge Rejects Amber Heard’s Request to Set Aside Depp Win

FALLS CHURCH, Va.—A Virginia judge on Wednesday rejected an effort by actress Amber Heard to set aside the $10 million judgment awarded against her in favor of her ex-husband, Johnny Depp. Depp won a defamation suit against Heard last month in a high-profile civil trial. Heard won a smaller, $2 million judgement on a counterclaim…


Amber Heard’s Legal Team Says Juror Served Improperly, Seek Mistrial

FAIRFAX, Va.—One of the jurors in the Johnny Depp-Amber Heard defamation trial served improperly, an attorney for Heard alleged in a recent filing that asked the court to declare a mistrial and order a new trial. “Newly discovered facts” show Juror No. 15 in the six-week trial was not the individual summoned in April to…


Heard Seeks to Throw out Verdict in Depp Defamation Trial

RICHMOND, Va.—Amber Heard’s lawyers have asked a judge to throw out the $10.35 million verdict against her in the defamation case filed by ex-husband Johnny Depp, arguing that the verdict was not supported by the evidence and that one of the jurors may not have been properly vetted by the court. In post-trial motions filed…


Why Johnny Depp Needs to Pay $38,000 To ACLU After Winning Case Against Ex-Wife Amber Heard

Actor Johnny Depp won his defamation battle against his ex-wife Amber Heard last month, with the jury awarding him $10 million in compensatory damages and $5 million in punitive damages. But now, Depp owes the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) $38,000 for the attorneys’ fees in complying with a subpoena for evidence he used in…


Johnny Depp Ordered to Pay $38,000 to ACLU After Winning Case Against Ex-wife Amber Heard

Actor Johnny Depp won his defamation battle against his ex-wife Amber Heard last month, with the jury awarding him $10 million in compensatory damages and $5 million in punitive damages. But now, Depp owes the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) $38,000 for the attorneys’ fees in complying with a subpoena for evidence he used in…