Amber Heard officially resumpts the court decision in her lawsuit against Johnny Depp
In the motion, filed Nov. 23, the Aquaman actress sought either a new trial or the reversal of the jury’s verdict, in which she was found liable for defaming her estranged husband and ordered to pay him more than $10 million in damages.
According to the document relayed by Deadline, the court “erroneously declined to dismiss this action…based on its erroneous finding that Depp’s claims are being tried in Virginia because the Washington Post’s servers are located here.” , which implies, if appealed, that Johnny Depp’s lawsuit against Amber Heard should be dropped due to the location of the court.
“The trial court also erred in rejecting Heard’s motion of no confidence, in which she argued that the impugned statements are non-actionable expressions of opinion and that they are not are not reasonably capable of conveying the alleged defamatory implication… This ruling, if upheld, will no doubt have a chilling effect on other women who wish to speak out about abuse involving powerful men,” it also says. read in the appeal request.
Amber Heard’s legal team argued the verdict should be appealed and thrown out because the actress didn’t defame her ex, as she was telling the truth in her Washington Post op-ed , published in 2018.
“This case also should never have gone to trial because another court had already found that Depp had abused Heard on multiple occasions. After Depp filed this case, the UK High Court of Justice ruled in a separate defamation action brought by Depp that Heard’s abuse allegations were true,” concludes Amber Heard’s appeal request.
