A jury on Wednesday dominated that Amber Heard defamed Johnny Depp in all three of the actor’s claims. They awarded him $10 million in damages and $5 million in punitive damages.
Decide Penny Azcarate knowledgeable the court docket that state regulation limits punitive damages to $350,000, which means Depp was awarded a complete of $10.35 million.
The jurors additionally mentioned Depp defamed Heard in simply one in every of her three claims, awarding her $2 million in damages and no cash in punitive damages.
Subtracting Heard’s award from Depp’s whole, the “Pirates of the Caribbean” star leaves the case with $8.35 million.
The jury deliberated for about 13 hours after attorneys for Depp and Heard made closing arguments final Friday.
Depp, 58, had sued Heard, 36, for $50 million over her 2018 Washington Put up essay through which she wrote about going through “our tradition’s wrath” for talking out towards a robust man — a warning that seemingly turned extra prescient with the jury’s determination.
Heard plans to enchantment the decision, a supply accustomed to her authorized technique instructed The Put up.
Extra reporting by Elizabeth Rosner
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