Johnny Depp filed a discover of enchantment Friday, looking for to overturn the only rely of defamation that his ex-wife Amber Heard received at their bombshell trial final month, court docket data present.
The 59-year-old “Pirates of the Caribbean” actor is hoping that the enchantment will nullify the $2 million award the jury handed Heard over her claims that Depp’s lawyer made false and damaging feedback about her.
Depp’s new submitting comes simply at some point after his ex had filed her personal enchantment of the $10.35 million verdict Depp was awarded over claims he was defamed by an op-ed article by which Heard made claims of home abuse.
A supply near Depp instructed The Publish the actor believes the decision was overwhelmingly optimistic for him and it’s time for him and Heard to maneuver on with their lives and heal.
However, the supply stated, because the 36-year-old actress introduced additional litigation together with her enchantment, Depp is counter-appealing in Fairfax, Virginia, court docket to make sure the report consists of his aspect and that each one the authorized points are thought-about by the appeals court docket.
Depp initially sued Heard for $50 million. Whereas Heard didn’t identify Depp within the Washington Publish essay, his attorneys argued that it was a transparent reference to her allegations that he abused her throughout their 2016 cut up.
Heard countersued for $100 million, claiming that she was defamed when Depp’s lawyer Adam Waldman made public statements calling her allegations a hoax.
The jury needed to take into account three of Waldman’s statements and located that certainly one of them defamed her when Waldman claimed that she and her buddies “spilled a bit of wine and roughed the place up, bought their tales straight” when the police responded to a home disturbance name on the couple’s house in 2016.
The jury awarded Depp $10 million in compensatory damages and $5 million in punitive damages, however the quantity was diminished since Virginia caps punitive damages at $350,000.
The jury awarded Heard a $2 million verdict on simply certainly one of her defamation claims.
The six-week trial featured wild testimony together with claims that Heard severed the tip of Depp’s finger throughout a 2015 battle and claims that Heard, or certainly one of her buddies, defecated on their mattress.
Reps for Heard didn’t instantly return a request for remark.
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