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Depp wins, Heard lied!


https://www.cbr.com/amber-heard-johnny-depp-trial-verdict/

The jury shared its verdict on June 1, ruling in favor of Depp and his defamation case against Heard. The trial was the result of Depp suing Heard for $50 million over a 2018 Washington Post op-ed the latter wrote that the former claims did damage to his career by painting him as an abuser, including costing him a $22.5 million payday for a sixth Pirates of the Caribbean film. In November 2020, Depp lost a similar case against British tabloid The Sun after the paper insinuated he was an abuser in a headline and the actor sued for libel. Days later, Warner Bros. asked him to resign from Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore. Heard filed her own $100 million defamation countersuit against Depp in 2020.

In April, Heard's lawyers accused Depp of sexually assaulting the Aquaman star during the pair's marriage. Depp's camp denied the claims, telling CBR at the time, "These fictitious claims were never made at the onset of Amber’s allegations in 2016, and only advantageously surfaced years later once she was sued for defamation after noting in her op-ed that she was a victim of 'sexual violence. Words are key in a defamation case and conveniently, this allegation only came after that. This follows a pattern of her elaborate, erroneous claims which have continued to change and evolve over time for the purpose of Hollywood shock value of which Amber has mastered and used to exploit a serious social movement."

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