BREAKING Jury awards JohnnyDepp $15 million in damages in his libel lawsuit against ex-wife AmberHeard. DETAILS:
Below is a summary of what happened and some key moments throughout the trial: Depp, 58, sued Heard for libel in Fairfax County Circuit Court over an op-ed she wrote for thein 2018. The piece was headlined: "I spoke up against sexual violence — and faced our culture’s wrath. That has to change." In the piece, she referenced herself as "a public figure representing domestic abuse.
Heard’s lawyers argued that Heard’s opinion piece was accurate and didn't defame him. They said Depp’s career downfall and ruined reputationand argued that The Walt Disney Co. had already decided to ax Depp from "Pirates of the Caribbean" months before the article’s publication. While they had chemistry during the filming of the movie, she said they didn’t begin dating until doing a press tour for the film’s release in 2011. At the outset, they kept their relationship a secret.The two married in February of 2015, but the nuptials didn’t last long. In May 2016, Heard filed for divorce and obtained a temporary restraining order against Depp. Their divorce was finalized in early 2017, with Heard saying she was going to donate her $7-million settlement to charity. in 2018.
Depp, for his part, admitted that he’d become addicted at one point to oxycodone and underwent a detox process in 2014, which was before the two were married. But he said the allegations of uncontrolled drug and alcohol use are grossly embellished. Later in the trial, a psychiatrist testified that Depp's behavior fits the pattern of a person whose drug and alcohol abuse contributes to domestic violence.In order to rule on Depp’s libel claim, the jury had to decide whether the facts in the case proved Depp, in fact, abused Heard. Depp said he never physically abused her, while Heard said she was assaulted on more than a dozen occasions. Depp also alleged he was the victim of abuse inflicted by her.
Heard said Depp sexually assaulted her with a bottle of Maker’s Mark bourbon as part of an alcohol-fueled rage that included accusing her of infidelity with a co-star. Moss addressed the infamous staircase rumor that claimed Depp pushed her down a flight of stairs during an incident while the two were dating. Moss, 48, said that while the two were on a vacation at the GoldenEye resort in Jamaica she slipped and fell while leaving her hotel room following a rainstorm.
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