Amber Heard Appeals Johnny Depp Verdict In Defamation Case – Hollywood Life

Amber Heard filed paperwork to attraction the June 2022 verdict in her lawsuit in opposition to Johnny Depp. Amber misplaced the case and was ordered to pay her ex $10 million in damages for being discovered responsible of defaming him in an op-ed piece for The Washington Publish. In court docket paperwork, obtained by Deadline, Amber is interesting the decision for 3 causes. She claims that “the court docket erred in not dismissing Depp’s claims previous to trial,” “the trial court docket erred in denying Heard’s movement to put aside the jury verdict primarily based on Depp’s failure to offer precise malice,” and “the trial court docket erred in failing to grant a brand new trial for a number of causes.”

In her attraction, Amber insists that Johnny’s defamation claims in opposition to her ought to have been dismissed earlier than a trial even occurred as a result of “the problem statements [made by Amber] are non-actionable expressions of opinion” and “the challenged statements will not be moderately able to conveying a defamatory implication as a matter of legislation.” Amber’s Washington Publish op-ed featured her opening up about being the sufferer of home abuse. She didn’t point out Johnny by identify within the article. Nonetheless, their relationship, cut up and Amber’s earlier claims of home violence in opposition to Johnny — she filed for a restraining order in opposition to him in 2016 — had been extremely publicized.

Amber’s attraction additionally accuses Johnny of “failing to show by clear and convincing proof that Heard was conscious of and supposed to speak the alleged defamatory implications” and “failing to show by clear and convincing proof that Heard both knew the alleged implication that he had abused her was false or subjectively entertained critical doubts about its fact.” She additionally claims that the court docket “mad quite a few evidentiary errors that severely prejudiced” her on the trial. She alleges that the court docket made an error by “excluding proof of Depp’s abuse and Heard’s way of thinking” throughout the trial.

The attraction additionally reiterates that Amber feels that the $10 million in damages is “extreme.” Her lawyer beforehand acknowledged that Amber couldn’t afford to pay the quantity required. “The holding, if allowed to face, undoubtedly could have a chilling impact on different girls who want to discuss abuse involving highly effective males,” Amber’s attraction says.

In the meantime, again in November, Johnny additionally appealed a part of the decision within the case, the place he was ordered to pay Amber $2 million in damages. Amber had countersued Johnny after he sued her for defamation, claiming that he defamed her by means of three statements made by his lawyer to DailyMail. One of many three statements was discovered to be defamatory in court docket, which Johnny is now interesting.