Amber Heard has filed a proper attraction of the decision in Johnny Depp’s latest defamation trial in opposition to the actress.
“The trial courtroom erroneously refused to dismiss this motion on the bottom of discussion board non conveniens, based mostly on its mistaken conclusion that Depp’s claims arose in Virginia as a result of the Washington Submit’s servers are situated right here,” stated Jay Ward Brown and David L. Axelrod in paperwork filed on Nov. 23, in accordance with Deadline.
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“The trial courtroom additionally erred in overruling Heard’s demurrer, by which she argued that the challenged statements are non-actionable expressions of opinion and will not be fairly able to conveying the alleged defamatory implication,” the Constitutional legislation specializing D.C.-based Ballard Spahr LLP attorneys added.
“That holding, if allowed to face, undoubtedly may have a chilling impact on different girls who want to talk about abuse involving highly effective males.”
The attraction seeks to have the $10 million verdict in opposition to Heard both reversed or thrown out.
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The transfer comes much less than a month after Depp filed his personal formal attraction of the $2 million {that a} Virginia jury awarded Heard in a countersuit declare in opposition to the “Pirates of the Caribbean” star.