The actress's spokesperson defined her subsequent steps after the jury dominated that she had defamed her ex-husband Johnny Depp within the verdict of the trial.
Amber Heard will seemingly enchantment the decision of the defamation trial in opposition to her ex-husband Johnny Depp. The 36-year-old actress’s spokesperson Alafair Corridor revealed that she plans to enchantment in a press release to The New York Instances. The enchantment will come after a jury discovered that she had defamed Johnny, 58, in a 2018 op-ed for The Washington Put up, and he was awarded $15 million in damages.
Regardless that the jury discovered that Amber had defamed Johnny through the trial, she was awarded $2 million, because it was discovered that one assertion made by the Pirates of the Caribbean star’s lawyer Adam Waldman was defamatory in opposition to her.
After the decision was learn, Amber launched a press release, saying she was “heartbroken” over the choice, and she or he revealed that she was apprehensive concerning the implications that the trial would have for girls who're victims of abuse. “I’m much more dissatisfied with what this verdict means for different girls,” she stated. “It units again the clock to a time when a lady who spoke up and spoke out might be publicly shamed and humiliated. It units again the concept violence in opposition to girls is to be taken significantly.”
Whereas the Aquaman actress was dissatisfied with the choice, Johnny was grateful to the followers who supported him and his authorized staff for his or her assist in his assertion launched after the decision was learn. “I hope that my quest to have the fact be informed could have helped others, males or girls, who've discovered themselves in my scenario, and that these supporting them by no means quit,” he wrote. “The most effective is but to come back and a brand new chapter has lastly begun.”
Johnny and Amber’s trial lasted for weeks and garnered nationwide consideration. The Ed Wooden actor had sued his ex-wife for $50 million, and she or he countersued for $100 million. After the decision was learn, tons of stars like Sharon Osbourne, Jeannie Mai, and lots of extra shared their reactions.