Amber Heard's Attorney Says Actress 'Absolutely' Plans To Appeal Johnny Depp Verdict -- & She Cannot Afford To Pay MILLIONS In Damages
perezhilton.comAmber Heard is not going down without a fight. As Perezcious readers know, the Aquaman star was found liable for defamation after claiming to be a victim of domestic abuse in her 2018 Washington Post op-ed.
She was ordered to pay her ex-husband Johnny Depp $10 million in compensatory damages and $5 million in punitive damages, though Judge Penney Azcarate quickly reduced the punitive damages to the maximum allowed in Virginia, $350,000.
While Amber was awarded $2 million in damages for claims made by Depp’s former attorney, the verdict was still a definitive loss for her.
And now her lawyer is speaking out on her plans for the future and what she thinks influenced the jury’s decision. Related: Johnny Depp Boasts About The ‘Truth’ In Following His Win In an interview with Savannah Guthrie on Today Thursday morning, attorney Elaine Bredehoft declared that her client “absolutely” plans to appeal the verdict, sharing about the actress: She went on to explain how Amber’s legal team was restricted from discussing the 2020 UK libel case that Johnny lost, explaining: Most significantly, she seems to believe that the core root of the problem was the fact that her client was “demonized” throughout the trial — by Depp’s lawyers and those on social media.
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