Amber Heard’s attorneys seek for verdict in Johnny Depp defamation case to be tossed out

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ruled in favour of Depp.Depp sued ex-wife Heard for defamation in February of 2019 regarding a 2018 op-ed she wrote for The Washington Post, in which she recounted being a survivor of domestic abuse.

While Depp was not named in the piece, his lawyers argued it implied that she was sexually and physically abused by him during their marriage.

Heard filed a counterclaim, alleging an attorney of Depp’s had defamed her in statements published in 2020.On June 1, Depp was awarded $10million in compensatory damages and $5million in punitive damages, with the jury finding that statements Heard had made about her marriage were “false” and that she had acted with “actual malice”.

Punitive damages were reduced to $350,000 due to a state law limit. Heard, meanwhile, was awarded $2million in compensatory damages after the jury found Depp had defamed her through his attorney.In a memorandum filed on July 1 in Virginia Circuit Court by Heard’s attorneys, it was argued that the verdict in favour of Depp and against Heard was “excessive… in light of the evidence and law”, and calls for it to be set aside in its entirety with Depp’s complaint dismissed, or for a new trial to be ordered.Heard’s lawyers argue that Depp “presented no evidence that Ms.