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John Christopher Depp II (born June 9, 1963) is an American actor, singer, producer, and musician. He has been nominated for ten Golden Globe Awards, winning one for Best Actor for his performance of the title role in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2008), and has been nominated for three Academy Awards for Best Actor, among other accolades. He is regarded as one of the world's biggest film stars. Depp made his film debut in the 1984 film A Nightmare on Elm Street, before rising to prominence as a teen idol on the television series 21 Jump Street (1987–1990). He had a supporting role in Oliver Stone's 1986 war film Platoon and played the title character in the 1990 romantic fantasy Edward Scissorhands.
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Amber Heard Seeks to Throw Out Verdict in Johnny Depp Defamation Trial

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Amber Heard's attorneys are asking a judge to toss out the $10.35 million verdict against her in ex-husband Johnny Depp's defamation lawsuit.According to court documents obtained by ET, Heard's lawyers filed a post-trial motion on Friday claiming that the evidence presented in the case didn't support the verdict and raising concerns that one of the jurors had not been properly vetted.In the motion, Heard's lawyers slammed the jury's decision to award Depp $10 million in compensatory damages and $5 million in punitive damages, calling the amount "«excessive» and «indefensible.» It should be noted that the judge in the case reduced the compensatory damages awards to $350,000, per a legal state cap.Heard, for her part, was awarded $2 million by the jury in compensatory damages for her counterclaim but nothing in punitive damages.

The jury found Depp liable after his attorney referred to Heard's claims as a «hoax.»The lawsuit, originally filed in 2019, stemmed from a December 2018 op-ed she wrote in, where she claimed to have been the victim of domestic violence, among other allegations.

While Depp was not addressed by name, his lawyers argued that the piece defamed him and significantly hurt his career.The new motions filed by Heart argue that Depp's legal team did not provide evidence of «actual malice» with regards to her op-ed.

Which would mean that Depp's team was supposed to prove that when Heard wrote the article, she did not believe she had been abused, and intentionally lied about having been abused by Depp.«Instead, the evidence overwhelmingly supported Ms.

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