A STORM of protest erupted yesterday over Johnny Depp’s libel victory as ex-wife Amber Heard announced plans to appeal. Critics slammed the shock ruling that she had maliciously defamed him by airing claims of abuse and said it marked the death of the MeToo movement.
A US court’s decision to award him £8.3million damages came two years after he was branded a wife-beater by a UK court. As the judgement was read out in Fairfax, Virginia, The Pirates of the Caribbean star was in the UK — downing Newcastle Brown Ale on a night out.
He was in a pub on Newcastle’s Quayside with Geordie singer Sam Fender and guitar legend Jeff Beck. Depp shook hands with fans and posed for pictures.
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