Johnny Depp applies to Court of Appeal over Amber Heard 'wife beater' judgement
dailystar.co.ukJohnny Depp has applied to the Court of Appeal in a bid to overturn the ruling that he assaulted his ex-wife Amber Heard. The Pirates of the Caribbean actor, who starred as the lead Jack Sparrow in the franchise, is refusing to the drop the legal battle after he lost the High Court case earlier this year over claims he beat Amber.The 57-year-old star has now applied to London's Court of Appeal after his relationship with Amber was bought into court after he took a libel case against News Group Newspapers over a Sun article which described him as a "wife beater" in its headline in 2018.A High Court judge ruled last month that the paper's story was "substantially true" to the civil standard (the balance of probabilities) rather than criminal.
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