Johnny Depp has been denied permission to appeal a U.K. judge's ruling in a defamation trial that he assaulted his ex-wife Amber Heard.
A British court on Thursday said the star could not challenge the High Court’s rejection of his libel lawsuit against publisher of The Sun newspaper for labeling him a “wife beater” in an article.
High Court Justice Andrew Nicol ruled in November that allegations against Depp, made in the article, were "substantially true." The judge ruled that Depp had assaulted Heard on a dozen occasions and put her in fear for her life three times.
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