Johnny Depp has lost a bid to overturn a damning High Court ruling which concluded he assaulted his ex-wife Amber Heard and left her in fear for her life.
Following a three-week trial in July last year, Mr Justice Nicol dismissed the Hollywood star's libel claim against the publisher of The Sun, finding that an April 2018 column calling Mr Depp a "wife beater" was "substantially true".
The judge ruled Mr Depp, 57, assaulted Ms Heard, 34, on a dozen occasions and put her in "fear for her life" three times. The actor has asked the Court of Appeal to grant permission for him to challenge the ruling, with the aim of having its finings overturned and a retrial ordered.
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