Johnny Depp has lost his libel battle against News Group Newspapers over an article published in The Sun which branded him a "wife beater".
The actor - who denied ever being violent towards his wife Amber Heard - sued for libel over the story, which was published in 2018, and the trial took place at London's High Court over the summer.
The judgement was handed down today. In his ruling, the judge, Mr Justice Nicol, said: "The claimant [Depp] has not succeeded in his action for libel... "The defendants [The Sun and News Group Newspapers] have shown that what they published in the meaning which I have held the words to bear was substantially true. "I have reached these conclusions having examined in detail the 14 incidents on which the
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