The Sun newspaper has finally been delivered.The Hollywood actor, 57, took a libel action against the publication after it labelled him a ‘wife beater’, suing the publisher of the tabloid News Group Newspapers as well as the author of the article, Dan Wootton.The resulting case led to a very public showdown in what has been dubbed by worldwide media as the ‘biggest English libel trial of the 21st century’.Claims were made during the July trial, that the Pirates of the Caribbean actor was involved in domestic violence towards his ex-wife, fellow actor Amber Heard, 34, during their two-year marriage.
The two met while filming The Rum Diaries.Despite the odds appearing to be in the actor’s favour, as the UK’s defamation laws are some of the.
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