Johnny Depp Reacts To Verdict In Amber Heard Trial: “Jury Gave Me My Life Back”
deadline.comJohnny Depp released a statement minutes after the verdicts were read in his $50 million defamation lawsuit against his ex-wife Amber Heard.“The jury gave me my life back,” he said, adding later. “Truth never perishes.”Amber Heard Says She Is “Heartbroken” By Verdict In Favor Of Johnny Depp: “The Disappointment I Feel Today Is Beyond Words”The jury in Fairfax, VA, today awarded Depp $15 million in damages against Heard over the 2018 op-ed she wrote for the Washington Post that claimed she was a victim of domestic abuse.
The five-man, two-woman civil jury later added $2 million in damages to Heard in her counterclaim.Depp had sought $50 million in damages, and Heard countersued for $100 million.Via his spokesperson, the former Pirates of the Caribbean star said:Six years ago, my life, the life of my children, the lives of those closest to me, and also, the lives of the people who for many, many years have supported and believed in me were forever changed.All in the blink of an eye.False, very serious and criminal allegations were levied at me via the media, which triggered an endless barrage of hateful content, although no charges were ever brought against me.
It had already traveled around the world twice within a nanosecond and it had a seismic impact on my life and my career.And six years later, the jury gave me my life back.
I am truly humbled.My decision to pursue this case, knowing very well the height of the legal hurdles that I would be facing and the inevitable, worldwide spectacle into my life, was only made after considerable thought.From the very beginning, the goal of bringing this case was to reveal the truth, regardless of the outcome.
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