The Sun to court last year over an article which called him “a wife beater” originally lost the case and has since been refused his application to appeal the decision.Today (March 25), a judge ruled that Depp’s appeal had “no real prospect of success,” according to the BBC.Depp had tried to sue News Group Newspapers (NGN) and The Sun’s executive editor Dan Wootton over an April 2018 article which referred to him as a “wife beater” in relation to allegations from ex-wife Amber Heard, claims Depp has strongly denied.
The actor is currently suing Heard for libel in the US as well.The trial originally took place over 16 days in July 2020 at the Royal Courts of Justice, and concerned an article titled “Gone Potty: How can JK Rowling be.
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