Johnny Depp‘s legal team stood before the UK Court of Appeal on Thursday (March 18) to argue why they believe he deserves a retrial in his Amber Heard trial. Depp requested a retrial back in December for his 2020 libel claim against The Sun over an article calling him a “wife beater” amid his ex wife’s allegations against him, which a High Court judge found was “substantially true.” His lawyers argued today that Amber has failed to pay charitable donations from her divorce settlement with him, which was supposed to total $7 million.
They called this a “manipulative lie” that “tipped the scales,” according to Deadline. Meanwhile, Amber‘s lawyers have responded to the claim that she pocketed the divorce settlement.
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