Juror in Johnny Depp-Amber Heard Defamation Case Says Actress' Story 'Didn't Add Up'

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Johnny Depp-Amber Heard defamation case is speaking out, and explaining how the jury came to ultimately side with Depp.The six-week trial began a little over three years after Depp filed his $50 million defamation lawsuit against Heard in March 2019 following the op-ed she wrote which detailed how she was the victim of domestic violence.

While Depp's name was not mentioned in the article, the piece came out as their contentious 2016 divorce continued to make headlines.

Depp ultimately won the case when the jury unanimously decided that he was defamed by Heard and that she «acted with actual malice,» and awarded him $10 million in compensatory damages and $5 million in punitive damages.

Heard, for her part, was awarded $2 million by the jury in compensatory damages for her counterclaim but nothing in punitive damages.

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