U.K. Court Says Johnny Depp Cannot Appeal Wife Beater Libel Ruling

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London’s Court of Appeal on Thursday refused Johnny Depp permission to challenge a verdict last year that the Hollywood actor had violently assaulted his ex-wife Amber Heard during a tempestuous five-year relationship.

High Court judge Andrew Nicol ruled in November against Depp after he brought a libel case against the Sun tabloid newspaper which had run an article labelling him a “wife beater.” RELATED: Lawyers For Johnny Depp Seek To Appeal ‘Wife Beater’ Ruling “As we have said, it is not easy to persuade this court to overturn the findings of a trial judge on purely factual questions,” the two Court of Appeal judges said in their judgment. “We do not believe that there is a real prospect of it being prepared to do so in this case.” RELA