Amber Heard Appeals $10 Million Verdict In Johnny Depp Defamation Case 6 Months After Losing Trial

Amber Heard filed documents to entreaty the June 2022 verdict successful her suit against Johnny Depp. Amber mislaid the lawsuit and was ordered to wage her ex $10 cardinal successful damages for being recovered blameworthy of defaming him successful an op-ed portion for The Washington Post. In tribunal documents, obtained by Deadline, Amber is appealing the verdict for 3 reasons. She claims that “the tribunal erred successful not dismissing Depp’s claims anterior to trial,” “the proceedings tribunal erred successful denying Heard’s question to acceptable speech the assemblage verdict based connected Depp’s nonaccomplishment to supply existent malice,” and “the proceedings tribunal erred successful failing to assistance a caller proceedings for aggregate reasons.”

In her appeal, Amber insists that Johnny’s defamation claims against her should person been dismissed earlier a proceedings adjacent took spot due to the fact that “the situation statements [made by Amber] are non-actionable expressions of opinion” and “the challenged statements are not reasonably susceptible of conveying a defamatory accusation arsenic a substance of law.” Amber’s Washington Post op-ed featured her opening up astir being the unfortunate of home abuse. She did not notation Johnny by sanction successful the article. However, their relationship, divided and Amber’s erstwhile claims of home unit against Johnny — she filed for a restraining bid against him successful 2016 — had been highly publicized.

Amber Heard successful tribunal during her proceedings against Johnny Depp. (Jim Lo Scalzo/AP/Shutterstock)

Amber’s entreaty besides accuses Johnny of “failing to beryllium by wide and convincing grounds that Heard was alert of and intended to pass the alleged defamatory implications” and “failing to beryllium by wide and convincing grounds that Heard either knew the alleged accusation that helium had abused her was mendacious oregon subjectively entertained superior doubts astir its truth.” She besides claims that the tribunal “mad galore evidentiary errors that severely prejudiced” her astatine the trial. She alleges that the tribunal made an mistake by “excluding grounds of Depp’s maltreatment and Heard’s authorities of mind” during the trial.

Johnny Depp leaving court. (JIM LO SCALZO/POOL/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock)

The entreaty besides reiterates that Amber feels that the $10 cardinal successful damages is “excessive.” Her lawyer antecedently stated that Amber could not afford to wage the magnitude required. “The holding, if allowed to stand, undoubtedly volition person a chilling effect connected different women who privation to talk astir maltreatment involving almighty men,” Amber’s entreaty says.

Meanwhile, backmost successful November, Johnny also appealed portion of the verdict successful the case, wherever helium was ordered to wage Amber $2 cardinal successful damages. Amber had countersued Johnny aft helium sued her for defamation, claiming that helium defamed her done 3 statements made by his lawyer to DailyMail. One of the 3 statements was recovered to beryllium defamatory successful court, which Johnny is present appealing.