A jury sided with Johnny Depp in his libel lawsuit against ex-wife Amber Heard on Wednesday, paying him $15 million and confirming his claims that Heard lied about Depp beating her before and during their brief marriage.
However, the jury decided in a split vote that Heard was defamed by one of Depp’s lawyers, who accused her of concocting a comprehensive hoax that involved roughing up the couple’s flat to make it appear worse for cops. She was granted $2 million by the jury.
The judgments put an end to a televised trial that Depp had believed would help him reclaim his reputation, but instead evolved into a spectacle that revealed a tumultuous marriage.
She was distraught, said Heard, who was stoic in the courtroom as the verdict was read.
“I’m much more dissatisfied with the implications of this decision for other women.” It’s a stumbling block. It takes us back to a time when a woman who spoke up and spoke out risked being publically humiliated. It undermines the notion that violence against women should be treated seriously,” she wrote in a message on Twitter.
“The jury handed me my life back, Depp stated, who was absent in court on Wednesday. I am truly humbled.””I hope that my efforts to get the truth out have aided others, men and women, who have found themselves in similar situations, and that those who support them never give up,” he added in an Instagram statement.”
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