Johnny Depp wins trial, court finds Amber Hoard's allegations false
Actor and three-time Oscar-nominated actor Johnny Depp, who starred in the Hollywood film Pirates of the Caribbean's film and series, has won a defamation lawsuit against his ex-wife Amber Heard.
Court asks Amber Heard to pay Johnny Depp $15 million in damages for defamation. In this, $10 million will be given as compensation, while Amber will have to pay five million dollars as a penalty.
At the same time, in two cases of Amber Heard, the court considered that Johnny Depp had not defamed him, although in the third case, the court found that Johnny Depp, through his lawyer, defamed Amber Heard, for which the court sentenced him for defamation. Instead ordered the payment of two million dollars.
After the court's decision, Amber Heard said in her statement, "I cannot express my disappointment in words. My heart is broken. Even the mountain of evidence could not stand the power, prestige and clout of my ex-husband. It is like a setback. It is also a setback for taking seriously violence against women."
At the same time, Johnny Depp has said in his statement that from the very beginning the purpose of the case was to bring out the truth, whatever the outcome. Truth can never be erased.
The court case of Hollywood actor Johnny Depp and his ex-wife Amber Heard was in the news for the past six weeks. Amber Heard was present in the Virginia courtroom on the day of the verdict, while Johnny Depp stayed away from the court on the day of the verdict, citing his concert.
What was the matter?
Johnny Depp, 58, sued his ex-wife and actress Amber Heard, 36. In fact, in 2018, Amber wrote a detailed article in the Washington Post newspaper that she had been a victim of domestic violence, although she did not name anyone.
But Johnny Depp had said that this article defames him and it has affected his career. After this Johnny Depp filed a lawsuit against his ex-wife for $ 50 million. In return, Ember also did a $100 million case.
The hearing of the same case was going on for the last six weeks in the civil case, whose decision came after midnight on Wednesday. The court has held that Johnny was defamed by Amber's article. According to the court, the article written by Amber was false and defamatory.
The court has also held that the statements made by Amber regarding their marriage were false.
Interest was being seen all over the world regarding this matter. The case has been heard by a jury of seven members, according to Court TV, this jury consisted of five men and two women. Even before this in 2016, Amber Heard has accused Johnny Depp of assault.
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The two met in 2011 on the sets of the Hollywood film 'The Rum Diary' which was shot in Puerto Rico. Both started dating from 2012 and both got married in 2015.
After 15 months of marriage, both of them said that their relationship is over. Amber Heard filed for divorce and filed a restraining order against Johnny Depp, showing beatings on his face. Johnny Depp gave $7 million to Amber after the divorce, on which Amber said that she wanted to donate this amount. Although Johnny Depp's team questioned this claim.
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what were the allegations
Amber Hoard's allegations during testimony-
"The cycle of violence for me started in 2012.He had a relationship before. I laughed because I thought he was joking but he slapped me.
Johnny Depp is such a person who behaves with a lot of goodwill but after the effect of alcohol and drugs, he gets very angry, he thought that I was having a relationship with someone else.
Johnny Depp tried to hide his addiction to drugs which included cocaine and alcohol. When he came back he was not drunk and he used to talk to me very lovingly and apologize saying that everything will be fine. By 2013, I used to feel divided.
During his testimony, Ember told about an incident. I thought he was drunk. After this Johnny got angry and started shouting and there was a fight with the woman. When we came back, Johnny started looking for drugs and even tore my underwear.
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(Johnny Depp has denied the allegations of assault.)
Johnny Depp's allegations during testimony-
"It seems that Amber Heard had a habit and need for violence and confrontation. If I've done bad things to anyone, it's me. Once I got out of bed, I found a strange thing on my side, which was human excrement. "
(Amber Heard has denied this allegation in a lawsuit in the UK in 2018.)
Johnny Depp's lawyers say the aggression and outrage comes from Amber and she pretends to be a victim to promote her career.
Johnny Depp's drug case
During the hearing in the case, Johnny Depp said that when he used to take medicine for a back injury, he got addicted to opioids which were being given to him. He alleges that when he was trying to quit his drug addiction, Amber Heard would not allow him to take medicines that could have helped him deal with the withdrawal symptoms.
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Other facts and testimony related to the case
A hearing was held in court from Johnny Depp on a 2013 text message that he had sent to the British actor. It was written in the text – Let us burn his face, will drown him before burning. When Johnny Depp was asked about this text in court, he said that it is related to the film Monty Patwin, which talks about burning and drowning witches. He said that he has been watching this film since the age of ten and it was just a joke.
The jury also listened to an audio recording between Johnny Depp and Amber, in which Johnny Depp can be heard using abusive language. At one place Amber Heard yells at Johnny Depp and tells him to put the cigarette on someone else but Johnny Depp is saying derogatory things to Amber about his weight.
The jury also heard testimony from the former couple's therapists, who said how Johnny and Amber were abusing each other. The medical staff who treated Johnny Depp have also testified while he was trying to quit the drug habit.
Psychologist's testimony - The forensic psychologist testified on behalf of Ember Hoard's team and said that he believed Ember was a victim of domestic violence and had spoken to Ember several times.
