The jury has reached a verdict in the blockbuster defamation trial between actors and ex-spouses Johnny Depp and Amber Heard. After spending roughly six weeks in the Fairfax, Virginia courtroom, the jury determined that Heard is guilty of defaming her former spouse in a 2018 op-ed she wrote for the Washington Post. Heard was found guilty on all counts, as the jury […]
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A dynamic that may decide the fate of the defamation duel between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard emerged on Friday during closing arguments: Depp played up evidence that he argues vindicates him of abuse, while Heard played up standards of law that she argues must lead the jury to find in her favor. Over six weeks of trial, dozens […]
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Johnny Depp repeatedly hit Amber Heard in the face during an argument at the couple’s penthouse in March 2015, Heard’s sister told a jury on Wednesday. The sister, Whitney Henriquez, was called to the stand to corroborate Heard’s allegations that Depp repeatedly assaulted her over the course of their four-year relationship. Heard is defending herself from a defamation suit […]
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Johnny Depp’s defamation trial against Amber Heard took a new turn Wednesday when his former CAA agent, Christian Carino, told the court that the actor had become unemployable in Hollywood following Heard’s allegations of abuse. Carino, a longtime agent who previously represented Depp, said he warned the actor’s handlers that his legal disputes were becoming […]
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A week into the $50 million defamation trial between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard, the marquee player is about to take the stand. Depp will testify on his own behalf Tuesday in the exceedingly high-profile case that is taking place in Virginia’s Fairfax County Courthouse, we’ve learned. If all goes to plan, the ex-Pirates of the Caribbean star will […]
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A two-part docuseries about the high-profile divorce between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard has been ordered at Discovery+, the streaming service said Friday. Commissioned by Discovery UK, “Johnny vs Amber” will tell “the story of the breakdown of their relationship and how it tipped into the celebrity court case of the decade” and follows “this […]
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Johnny Depp has failed in his attempt to challenge the ruling in the U.K. High Court that he was violent to his former wife Amber Heard. Last year, the actor waged a three-week libel case against the publisher of The Sun newspaper over a 2018 article calling him a “wife beater.” Depp claimed that Heard’s allegations of domestic […]
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Judge Andrew Nicol has ruled against Johnny Depp in the actor’s libel case against News Group Newspapers, publisher of The Sun, and the tabloid’s executive editor Dan Wootton over a 2018 article alleging he was a “wife beater.” Depp’s lawyers said it is highly likely he will appeal against the ruling. In his conclusion, the judge wrote: “The […]
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Johnny Depp surprised the Hall H audience for the “Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald” panel at San Diego Comic-Com Saturday morning, delivering an in-character lecture that was part villain rant and part fascist speech. That was appropriate for a character who, in the “Harry Potter” universe, is essentially a magical cross between Hitler and […]
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Rolling Stone has published a new profile of Johnny Depp by Stephen Rodrick, and it is damning. The profile, which focuses on Depp’s financial troubles and his lawsuit against his former business manager, depicts the actor as a fading has-been who can’t quite accept that his star power is on the wane. Depp’s much-vaunted cool becomes pathetic […]
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