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Amber Heard – Johnny Depp Trial: Guilty Verdicts For The Two Actors

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The jurors of the trial between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard, who accuse each other of defamation, reached a verdict this Wednesday, June 1 in this trial which revealed the lacklustre private lives of two Hollywood celebrities.

The seven jurors have deliberated nearly 1 p.m. since Friday to agree on a unanimous decision which was to be made at 3 p.m. local time in the Fairfax court, near Washington, but which was ultimately delayed by poorly completed documents.

Around 3:20 p.m., the five men and two women officially declared Amber Heard guilty of defamation of Johnny Depp and ordered him to pay $ 15 million in damages to the latter. Johnny Depp was also found guilty of having defamed Amber Heard, concluded by the American jury which awarded two million dollars to the actress.

$50 million claimed

The star of the Pirates of the Caribbean saga sued his ex-wife for a column published by the Washington Post in 2018, in which she said she was “a public figure representing domestic violence”.

Although he is not named, Johnny believed that this platform had destroyed his career and his reputation, and claimed 50 million dollars in damages. Amber Heard, who appeared in Justice League  and Aquaman in particular , had counterattacked and asked for the double.

The 36-year-old actress claimed to have been defamed by a former lawyer for her ex-husband, who had called her accusations of domestic violence “hoaxes” in April 2020.

Three passages from the platform of Amber Heard and three statements from Adam Waldman, the actor’s lawyer, were concerned. Jurors had to determine whether each passage was defamatory.

But to award damages, they had to judge whether the author of the statements had acted out of “genuine malice”, knowing them to be false or whether they were made in defiance of the truth, a legal subtlety concerning public figures in the United States of America.

Olawale Adeniyi Journalist | Content Writer | Proofreader and Editor.

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