Amber Heard files appeal against Johnny Depp's US libel win ruling [View all]
Source: BBC
Amber Heard files appeal against Johnny Depp's US libel win ruling
5 December 2022
By Paul Glynn
Entertainment reporter
Amber Heard's lawyers have filed an appeal against the result of her libel case with Johnny Depp.
In June, a US jury found Ms Heard defamed her ex-husband, Mr Depp, with an article in which she claimed she was a victim of domestic abuse.
Jurors awarded Mr Depp - who denied abusing Ms Heard - $15m (£12m) in compensatory and punitive damages.
Her team have now asked for the jury's verdict to be reversed, or for a new trial entirely.
Ms Heard, 36, won one of three counter-claims against Mr Depp, 59, and was awarded $2m (£1.6m) in compensatory damages.
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