Johnny Depp responded to Amber Heard’s request to cancel the court verdict

More than a month after the verdict in the legal battle between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard became known, the actress’s team of lawyers filed a motion to set aside her defamation conviction against her ex-husband.

Hurd’s defense argues that date of birth error juror and that there is no evidence that Depp was harmed financial loss or from royal reputation as a result of an opinion article that the actress wrote in a newspaper Washington Post.

In response to this motion, the defense Johnny Depp also asked to reject the petition of the Amber Heard team. Through a memorandum published termThe actor’s lawyers were firm and ask the Virginia court “dismiss Ms Hurd’s unsubstantiated claim”.

“Understandably upset by the outcome of the trial, Ms. Heard found no legal basis for overturning the jury’s decision in any respect. Virginia law is clear that a verdict must not be overturned unless it is manifestly wrong or has evidence to support it. “, the document says.

The actor’s legal team adds that the verdict was supported by “compelling evidence in accordance with the law and should not be overturned”: “Mr. Depp respectfully states that the court should dismiss Ms. Heard’s motions after the trial.” that borders on frivolity”.

THE ORIGIN OF THE COURT BETWEEN JOHNNY DEPP AND AMBER HEARD

This legal battle began with a lawsuit filed by Johnny Depp against his ex-wife, as a result of an article she published in December 2018 in the newspaper Washington Post; indirectly, the actor was accused of domestic violence, which seriously affected his career.

The main character of “Pirates of the Caribbean” has requested an amount of $ 50 million in social damages. Nonetheless, Amber Heard he did not sit idly by; and, through her defense, filed a $100 million counterclaim claiming to be the victim of a smear campaign by her ex-husband.

VERDICT

June 1 last year Johnny Depp was upheld in court against Amber Heard, although the jury also found him liable for libeling an actress in one case. The victory in this media court was obvious for the actor, because he would have to pay Heard only two million dollars, compared to more than 10 that she would have to pay.

A jury of five men and two women unanimously ruled that the three sentences written by Heard in an opinion column published in 2018 in the newspaper Washington Post they were false, libelous, and written with bad intentions, despite not directly mentioning Depp in them.

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