As expected, Johnny Depp does not want to pay a penny to Amber Heard. Last June, the star of Pirates of the Caribbean won his libel suit against his ex-wife, winning over ten million dollars in damages. But the victory was not total, since the actress ofAquaman obtained from justice that the actor pays him two million dollars, the jury having found that Johnny Depp had also been defamatory towards her through her former lawyer Adam Waldman.
“Out of the question”, answers today the team of lawyers of the actor, who according to Deadline formally filed a request to appeal this decision. “The Court should set aside the judgment on Ms. Heard’s claim for compensation with respect to Waldman’s April 27 statement, but should otherwise affirm the judgment in favor of Mr. Depp,” reads the text of the statement. this call request.
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The “Waldman statement” the document refers to is a quote from the star’s ex-lawyer, Adam Waldman, in April 2020, in the DailyMail, in which he referred to the arguments between the couple calling them a “hoax”. Amber Heard believed that Johnny Depp was legally responsible for the statements of his lawyer. This was agreed by the jury at first instance and questioned by the new team of lawyers for the star.
“The judgment in favor of Mrs. Heard on this statement alone is erroneous. Even if the Court were to conclude that Mr. Depp can be held liable for Mr. Waldman’s allegedly tortious conduct, the trial court nonetheless erred in dismissing Mr. Depp’s motion for summary judgment and motion to strike out. because Ms. Heard has not presented evidence that Mr. Waldman acted with actual malicious intent when he made the statement last April 27,” concludes Johnny Depp’s appeal request.