After lost the trial for defamation intentatole by Johnny Depp, Amber Heard was sentenced to compensate her ex-husband with 10.4 million dollars (he had asked for 50). Figure reduced to approx 8 million Why he owes two to him, having himself been found guilty of libel because he called Amber’s domestic violence charges “a scam.” Despite her “discount”, the actress, according to her lawyer, is absolutely unable to pay such a sum. And maybe she won’t have to do it: the star’s lawyers, Camille Vasquez and Benjamin Chewhave in fact told on TV, to be precise a Good Morning Americathat Johnny “could waive the 8 million in compensation by Amber Heard “. Because the moral victory would be enough for him: the “Pirate of the Caribbean” “he feels as if the weight of the world has been lifted off his shoulders. He hadn’t smiled like that for six years“. That is, since Amber, after only one year of marriage, asked for her divorce, obtaining a restraining order for domestic violence against Depp. The climax of the affair in December 2018, when the actress on Washington Post accused her ex-husband, without ever quoting him directly, of domestic abuse. Hence the libel trial initiated, and won, by Depp.
But now the star, according to his lawyers, is ready to give up $ 8 million in compensation. It will only do it if Will Amber give up appealing? This question was not answered by Depp’s lawyers. That Heard does not want to surrender to the verdict with which the “trial of horrors” ended in which both protagonists recounted a wedding based on violence, drugs and degradation, a spokesperson for the actress said it outright. Who, after the sentence, expressed all her bitterness in the first person: “I am heartbroken by the fact that the mountain of evidence was not enough to counteract the disproportionate power of my ex-husband.”
Camille Vasquez and Benjamin Chew think differently: Amber lost because the jury didn’t like her. And she didn’t like her because, ‘unlike Johnnywho also spoke frankly about his alcohol and drug problems, he took no responsibility for anything“. For Depp’s trial “was not a question of money. It was about restoring his reputation. And he succeeded ».
Other stories of Vanity Fair that may interest you:
- Amber Heard’s sister against Johnny Depp (also) via social media: “I know what I saw”
- Johnny Depp opens a TikTok profile (and immediately surpasses 3 million followers)
- Johnny Depp in the pub after the verdict
- The reactions of Johnny Depp and Amber Heard after the verdict
Source: Vanity Fair
