TO four days from the final speeches of the lawyers of the two sides, the jury of Fairfax, Virginia, where it was celebrated the Depp v Heard trialin which the star of the Pirates of the Caribbean sued ex-wife Amber for defamation, she ruled. Johnny Depp won libel suit against Amber Heard. The actress will have to pay her ex-husband $ 15 million in compensation. Depp will also have to pay – 2 million euros – to the former partner.
The jury had to consider 42 questions to determine if Amber had defamed Johnny in her editorial in Washington Post of 2018 in which he explained that he had suffered abuse and violence. The answer is yes. Amber was present in the courtroom, Johnny Depp was not. The actor remained in London where he had performed a few days ago.
“The disappointment I feel today is beyond words. I am heartbroken that the mountain of evidence was not enough to withstand the disproportionate power and influence of my ex-husband, ”the former actress said immediately after reading the sentence. “And I’m even more disappointed with what this verdict means for other women “, he continued, “It’s a setback. Turn back the clock to a time when a woman who spoke was humiliated and not believed. ‘
In this way, the most mediatic process of recent years ends. A real show in which the most murky and gruesome background of a wedding that lasted just 15 months and made of continuous quarrels, violencehideous and unimaginable spite, free angry outbursts It’s a lot alcohol and drugs.
Begun on 12 April, it took only a few hearings for it to be immediately renamed the trial of horrors: the two sides fought to the death, staging a chess game of mutual accusations and spitein which they were not lacking the missteps. Like the mistake on the part of Amber Heard to bring up Kate Moss following the rumor that also gave the supermodel victim of Depp’s violence at the time of their stormy engagement. But rumors are not enough in a trial, evidence is needed, and Kate Moss, called to testify, has denied every rumor.
Meanwhile, the public followed on television, in newspapers and especially on social media (where he has the right to speak e stands as judge on the basis of the algorithm) and he made up his mind about the case. According to the magazine Variety, the actor’s last testimony (last Wednesday) was followed by over 1 million and 200 thousand spectators, more than double the first one celebrated in April. While in Net the views of the clips of the depositions were growing, e a parallel trial was held by a court – not entirely impartial – which had already issued its ruling in favor of Johnny Depp.
Whether or not this had an influence on the jury’s decision we cannot know. But we are certain of one thing: after 6 years of accusations and debates, victories and defeats, public images destroyed and rehabilitated, this sentence does not put an end to this whole story.
Source: Vanity Fair
