Johnny Depp and Amber Heard face to face in court over a lawsuit worth at least $ 50 million. The defamation trial by the actor against his ex-wife opened today in Virginia after an editorial she herself wrote in 2018 for the Washington Post in which it talks about domestic violence.
Depp’s name is never mentioned in the editorial but according to the latter, that article ruined his career. The process in the United States follows that in the United Kingdom in 2020 and again by diffraction. In that case Depp sued, and nevertheless lost, against the tabloid The Sun which described him as a person who beat his wife. This time the lawsuit is against Heard herself. It will also be a jury to issue a verdict and not a judge. The actress had previously asked the court to dismiss the case but a judge instead ruled that Depp can continue.
The couple married in 2015 after only 15 months of marriage, Heard filed for divorce claiming she suffered physical violence when he was drunk. The couple divorced in January 2017.
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