Jury finds Amber Heard defamed Johnny Depp
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A seven-person jury on Wednesday determined that Amber Heard defamed Johnny Depp in the high-profile Depp vs. Heard case.
Driving the news: The trial between the two stars in Fairfax, Va. had attracted immense attention on social media, where many had sided with Depp.
Depp was awarded $15 million — $10 million in compensatory damages and $5 million in punitive damages.The jury also found that Heard proved defamation from statements by Depp’s lawyer, Adam Waldman. She received $2 million in compensatory damages.The jury didn’t fill out the associated damages at first. The judge asked them to fill that part out before reading the verdict.The jury deliberated for about 14 hours, TmZ.NG reports.Heard was present for the verdict, but Depp was not.What they’re saying: “Six years ago, my life, the life of my children, the lives of those closest to me, and also, the lives of the people, who for many, many years have supported and believed in me were forever changed. All in the blink of an eye,” Depp said in an Instagram post.
