{"id":1500055,"date":"2022-06-01T15:30:15","date_gmt":"2022-06-01T19:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1500055"},"modified":"2022-06-01T15:30:25","modified_gmt":"2022-06-01T19:30:25","slug":"breaking-johnny-depp-wins-in-defamation-case-against-amber-heard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-johnny-depp-wins-in-defamation-case-against-amber-heard\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Johnny Depp Wins In Defamation Case Against Amber Heard"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbreaking-johnny-depp-wins-in-defamation-case-against-amber-heard%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1500055&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A jury on Wednesday found that actor\u00a0Johnny Depp was defamed by\u00a0ex-wife Amber Heard, and awarded him monetary damages.<\/p>\n<p>Depp sued Heard for $50 million over an op-ed she penned about domestic violence at The Washington Post in 2018. The \u201cAquaman\u201d actress then countersued for $100 million.<\/p>\n<p>At around 3 p.m. on Wednesday, the jury was expected to give the verdict, but were instead sent back to add apparently missing monetary damages by the judge.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe judge overseeing the Johnny Depp-Amber Heard trial just sent the jury back to the deliberation room,\u201d reported NewsNation correspondent Markie Martin. \u201cSaying they needed to fill out additional compensatory\/punitive damages information before a verdict can be publicly read.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">JUST IN: The judge overseeing the Johnny Depp-Amber Heard trial just sent the jury back to the deliberation room. Saying they needed to fill out additional compensatory\/punitive damages information before a verdict can be publicly read.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Markie Martin (@MarkieMartin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarkieMartin\/status\/1532075871108235265?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 1, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Notably, Depp was not in the courtroom when the verdict was read.<\/p>\n<p>Court TV legal correspondent Chanley Sh\u00e1 Painter reported Wednesday: \u201cAs a source close to Johnny Depp \u2013 \u2018Due to previously scheduled work commitments made before the trial, Mr. Depp will not be physically present for today\u2019s 3pm verdict and will be watching from the United Kingdom.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for Heard subsequently blasted Depp for his absence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYour presence shows where your priorities are,\u201d the spokesperson said, CBR.com <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbr.com\/amber-heard-spokesman-blasts-johnny-depp-trial-verdict\/\">reported<\/a>. \u201cJohnny Depp plays guitar in the UK while Amber Heard waits for a verdict in Virginia. Depp is taking his snickering and lack of seriousness on tour.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During the intense trial, Heard detailed serious allegations of abuse at the hands of Depp, including a rape with a possibly broken Maker\u2019s Mark bottle. Depp and his legal team denied all allegations and told the jury that Heard perpetrated a #MeToo hoax to take from Depp, and also to punish him for leaving her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t know if the bottle he had inside me was broken,\u201d Heard <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/watch-amber-heard-sobs-uncontrollably-on-stand-recalling-depp-allegedly-beating-penetrating-her-with-bottle\">said<\/a> on the stand this month, recalling an alleged incident from 2015 in Australia. \u201cI couldn\u2019t feel it. I couldn\u2019t feel anything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy nightgown came completely off, it was ripped off of me,\u201d the actress told the jury, noting that Depp was allegedly repeatedly punching the wall.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was naked, slipping around on this tile,\u201d she claimed. Depp was allegedly \u201cscreaming\u201d that Heard \u201cruined his life\u201d and that he \u201cf***ing\u201d hated her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m looking in his eyes, I don\u2019t see him anymore,\u201d a sobbing Heard said, breathing heavily. \u201cIt wasn\u2019t him. It was black. I\u2019ve never been so scared in my life. I was trying to get through to Johnny and I couldn\u2019t see him at all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Depp attorney Camille Vasquez said during closing arguments last week that Heard\u2019s accusations were part of a hoax against her client.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe gave the performance of her life,\u201d Vasquez said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe came into this courtroom prepared to give the performance of her life, and she gave it,\u201d the attorney\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/camille-vasquez-accuses-amber-heard-sobbing-without-tears-1710914\">continued<\/a>. \u201cMs. Heard\u2019s acting coach, Kristina Sexton, testified that Ms. Heard has difficulty crying when she is acting. You saw it, Ms. Heard sobbing\u00a0without tears while spinning elaborate, exaggerated, fantastical accounts of abuse.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a performance,\u201d Vasquez told the jury. \u201cShe told you what she thinks you need to hear to convict this man as a domestic abuser and a rapist. She wants you to believe she was abused countless times. Countless times over the entire course of their relationship. But as Mr. [Ben] Chew and I promised you, the evidence just does not bear that out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In closing arguments for Heard\u2019s team, attorney Ben Rottenborn argued that the jury had to find that Depp abused Heard just one time, in any capacity, to come to a verdict for his client.<\/p>\n<p><em>This is a developing story, please refresh for updates\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A jury on Wednesday found that actor\u00a0Johnny Depp was defamed by\u00a0ex-wife Amber Heard, and awarded him monetary damages. Depp sued Heard for $50 million over an op-ed she penned about domestic violence at The Washington Post in 2018. The \u201cAquaman\u201d actress then countersued for $100 million. 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