{"id":33322,"date":"2022-06-02T08:36:11","date_gmt":"2022-06-02T08:36:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/johnny-depp-vs-amber-heard-trial-verdict-repudiation-how-much-do-they-owe-each-other\/"},"modified":"2022-06-02T08:36:11","modified_gmt":"2022-06-02T08:36:11","slug":"johnny-depp-vs-amber-heard-trial-verdict-repudiation-how-much-do-they-owe-each-other","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/johnny-depp-vs-amber-heard-trial-verdict-repudiation-how-much-do-they-owe-each-other\/","title":{"rendered":"Johnny Depp vs Amber Heard trial verdict repudiation: How much do they owe each other?"},"content":{"rendered":"
Johnny Depp has prevailed in his $ 50m (\u00a3 40m) defamation lawsuit against his ex-wife Amber Heard over accusations of domestic abuse.<\/p>\n
A seven-person civil jury in Virginia found that Ms Heard defamed the Pirates of the Caribbean<\/em> and Fantastic Beasts<\/em> star when she implied he abused her in a 2018 op-ed for The Washington Post<\/em>.<\/p>\n The jury also upheld one of Ms Heard’s three claims in a $ 100m countersuit against Mr Depp and his lawyer, who had called her original allegations in 2016 an \u201cambush\u201d and \u201ca hoax\u201d.<\/p>\n Neither side, however, got the full amount of damages they were seeking. <\/p>\n Depp was awarded compensatory damages of $ 10m and punitive damages of $ 5m by the jury, compared to the $ 50 million sought by his lawyers.<\/p>\n Ms Heard was awarded compensatory damages of $ 2m and no punitive damages, compared to the $ 100m requested by her countersuit.<\/p>\n Since Virginia law limits punitive damages to $ 350,000, the actress is liable to pay Mr Depp a total of $ 10.35m. <\/p>\n Altogether, that leaves Mr Depp with $ 8.35m from the trial, although it is unclear who will be ordered to pay whose legal costs.<\/p>\n Neither party’s damages can be avoided due to bankruptcy, which Mr Depp reportedly came close to in 2009.<\/p>\nHow much money were Depp and Heard awarded?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n