{"id":33490,"date":"2022-06-02T12:37:21","date_gmt":"2022-06-02T12:37:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/jury-awards-millions-of-dollars-to-johnny-depp-in-libel-suit-amber-heard-wins-less-in-countersuit\/"},"modified":"2022-06-02T12:37:21","modified_gmt":"2022-06-02T12:37:21","slug":"jury-awards-millions-of-dollars-to-johnny-depp-in-libel-suit-amber-heard-wins-less-in-countersuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/jury-awards-millions-of-dollars-to-johnny-depp-in-libel-suit-amber-heard-wins-less-in-countersuit\/","title":{"rendered":"Jury awards millions of dollars to Johnny Depp in libel suit; Amber Heard wins less in countersuit"},"content":{"rendered":"
Amber Heard was found liable for defaming Johnny Depp in an op-ed published in the Washington Post, and Depp was found liable for a statement his attorney made to the Daily Mail calling her claims a hoax, a jury decided Wednesday. Jurors awarded Depp a total of $ 15 million in damages and Heard $ 2 million. <\/p>\n
While the jury found Depp should receive $ 10 million in compensatory damages and $ 5 million in punitive damages, the judge said state law caps punitive damages at $ 350,000, meaning Depp’s award would total $ 10.35 million.<\/p>\n
In a statement posted on Twitter and Instagram Heard said, “The disappointment I feel today is beyond words.”<\/span> Depp said in a statement posted to Instagram, “the jury gave me my life back.”<\/span><\/p>\n The verdict marked the end of a dramatic trial in the civil suit that laid bare the troubled marriage between the stars. <\/p>\n