Social networks were flooded with funny images about the defamation lawsuit between the two Hollywood actors
Johnny Depp was to be paid $22.5 million for a sixth “Pirates of the Caribbean” movie, but after ex-wife Amber Heard accused him of domestic violence, Disney scrapped the project
The jury of the court of Fairfaix (Virginia, USA) declared this Wednesday the actress Amber Heard responsible for defaming the actor Johnny Depp in the opinion column that she published in the newspaper The Washington Post in 2018, although it also considered that he once defamed her.
In their unanimous deliberation, the seven-person jury decided that Heard must pay Depp $15 million, while he must pay her $2 million.
These verdicts ended a televised trial that Depp hoped would help restore his reputation, though it became the spectacle of a flawed marriage. Throughout the trial, fans, overwhelmingly on Depp’s side, queued overnight for one of the coveted seats in court. Those who couldn’t get in crowded the street to cheer Depp and boo Heard when one of them appeared outside of court.
And many people took to social media with funny memes to celebrate the “victory” of the actor from the Pirates of the Caribbean saga over his ex-wife.< /p>
The best memes of the trial resolution:
According to the jury, three sentences written by Heard in a column published in 2018 by the newspaper The Washington Post defamed Depp, although also the actor defamed his ex-wife on one occasion.
In the first sentence, the actress claimed to “speak against sexual violence”, in the second she said “represent domestic abuse and suffer anger against the women who speak”, while in the third he argued that “institutions protected men accused of abuse”.
The jury, which took more than three days to deliberate, considered that these three statements were false and were written with the aim of defaming the famous actor, despite the fact that the column did not mention Depp at any time.< /p>
The actor asked his former partner for 50 million dollars in damages, although finally the actress will have to pay 15 million in compensation.
The actor Johnny Depp emerged victorious from his bitter and publicized lawsuit against his ex-wife Amber Heard, despite the fact that the Jurors concluded that the two Hollywood stars had defamed each other
For her part, Heard responded with a counterclaim alleging that the actor had launched a defamation campaign against her and demanded 100 million. On the counterclaim, the jury considered that Depp defamed the actress on one occasion and Depp must pay 2 million dollars.
While the verdict was read, only Heard was present , since Depp was on a trip to London, where he recently participated in a concert with Jeff Beck and Kate Moss, who participated as a witness in one of the last days of the media trial.
< i>(With information from EFE)