Johnny Depp And Amber Heard News: Amber Settles Defamation Case Following Appeal

Johnny Depp and Amber Heard news reveals that the couple has avoided yet another appearance in court after settling their latest legal row. Read on and we’ll discuss how it went down.

Johnny Depp and Amber Heard News – The Claims

Johnny Depp and Amber Heard news reveals that, according to NBC, Amber Heard reveals in an Instagram post, Monday, that she settled her defamation case against ex-husband Johnny Depp. Variety reports that Depp originally filed a defamation suit against Heard nearly three years ago in 2019 following an op-ed penned by Heard and published in the Washington Post.

The couple had been married two years before divorcing in 2017 – two years prior to the op-ed in question. A Virginia jury ruled, earlier this year, that Heard and Depp had both defamed one another.

The Damages

Heard defamed Depp by publishing the op-ed and Depp did likewise via a statement made by his attorney in which Depp accused heard of perpetrating a “hoax.” Heard was ordered to pay Depp $10 million in compensatory losses and $5 million in punitive damages.

The judge later shaved off a large portion of the punitive damages, making the sum, instead, $350,000 in accordance with a statutory cap. Depp, on the other hand, was ordered to pay Heard $2 million.

Amber Heard – Appeal Falls Dead In The Water

The following month, Heard filed an appeal, with her lawyer citing “errors” the court made. That appeal, The Thing reports, wasn’t going well leading up to Monday. When Monday rolled around it was confirmed, the Aquaman veteran has now agreed to withdraw her appeal.

Making sure to point out in her statement that, going forward, “there are no restrictions or gags with respect to [Heard’s] voice.” In the same statement, she blasted the legal system for allowing her testimony to be transformed into “entertainment and social media fodder.” What follows is the text of Heard’s full statement.

Amber Heard’s – Statement

“After a great deal of deliberation, I have made a very difficult decision to settle the defamation case brought against me by my ex-husband in Virginia.

It’s important for me to say that I never chose this. I defended my truth and in doing so my life as I knew it was destroyed. The vilification I have faced on social media is an amplified version of the ways in which women are re-victimized when they come forward. Now I finally have an opportunity to emancipate myself from something I attempted to leave over six years ago and on terms, I can agree to. I have made no admission; this is not an act of concession. There are no restrictions or gags with respect to my voice moving forward.

I make this decision have lost faith in the American legal system, where my unprotected testimony served as entertainment and social media fodder.

When I took before a judge in the U.K., I was vindicated by a robust, impartial and fair system, where I was protected from having to give the worst moments of my testimony in front of the worlds media, and where the court found that I was subjected to domestic and sexual violence. In the U.S., however, I exhausted almost all my resources in advance of and during a trial in which I was subject to a courtroom in which abundant, direct evidence that corroborated my testimony was excluded and in which popularity and power mattered more than reason and due process. In the interim I was exposed to a type of humiliation that I simply cannot re-live. Even if my U.S. appeal is successful, the best outcome would be a re-trial where a new jury would have to consider the evidence age. I simply cannot go through that for a third time.

Time is precious, and I want to spend my time productively and purposefully. For too many years I have been caged in an arduous and expensive legal process, which has shown itself unable to protect me and my right to free speech. I cannot afford to risk an impossible bill – one that is not just financial but also psychological, physical and emotional. Women shouldn’t have to face abuse or bankruptcy for speaking her truth, but unfortunately it is not uncommon.

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In settling this case I’m also choosing the freedom to dedicate my time to the work that helped me heal after my divorce; work that exists in realms in which I feel seen, heard and believed and in which I know I can effect change.

I will not be threatened, disheartened, or dissuaded by what happened from speaking the truth. No one can and no one will take that from me. My voice forever remains the most valuable asset I have.

I’d like to thank my outstanding appellate and original trial teams for their relentless hard work. I want to thank everyone who has supported me, and I turn my attention to the growing support that I felt and seen publicly in the months since trial, and the efforts have been made to show solidarity with my story. Any survivor knows that the ability to tell their story often feels like the only relief. I cannot find enough words to tell you the hope your belief in me inspires. Not just for me, but for all of you.

Thank you. See you soon.”

So, there you have it. Barring complications, Johnny Depp and Amber Heard have no more business with one another. Be sure and stay on top of all Johnny Depp or amber Heard stores. Return here often for more Johnny Depp and Amber Heard news and updates.

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