Actor Johnny Depp (57) was not upheld in the very public lawsuit against ex-wife Amber Heard (34) and the newspaper The Sun, writes Sky News. This means that he is not allowed to appeal the verdict.
Depp filed a civil lawsuit against the British tabloid newspaper The Sun for referring to him as a “wife banker” in an article in 2018. The star therefore felt insulted, and demanded redress.
Lost in court
In November, three months after the trial of the actor was over, the judge rejected Depp’s claims that the British tabloid newspaper dishonored the actor with the statement.
The 57-year-old went to court against the owners, News Group Newspapers, after the article, which referred to “overwhelming evidence” that he had attacked the 34-year-old wife several times during the marriage.
However, the actor has denied the allegations and has not been charged with a criminal act.
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The court went in July, and in November the ruling finally came. On November 2, the news came that Depp had lost in court. The British judge in the case, Andrew Nicol, handed down his ruling online, 96 days after the trial ended.
Marriage Hollywood fears
– Complainants have not been successful in their request for redress, the judge wrote, adding that the other party had shown that what they published was “substantially true”.
Shortly afterwards mentioned The Sun sour.
– A fantastic victory for press freedom. The London Supreme Court has ruled that we had the RIGHT to label the “Pirates of the Caribbean” actor as a wife banker for his brutal attack on his ex-wife, was among what was in the article.
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– Drank too much alcohol
In its defense, NGN (News Group Newspapers journ.anm.) Had relied on 14 separate allegations of domestic violence, which are said to have taken place between 2013 and 2016. In the court ruling, the judge said he found that 12 of the 14 alleged incidents took place. place.
Furthermore, the judge explained that a recurring theme in Depp’s evidence was that Amber Heard had constructed a bluff, and that she had done this as a kind of insurance, and that she was a so-called “gold digger.”
– She bows in my bed
A particularly controversial issue in the trial was how Depp had had the tip of his middle finger cut off. Depp claimed that Heard had caused the injury during a trip to Australia. This alleges Depp happened when Heard threw a bottle of vodka at him. Heard, for his part, claimed that his ex-husband was injured when he smashed a telephone.
In the ruling, the judge concluded that Heard did not cause the injury to Depp’s fingertips. The judge ruled that Depp was angry because he thought Heard was having an affair, and that he was stressed by the “Pirates Of The Caribbean” series, which he saw as his legacy.
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