Johnny Depp

Johnny Depp won his defamation case against his ex-wife Amber Heard on Wednesday, and the jury awarded him $15 million in damages. Depp was awarded $10 million ...

The jury reached a verdict, and it is set to be read in about 90 minutes. "Someone who survived abuse and didn’t allow his name to be tarnished by lies," the user wrote. It sets back the clock to a time when a woman who spoke up and spoke out could be publicly shamed and humiliated. I also hope that the position will now return to innocent until proven guilty, both within the courts and in the media. The comment section also celebrated the victory, with some writing "I'm so proud" and "Justice was served." Just before 2 p.m. ET, the hashtag "#JusticeForJohnnyDepp" began to trend with more than 40,000 tweets. It sets back the idea that violence against women is to be taken seriously. I hope that my quest to have the truth be told will have helped others, men or women, who have found themselves in my situation, and that those supporting them never give up. From the very beginning, the goal of bringing this case was to reveal the truth, regardless of the outcome. The jury also awarded Heard $2 million in compensatory damages. False, very serious and criminal allegations were levied at me via the media, which triggered an endless barrage of hateful content, although no charges were ever brought against me. In interviews with NBC News on Wednesday, three PR and crisis communications professionals said they felt confident that Depp could get his big-screen acting career back on track.

A jury has reached a verdict in the Johnny Depp-Amber Heard trial, finding that Heard defamed her ex-husband in a 2018 op-ed published by The Washington ...

And she said, I'm heartbroken that the mountain of evidence still was not enough to stand up to the disproportionate power, influence and sway of my ex-husband. And so the jury ruled with Heard on 1 of 3 claims of defamation, so just one. And Depp, by the way, was not even in the courtroom. The jury awarded Johnny Depp a grand total of $15 million - 10 million in compensatory damages and 5 million in punitive damages. Of course, at issue was a 2018 op-ed written by Amber Heard that was published in The Washington Post. That was the basis of this lawsuit from Depp, whether Heard had defamed him in the piece that ran from the Post. Over the course of this case, both movie stars accused each other of multiple forms of domestic and sexual violence, ranging from cutting off a finger to leaving unspeakable things in a bed.

The jury, after a six-week trial, found that Depp and Heard had defamed each other, but weighed in far more strongly with the 'Pirates of the Caribbean' ...

Heard said she did not know how the injury occurred. "The jury gave me my life back," he said. A Depp fan held a sign reading: "No matter what happens today, Johnny, you are a winner!!! It sets back the clock to a time when a woman who spoke up and spoke out could be publicly shamed and humiliated. "The disappointment I feel today is beyond words," she said in a statement. The jury, after a six-week trial, found that Depp and Heard had defamed each other, but weighed in far more strongly with the Pirates of the Caribbean star.

The jury reached a verdict on Wednesday in the high-profile defamation case between Pirates of the Caribbean star Johnny Depp and his ex-wife Amber Heard.

Deliberations began on Friday in the blockbuster case after a six-week trial featuring blistering mutual accusations of domestic abuse. I hope that my quest to have the truth be told will have helped others, men or women, who have found themselves in my situation, and that those supporting them never give up. "From the very beginning, the goal of bringing this case was to reveal the truth, regardless of the outcome," he said via his spokesperson. It sets back the clock to a time when a woman who spoke up and spoke out could be publicly shamed and humiliated. The jury also awarded Heard $2 million in compensatory damages. "The disappointment I feel today is beyond words.

Depp won $15 million in court today, so what have we learned amidst the screaming?

Minutes after the trial ended, our inboxes began filling with PR offers for legal consultants to talk to, takes to mine, and even a list of bookmaker’s odds for questions like “Who will Amber Heard get engaged to next?” (Johnny Depp is, blessedly, at the bottom of the list.) It’s part of what made Saturday Night Live’s typically tone-deaf assertion that the trial is “for fun” so asinine, because none of this feels fun. At the risk of editorializing more than we’re going to editorialize super hardcore here in a minute, we’ll just go ahead and say it: It’s a good thing that Johnny Depp and Amber Heard are not married anymore. The details of the trial have become slippery and meaningless, even as its existence as The Content has become paramount. It’s the functional apotheosis of the principle that you’re not really alive in 2022 unless you’ve expressed an opinion on something—and the louder, less-informed, and more misogynistic, the better. The core of Depp’s case, money-wise, was that Heard’s allegations in her Washington Post op-ed cost him a lot of cash—which does, in loose terms, appear to be at least somewhat true. In case you somehow missed the screaming—exultant, despairing, confused, good old-fashioned “This is my voice at the height of its capacity for volume because I need to remind myself I exist,” etc., take your pick— the Johnny Depp/Amber Heard trial delivered its verdict today.

The jury also found in favor of Heard, who said she was defamed by Depp's lawyer when he called her abuse allegations a hoax. Jury members found Depp should be ...

(Heard and Depp’s teams each blame the other.) He was also replaced as the title character in the third “Fantastic Beasts” spin-off film, “The Crimes of Grindelwald.” In the Virginia case, Depp had to prove not only that he never assaulted Heard, but that Heard’s article — which focused primarily on public policy related to domestic violence — defamed him. Both performers emerge from the trial with reputations in tatters with unclear prospects for their careers. He’d take my life from me,” Heard said in her final testimony. While the case was ostensibly about libel, most of the testimony focused on whether Heard had been physically and sexually abused, as she claimed. The verdicts bring an end to a televised trial that Depp had hoped would help restore his reputation, though it turned into a spectacle of a vicious marriage.

While the jury in the verdict sided more with Depp, it still ruled that Depp defamed Heard in the course of fighting back against her charges.

I never get tired of saying how wonderful you are and how much I love you. Amber told Johnny Depp to tell the world that he, a man, was a victim of domestic violence and see who is gonna believe him. @QueenAfshan_ tweeted: “Amber told Johnny Depp to tell the world that he, a man, was a victim of domestic violence and see who is gonna believe him. I'm very proud of you and I didn't stop praying and defending you every day! “Speaking the truth was something that I owed to my children and to all those who have remained steadfast in their support of me. I hope that my quest to have the truth be told will have helped others, men or women, who have found themselves in my situation, and that those supporting them never give up.

After a US jury largely sided with Johnny Depp in his libel battle against Amber Heard, could the verdict help the Pirates of the Caribbean star to ...

when they're accused of doing something that involves being volatile, people say, 'Well, I'm not surprised - it doesn't change who I think that person is.'" "He could become an indie darling, where the shoots are six to eight weeks, the payment is $250 000, and he gets 25% of the ownership of the movie, or something like that," said the producer who worked with Depp. While a comeback from lurid accounts of alcohol- and drug-fueled binges could be problematic for someone with a more clean-cut image, Depp "has never said that he was a mild-mannered do-gooder." "The damage that's done is done, and from this, it might start a process back to some sort of normalcy," said a Hollywood producer who has worked with Depp in the past, but asked not to be identified. Despite a string of recent flops, "he's almost always been very good for the box office," she said, noting that Depp is "as much in the public eye now as he ever has been because of the trial." A jubilant Depp on Wednesday said the jury "gave me my life back" as he was awarded more than $10 million in damages for defamation, in contrast to just $2 million for his ex-wife, who had counter-sued.

Following the verdict, which found that Amber Heard had defamed Johnny Depp in her 2018 op-ed, Depp released a statement on Instagram, thanking his fans and ...

“A number of things were allowed in this court that should not have been allowed, and it caused the jury to be confused,” Bredehoft said, noting that Heard was “demonized” by Depp’s legal team despite the “enormous amount of evidence” she and her attorneys presented. The actor then widened the scope of the trial’s impact, calling the findings “a setback” that “sets back the clock to a time when a woman who spoke up and spoke out could be publicly shamed and humiliated.” She also brought in the issue of freedom of speech, concluding, “I’m sad I lost this case. “I’m heartbroken that the mountain of evidence still was not enough to stand up to the disproportionate power, influence, and sway of my ex-husband,” she wrote. Ryan Adams, who has faced his own allegations of sexual harassment, assault, and emotional abuse (allegations he has denied), commented on Depp’s Instagram, leaving a series of congratulatory emoji — a heart, raised hands, and the fire emoji. Heard was awarded $2 million in compensatory damages and $0 in punitive damages relating to Depp’s attorney Adam Waldman’s 2020 op-ed in The Daily Mail. Shortly after the verdict was made public, Depp, who was in England during the verdict, went to his typewriter to craft a statement. “All in the blink of an eye.” (He is apparently referring to the op-ed which was at the center of the trial, in which he is not named.) “False, very serious and criminal allegations were levied at me via the media, which triggered an endless barrage of hateful content, although no charges were ever brought against me.” Addressing Wednesday’s verdict, Depp said in part, “The jury gave me my life back.

Dedicated followers of Hollywood star track him to Tyneside after Amber Heard defamation case ruling.

It follows his appearances with the musician at the Royal Albert Hall in London and Sheffield City Hall. Next on the tour will be now not secret appearances in Glasgow, Manchester, Birmingham and York. “He seemed to be relaxed and relatively happy. He was very gracious and his manner was quite calm. The thing about him is that he looks like a big scary guy but he’s actually really sweet and kind. That fan devotion is replicated across the world. He is a nice guy.”

Here's a list of all the celebrities who liked Johnny Depp and Amber Heard's Instagram statements posted shortly after a civil jury in Virginia found that ...

Jenni “JWoww” Farley (commented “❤️❤️❤️❤️”) Zedd (commented “♥️♥️♥️”) Currently, Depp's Instagram statement has over 16 million likes, and the post does not have comments limited.

Johnny Depp's legal victory and the death of Roe v. Wade are part of the same toxic cultural movement.

This trial, the narrative goes, is a necessary corrective to the #BelieveWomen hashtag that trended in the heady early days of Me Too: The point is not to believe all women, but to believe all victims, including male victims. Meanwhile, the Me Too movement itself was a response to the election of Donald Trump, which came even after Trump was heard on tape boasting about sexually assaulting multiple women. Meanwhile, when a court found Amber Heard should be required to pay $15 million to a man who compelling evidence suggests abused her, the hashtag #AmberTurd trended on Twitter. This verdict is as much as to say that anyone who says the phrase “I was abused” can be sued as a liar, and is highly likely to have a chilling effect on other victims of domestic violence who might want to step forward. The official Twitter account of House Judiciary GOP celebrated with a victorious GIF of Depp in full Jack Sparrow regalia. The political action of the 1970s met the reactionary work of Phyllis Schlafly and her cohort, who killed the Equal Rights Amendment. The girl-power ethos of ’90s third-wave feminism gave way to the virginity-obsessed purity culture of the Bush era.

In this post-#MeToo moment, misogyny and celebrity go hand in hand.

Johnny Depp is being embraced as a hero in some quarters, but his victory extends even to those who will allow themselves to feel troubled by the outcome of the trial and then move on. And while he accused Heard of doing terrible things to him in the course of their relationship and breakup, the lawsuit wasn’t about those things. Some of us may wince a little when we watch “Pirates of the Caribbean” or “Donnie Brasco,” but we’ll probably still watch. The mobs of social media mobilize against women with special frequency and ferocity, often using the language of righteous grievance. That he came off as a guy unable to control his temper or his appetites was seen, by many of the most vocal social media users, to enhance his credibility, while Heard’s every tear or gesture was taken to undermine hers. His offscreen peccadilloes (the drinking, the drugs, the “Winona Forever” tattoo) have been part of the pop-cultural background noise for much of that time, classified along with the scandals and shenanigans that have been a Hollywood sideshow since the silent era. We want them to be bad boys, to break the rules and get away with it. A few years later, it seems more likely that they were sacrificed not to end that system of entitlement but rather to preserve it. The convention of courtroom journalism is to make a scruple of indeterminacy. He brought with him into the courtroom the well-known characters he has played, a virtual entourage of lovable rogues, misunderstood artists and gonzo rebels. I don’t mean that women always tell the truth, that men are always guilty as charged, or that due process isn’t the bedrock of justice. The Johnny Depp-Amber Heard defamation trial was, from gavel to gavel, a singularly baffling, unedifying and sad spectacle.

Amber Heard's lawyer said Thursday the actress cannot afford to pay the roughly $10 million judgment she owes ex-husband Johnny Depp, after a Virginia court ...

Terence Dougherty, an executive representing the American Civil Liberties Union, which Heard was an ambassador for and helped her craft the op-ed, testified about a donation Heard pledged to the organization after she received a $7 million from her divorce from Depp. Heard promised $3.5 million to the ACLU, though only $1.3 million has been given to the organization so far. Dougherty said he believed one of the funds was backed by Elon Musk, who Heard had a relationship with after she split from Depp. Heard paused her donations to the ACLU in 2019 because she was having “financial difficulties,” Dougherty said. Terence Dougherty, an executive representing the American Civil Liberties Union, which Heard was an ambassador for and helped her craft the op-ed, testified about a donation Heard pledged to the organization after she received a $7 million from her divorce from Depp. Heard promised $3.5 million to the ACLU, though only $1.3 million has been given to the organization so far. Dougherty said he believed one of the funds was backed by Elon Musk, who Heard had a relationship with after she split from Depp. Heard paused her donations to the ACLU in 2019 because she was having “financial difficulties,” Dougherty said. There’s no way they couldn’t have been influenced by it," Bredehoft said. They have families.