Johnny Depp has formally filed to attraction the decision which awarded his ex-wife Amber Heard $2million (£1.7m) in damages, in the future after the Aquaman actress filed her personal towards the end result of the bombshell trial.
In June, after a prolonged listening to on the Fairfax County District Courtroom, the jury discovered that Heard, 36, did defame the Pirates of the Caribbean actor in a 2018 op-ed for The Washington Put up.
The article was about her experiences as a survivor of home abuse, which Depp’s attorneys stated falsely accused him of being an abuser.
After the unanimous verdict, Depp, 59, was awarded $15m (£13m) in complete, damaged down as $10m (£8.3m) in compensatory damages and $5m (£4m) in punitive damages.
Nevertheless, this was capped at $350,000 (£293,000) per Virginia state regulation, lowering the overall to $8.35m (£7m).
In the meantime, Heard was awarded $2m (£1.7m) in compensatory damages – and it’s this verdict Depp needs to overturn.
Paperwork filed by Depp’s group on Friday in Fairfax County learn: ‘Plaintiff and counterclaim-defendant John C Depp, II, by counsel, hereby appeals to the Courtroom of Appeals of Virginia from all adversarial rulings and from the ultimate judgment order of this Circuit Courtroom entered on June 24, 2022.’
This comes simply 24 hours after Heard’s attorneys submitted a discover that claimed errors made in the course of the trial had prevented a ‘simply and truthful verdict’ from being returned.
A spokesperson for Heard informed Metro.co.uk on Thursday: ‘We imagine the court docket made errors that prevented a simply and truthful verdict in step with the First Modification.
‘We’re subsequently interesting the decision. Whereas we realise at this time’s submitting will ignite the Twitter bonfires, there are steps we have to take to make sure each equity and justice.’
Depp’s spokesperson additionally stated: ‘The jury listened to the intensive proof introduced in the course of the six-week trial and got here to a transparent and unanimous verdict that the defendant herself defamed Mr Depp in a number of cases. We stay assured in our case and that this verdict will stand.’
The Justice League actress’ filings come shortly after Decide Penney Azcarate, who oversaw the six-week trial, dismissed her authorized group’s claims of improper juror service.
Heard’s attorneys claimed that the decision that she had defamed Depp was not supported by proof, and that the mistaken juror had been on the jury in the course of the trial.
‘We imagine the court docket made errors that prevented a simply and truthful verdict in step with the First Modification,’ a spokesperson for Heard stated, following the submitting’s submission. ‘We’re subsequently interesting the decision.
‘Whereas we realise at this time’s submitting will ignite the Twitter bonfires, there are steps we have to take to make sure each equity and justice.’
Depp’s authorized group hit again in their very own assertion, which stated in accordance Deadline: ‘Following a six-week jury trial, a jury of Ms Heard’s friends rendered a verdict towards her in just about all respects.
‘Although understandably displeased with the end result of trial, Ms Heard has recognized no respectable foundation to put aside the least bit the jury’s choice.
‘Virginia regulation is obvious {that a} verdict is to not be put aside except it’s “plainly mistaken or with out proof to assist it”.‘
It continued: ‘Right here, the decision was well-supported by the overwhelming proof, in step with the regulation, and shouldn’t be put aside.
‘Mr Depp respectfully submits that the court docket ought to deny Ms Heard’s Put up-Trial Motions, which verge into the frivolous.’
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