{"id":18840,"date":"2022-06-09T09:04:33","date_gmt":"2022-06-09T09:04:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wrigleyclaydon.com\/?p=18840"},"modified":"2022-06-09T09:04:33","modified_gmt":"2022-06-09T09:04:33","slug":"jury-in-the-usa-rules-against-amber-heard-in-defamation-suit-brought-by-johnny-depp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrigleyclaydon.com\/?p=18840","title":{"rendered":"Jury in the USA rules against Amber heard in defamation suit brought by Johnny Depp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Last week, a jury in the USA <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/depp-heard-jury-return-wednesday-weigh-hollywood-stars-defamation-claims-2022-06-01\/\">ruled<\/a> against Amber Heard in a defamation suit brought on by Johnny Depp\u00a0for an article she wrote in\u00a0The Washington Post\u00a0about domestic abuse. Depp claimed Heard had defamed him when she described herself as a \u201cpublic figure representing domestic abuse\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The jury awarded Depp damages of a total of $15 million \u2013 $10 million in compensatory damages and $5 million in punitive damages.<\/p>\n<p>The outcome of this case was different from a libel case that\u00a0Depp brought, and<a href=\"https:\/\/www.judiciary.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Judgment-FINAL.pdf\">\u00a0lost<\/a> in England, against The Sun\u00a0for having called him a \u201cwife-beater\u201d in one of its articles in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>In England, the burden of proof lay with\u00a0The Sun to prove that Depp was a \u201cwife-beater\u201d,\u00a0but in the US, it was Depp who had to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lexology.com\/library\/detail.aspx?g=620f52bb-e354-41f9-8193-2a62276685e6\">persuade<\/a>\u00a0the jury that Heard not only defamed him, but did so with malice.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Suffering a dispute can have serious implications on you and your livelihood and reputation.\u00a0 Our dispute resolution solicitors will quickly and efficiently put your case together and act on your behalf. Call Vijay Srivastava or Shalish Mehta in our civil and commercial litigation department on 0161 624 6811(Option 6) or email vjs@wrigleyclaydon.com or <a href=\"mailto:sm@wrigleyclaydon.com\">sm@wrigleyclaydon.com<\/a>. We can advise you on the appropriate course of action and assist with any legal documents or proceedings that may occur.<\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrigleyclaydon.com\/litigation-solicitors\/civil-litigation\/\">Civil Litigation<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrigleyclaydon.com\/dispute-resolution\/\">Dispute Resolution<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrigleyclaydon.com\/company-and-commercial-solicitors-in-oldham\/commercial-litigation\/\">Commercial Litigation<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Last week, a jury in the USA ruled against Amber Heard in a defamation suit brought on by Johnny Depp\u00a0for an article she wrote in\u00a0The Washington Post\u00a0about domestic abuse. Depp claimed Heard had defamed him when she described herself as a \u201cpublic figure representing domestic abuse\u201d. The jury awarded Depp damages of a total of&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6705,6709,6059,221,35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18840","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commercial-litigation","category-defamation","category-dispute-resolution","category-litigation-disputes","category-news","category-6705","category-6709","category-6059","category-221","category-35","description-off"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrigleyclaydon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18840","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrigleyclaydon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrigleyclaydon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrigleyclaydon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrigleyclaydon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18840"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrigleyclaydon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18840\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrigleyclaydon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrigleyclaydon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrigleyclaydon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}