A day after Amber Heard appealed the verdict in their defamation case, Johnny Depp filed his own appeal to challenge the court's recent decision.
. Depp initially won $15 million in damages, but that sum was reduced to about $10.4 million in accordance with Virginia’s statutory limit.
“The verdict speaks for itself, and Mr. Depp believes that this a time for both parties to move on with their lives and heal,” a representative for Depp said in a statement provided to The Times. “But if Ms. Heard is determined to pursue further litigation by appealing the verdict, Mr. Depp is filing a concurrent appeal to ensure that the full record and all legal issues are considered by the Court of Appeal.
Heard made her intentions to appeal the verdict clear more than a month before she officially filed. Upon the “Aquaman” actor’s official filing this week, Depp’s team said they “remain confident in our case and that the verdict will stand.” Depp did not previously express his intention to appeal the verdict before Friday.The years-long defamation case stemmed from a 2018 op-ed Heard wrote for the Washington Post, in which she called herself “a public figure representing domestic abuse.
On Thursday, Heard’s team said it understood that revisiting the outcome of the trial and challenging Depp once again put a target on the actor’s back,“While we realize today’s filing will ignite the Twitter bonfires, there are steps we need to take to ensure both fairness and justice,” a spokesperson for Heard said Thursday.
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