Posted on 06/01/2022 12:46:58 PM PDT by Anti-Bubba182
A Virginia jury on Wednesday found Johnny Depp and his former spouse, Amber Heard, both defamed each other, awarding $15 million in damages to the “Rum Diary” star and $2 million to his ex-wife.
Depp had sued Heard for $50 million in damages. In a $100 million counterclaim, Heard accused Depp of damaging her reputation by dubbing her a liar following her allegations of sexual violence against him....."
(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...
It was a WIN WIN for Depp
Amber will become known now as Amber Turd
In related news, Depp momentarily realized where he was.
Maybe Amber should just stick to girls.
Have to read the verdict very carefully.
Heard is liable for lying about Depp.
Depp’s AGENT is liable for [lesser] lying about Heard.
Both involve what was very specifically published, and (I suspect in lieu of further detailed reading) not opposing sides of the same thing.
this trial is about as irrelevant as sussman’s trial.
Who are you to say what is of value and what is not? You sound like the juror in the Sussman trial who said there are more important things than someone lying to the FBI.
The fact is, you aren’t considering being in their position. If someone said things about you that caused you to not only lose your job but become unemployable in your field of work entirely, you would feel a lot differently than you do.
In short, quit being a narcissistic piece of shxt and have some empathy. Career ending events are nothing to be blown off as nothing regardless of who you are or what you’ve done.
Scary that Depp is more lucid than resident Brandon.
8.35 million.
I don’t know about anyone else, but I can’t wait for the appeal! /s
Virginia statute § 8.01-38.1 places a cap of $350,000 on punitive damages courts may award to punish wrongdoers. If a jury in Virginia exceeds the cap on punitive damages, judges are required to reduce the award to the maximum allowed by law.
I wish they would have sentenced them to be stranded on a desert island together for the rest of their lives never to be heard from again. I can wish??
Short version: some random actress nobody much cares about paid $13 million to her ex-husband in the process of providing free entertainment to those sorts of people who enjoy watching court TV.
Now we can all get back to the Kardashians.
I agree with you. We can “walk and chew gum” so to speak, at the same time.
In spite of recent horrific events, people are being sued and court cases are being heard and verdicts are being rendered. The fact that there are horrific events in the world, does not negate the rights of someone to have their day in court.
He’s best known for “Rum Diary”?
I have not paid attention to any of this trial until now. Is the end result that Heard has to pay Depp $13 million?
This is the best solution. Pretty much points out they are both idiots.
Ah, the VA punitive damage cap.
Of course not, it’s more about the priorities of people though, and what the networks think is important. And the worst part is, the rest of the world gets caught up in this garbage. This is what we now export to the world. Garbage!
Yes the end result is 13 million to Depp
read it again
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