They can’t get enough of each other, at least not in court: The former dream couple Johnny Depp and Amber Heard are again in court against each other.
He wants $ 50 million in damages from her, she wants $ 100 million from him: The ex-couple Amber Heard and Johnny Depp will meet again in court today. Almost six years after the separation, they still can’t settle the dispute.
Hollywood star Johnny Depp and his ex-wife Amber Heard will face each other in court again on Monday. At the trial in Fairfax near Washington D.C. The 58-year-old and the 35-year-old accuse each other of defamation. In a 2018 article for the Washington Post, Heard described himself as a victim of domestic violence without naming Depp. The actor then sued his ex-wife, arguing he was implicitly portrayed as an abusive husband.
Johnny Depp lost in the lawsuit against the “Sun”
The actor, known from films such as “Pirates of the Caribbean” and “Edward Scissorhands”, is demanding $50 million in damages from his ex-wife. The actress filed a countersuit, demanding $100 million. Heard had already testified in 2020 as a witness in a lawsuit in London that Depp had brought against the British tabloid “The Sun”. The actor was defeated in the case against the newspaper, which had described him as a “wife bully”.
Mutual allegations: He is said to be a woman bully, she is a cheater
The new process takes place in the US state of Virginia, where the newspaper “Washington Post” is printed. As a result, the law and laws applicable there, which are more favorable to the plaintiff on defamation allegations than in the place of residence of both, California, apply to the process. The jury will be determined first on Monday, after which Judge Azcarate hopes to be able to begin negotiations. Johnny Depp and Amber Heard are understood to appear against each other in person in US court.
In the 2020 lawsuit Depp led against The Sun newspaper, Heard testified: “Some incidents were so serious that I was afraid he would kill me – either on purpose or because he had lost control.” Johnny Depp accused her of having affairs with Elon Musk and James Franco during their marriage, but Amber Heard denies this.
