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Johnny Depp files appeal brief against ‘erroneous’ Amber Heard verdict

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Johnny Depp has filed an appeal brief against the verdict ruling that he has to pay Amber Heard $2million (£1.7million) in damages following their defamation trial.

In June, after a lengthy hearing at the Fairfax County District Court, the jury found that Heard, 36, did defame the Pirates of the Caribbean actor in a 2018 op-ed for The Washington Post.

The article was about her experiences as a survivor of domestic abuse, which Depp’s lawyers said falsely accused him of being an abuser.

After the unanimous verdict, Depp, 59, was awarded $15m (£13m) in total, broken down as $10m (£8.3m) in compensatory damages and $5m (£4m) in punitive damages.

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