Amber Heard was ‘not credible’ as a witness to the jury, some legal experts say
Amber Heard didn’t entirely win over the jury in the defamation case brought by her ex-husband, Johnny Depp, because the panel most likely determined that she
Amber Heard didn’t entirely win over the jury in the defamation case brought by her ex-husband, Johnny Depp, because the panel most likely determined that she lacks credibility, some legal experts said.
The suit centered on an op-ed Heard published in The Washington Post in 2018. In the piece, which doesn’t mention Depp by name, Heard said she had become a “public figure representing domestic abuse.” Depp’s attorneys said it indirectly referred to allegations she made against him during their 2016 divorce.
Depp was awarded $10 million in compensatory damages and $5 million in punitive damages. Fairfax County Circuit Judge Penney Azcarate reduced the punitive damages to Depp to $350,000, the state’s statutory cap, or legal limit, making his total damages $10.4 million.
Heard, who had countersued, was awarded $2 million in compensatory damages but $0 in punitive damages. She plans to appeal.
Some experts, such as NBC News and MSNBC legal analyst Danny Cevallos, said the jury got the verdict wrong, suggesting that neither party should have been at fault when the trial concluded.
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