Johnny Depp Files Appellate Brief Asking Court to Reverse One Count of Defamation

In an appellate brief filed this week, Johnny Depp’s legal team is arguing that the jury got it right in his defamation trial against Amber Heard—except when it came to her countersuit, where they found he had defamed his ex-wife through his lawyer. “This Court should reverse the judgment on Ms. Heard’s Counterclaim as to the April 27 Waldman Statement, but should otherwise affirm the judgment in Mr. Depp’s favor,” Depp’s legal team writes in the brief (Deadline has published the entire filing). The jury awarded Heard $2 million in damages for her countersuit, argued simultaneously in court, over one… Read Full Article