Less than a month after Johnny Depp appealed in opposition to Amber Heard being awarded $2 million of their high-profile defamation case, Amber’s attorneys have now reportedly filed a brand new 68-page attraction in opposition to him, claiming that the decision can have ‘chilling effect’ on ladies who’re attempting to talk up in opposition to abuse by highly effective males. (Also learn: Helena Bonham Carter claims Johnny Depp has been ‘vindicated’ after successful defamation go well with in opposition to Amber Heard)
Amber had filed her attraction final month in a Virginia court docket within the US, and argued that the exclusion of a few of her remedy notes, through which she reported being abused by Johnny, resulted in an unfair trial, as per a brand new report.
“The trial court erroneously refused to dismiss this action on the ground of forum non conveniens, based on its mistaken conclusion that Depp’s claims arose in Virginia because the Washington Post’s servers are located here,” responded Amber’s new attorneys Jay Ward Brown and David L Axelrod within the November 23 filed doc, reported Deadline.
Amber Heard’s group made objections revolving round Judge Penney Azcarate’s choice to not think about sure components of ‘highly probative’ proof, which included detailed notes from therapists that doc the allegations of abuse.
“This case also should never have gone to trial because another court had already concluded that Depp abused Heard on multiple occasions,” the 68-page doc acknowledged. “The trial court also erred in overruling Amber Heard’s demurrer, in which she argued that the challenged statements are non-actionable expressions of opinion and are not reasonably capable of conveying the alleged defamatory implication,” appealed the court docket doc that now seeks to have greater than $10 million verdict in opposition to her reversed or tossed out for demanding a brand new trial.
Johnny had sued his ex-wife Amber in March 2019 for $50 million on account of her op-ed in The Washington Post in 2018, the place the she had written about being a ‘public figure representing domestic abuse’. In his follow-up to the filings, Johnny had mentioned that it was him, who was abused within the couple’s relationship. The seven-week defamation trial that adopted, concluded in favour of Johnny, who was awarded $10 million in compensatory damages and $5 million in punitive damages. The punitive damages have been additional lowered to $350,000, nonetheless the very best within the State. Amber, alternatively, was additionally awarded $2 million in damages.