In closing his lawyers said they need not have any money awarded. A verdict which says JD is right was enough.
Now I don’t think JD is especially inclined to do something nice for Amber, but leaving her with an out that doesn’t include having to go through the whole circus again for 6 weeks on an appeal case, he may be inclined to go for that.
The more you think about it the weirder the result becomes
Just so people get a clear idea of what the jury ruled on.
They ruled that one specific line in one article that came TWO YEARS AFTER the controversy emerged was the reason Johnny Depp's career was ruined. Not only that but that Johnny Depp committed no abuse of any kind (verbal and physical) and was all made up by Amber Heard
I hope she appeals and gets a proper trial rather than whatever media circus this has turned into
If Amber heard had claimed he sometimes slapper her around, or was forceful in bed, she would have won easily.
But that’s not what she claimed. She claimed broken bones, graphic total beatdowns, severe and bloody rapes. She clearly lied (or severely exagerated) these things, because there would have been a LOT of evidence, since she appeared in public a day after.
On top of that she was caught in multiple lies, unrelated to the abuse. Think of the “pledged” vs “donated” debacle, or the TMZ leaks. These all impeach her testimony, which is the only REAL evidence there was.
These people didn’t belong together, it seems VERY codependent. But she clearly did not suffer what she alleged during this case.
Depps reputation is on an uprising since the trial starting though. So where do you get the idea that Depps reputation were damaged? He went from a jealous drug addicted wife beater to a jealous drug addicted victim of abuse. The bad traits is the same as before, the horrible trait is vindicated.
Unless you mean personally for you?
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That's not the ruling, nor is that what a defamation case is about in general. It's not trying to prove the one and only reason for someone's downfall.
They came to the conclusion that her statements DID damage his career worth 10m bucks. Not that the statement was the only thing ruining his career, he himself have also hurt his own career, probably worth more than 10m. But that's irrelevant to the case and verdict. Did she hurt his career? yes. Did she do so with lies and malicious intent? yes. Thus she should pay damages for what she caused.
Even if I ruin my own career worth 100m doesn't mean that someone else can just lie about me causing maybe just 1m extra in damages...that's not how things work. It's up to the jury to determine how much it affected his career, not if it's the only sole reason.
Misrepresenting what a verdict is saying isn't exactly clearing it up.
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You don't get an appeal because you want one. You need to provide evidence of malfeasance by the courts in the original prosecution, or new evidence that wasn't available in the prior case for some reason and will likely overturn the decision.
All Heard has is that she doesn't want to pay Depp millions. That's it. She has no other basis for an appeal, meaning she likely won't get one.
You're entitled to file an appeal.
You're not entitled to being granted an appeal.
Filing an appeal is equivalent to filing a lawsuit. It's the submission of papers. The courts haven't decided to accept the proceedings at that stage.
It's like if I said "you're not entitled to a loan from a bank", and you said "hey now, anyone can request a loan". Yeah, but the bank can still say "nah". As can the courts, to a filed appeal.
Neither of those are universally true, as both depend on the jurisdiction (and the terms obviously vary) - and sometimes it can be vaiwed.
For Virginia it seems that starting this year there is an appeal of right in every civil case, brough to you by John S. Edwards,
https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/leg...212+sum+SB1261 - but I haven't looked into it in detail.
so the domestic abuser johnny won? madness
kyle rittenhouse and oj eat your heart out.
Wonder how many of you will be bootlicking Marilyn Manson next