It’s something a little different for this crowd, but the civil lawsuits between Hollywood actor Johnny Depp and his former wife, actress Amber Heard, have concluded. A jury found Ms. Heard acted with malicious intent when she defamed her former husband Mr. Depp with accusations of abuse.
The jury awarded Mr. Depp $10 million in compensatory damages, and $5 million in punitive damages which are an outcome of the ‘malicious intent‘ finding. However, the punitive damages are limited by law to $350,000. On the three specific issues cited for consideration by the jury, the jurors all found Ms. Heard was guilty of lying, fabricating and targeting her former spouse with false claims. {LINK} Result, Ms. Heard owes Mr. Depp $10,350,000.
Additionally, for her side of the countersuit, Ms. Heard was awarded $2 million as compensatory damages against Mr. Depp’s lawyer for one issue within a Daily Mail article where the Depp representative accused Ms. Heard of manufacturing a confrontation for publicity. The net result of all the legal action is Ms. Heard owes Mr Depp $8.35 million.
With the three major issues around the litigation determined by the jury in favor of Mr. Depp, the actor released the following statement:
“Six years ago, my life, the life of my children, the lives of those closest to me, and also, the lives of the people who for many, many years have supported and believed in me were forever changed.
All in the blink of an eye.
False, very serious and criminal allegations were levied at me via the media, which triggered an endless barrage of hateful content, although no charges were ever brought against me. It had already traveled around the world twice within a nanosecond and it had a seismic impact on my life and my career.
And six years later, the jury gave me my life back. I am truly humbled.
My decision to pursue this case, knowing very well the height of the legal hurdles that I would be facing and the inevitable, worldwide spectacle into my life, was only made after considerable thought.
From the very beginning, the goal of bringing this case was to reveal the truth, regardless of the outcome. Speaking the truth was something that I owed to my children and to all those who have remained steadfast in their support of me. I feel at peace knowing I have finally accomplished that.
I am, and have been, overwhelmed by the outpouring of love and the colossal support and kindness from around the world. I hope that my quest to have the truth be told will have helped others, men or women, who have found themselves in my situation, and that those supporting them never give up. I also hope that the position will now return to innocent until proven guilty, both within the courts and in the media.
I wish to acknowledge the noble work of the Judge, the jurors, the court staff and the Sheriffs who have sacrificed their own time to get to this point, and to my diligent and unwavering legal team who did an extraordinary job in helping me to share the truth.
The best is yet to come and a new chapter has finally begun.
Veritas numquam perit.
Truth never perishes.”
(Source)
Hollywood continues to be weird.
Suck it, Cinderella. Johnny can eat a D too. Why so many people followed this cracks me up. Even Epoch times did. Pop culture is poison.
it shows the liberal media’s lies and the media conspiracies. It shows the ACLU is corrupt and all about money. This is very important politically.
“Depp had sued Heard for $50 million after she referred to herself as a “domestic abuse” survivor in a WaPo op-ed.”
“And the American Civil Liberties Union gains the odious distinction of having helped a celebrity write a libelous op-ed, possibly in exchange for a donation.”
It shows Depp barks up the wrong tree when it comes to women. Divorce courts ruin people’s lives everyday and it doesn’t make headlines. If you have more to lose as a celebrity than you should have some more scrutiny in your courtship endeavors. We maybe all dated an emotionally irrationally woman in college, but we didn’t marry her for good reason.
He said, she said. Current score. In the UK a judge found Amber is the victim. In the USA a jury found Johnny Depp is the victim. There are about 120 countries to go. They could sue each other fire the next 20 years. Sometimes, Attorneys are like nuclear weapons, you use them and everything gets blown to hell.
‘In the UK a judge found Amber is the victim’
I beg to differ – as far as I remember, that trial in the UK, with all its customary statutory limitations on evidence presentation, intent etc. only found the rag The Sun not guilty. Amber Heard’s alleged victimhood was not part of the trial.
The judge said Depp had physically assaulted Heard 12 times.
in his opinion. he believed Amber Heard’s histrionics. The jury in Virginia did not believe her. not one bit.
I didn’t believe either one of them..but of course I couldn’t sit through that drama more than one time..People who watched that have no life..
What about people taking the time to comment on people who have no life?
Same can be said for those that do nothing but read message boards.
Exactly, she was a witness, not a defendant. The judge “believed” her loose interpretation of the meaning of “donation” which swayed the opinion.
I don’t think he sued any publication anywhere. Please cite some evidence that he did.
Oh I see he sued The Sun in England, not Amber Heard.
And he lost totally in a court whose laws favored plaintiffs.
The UK judge found the allegations against Depp to be “substantially true”. Heard had only one non-paid witness and that was her sister. Her argument was “Only I am telling the truth. Everyone else if lying”.
There was and is substantial evidence that Johnny Depp was abusive. Same for Heard. They both abuse, exaggerate and fabricate. Neither is really morally superior to the other.
Yet again, muddying the waters with the MSM as they now try to regain their narrative with the forgetful public. You loosely just cite “abusive”. You don’t clarify what KIND of abuse you are talking about (e.g., Verbal? Physical? Sexual?) Interesting.
Heard’s lawyer Rottenborn in his closing threw a Hail Mary by equating verbal abuse with domestic violence. So, just to get clarity on your meaning, are you likewise trying to suggest that the fact that there is evidence that Johnny Depp said verbally abusive things to Amber Heard (as there was evidence that she was also verbally abusive to him), that amounts to physical and/or sexual abuse, or, like Rottenborn suggested, amounts to “Domestic Violence”? Is that what you are suggesting? So a husband is recorded saying nasty mean things to his wife during an argument, and he is therefore guilty of charges of “Domestic Violence”?
By you asserting that there is “substantial evidence that Johnny Depp was abusive” do you mean to assert that there was evidence that he was abusive not just verbally, but also physically and sexually? Is that your assertion? Because if it is, it was proven false in this court trial. There was no irrefutable evidence proving that he was abusive physically or sexually, and even the evidence that was offered to suggest such was arguably perjurous, falsified. The jury felt the same way and ruled accordingly.
I have no problem with someone saying JD was verbally abusive. That was proven by valid evidence in the court trial. What I do have a problem with is saying that he was also abusive physically and/or sexually. That was not proven. The only physical abuse that was proven was by Amber Heard against Johnny Depp.
Admin you have asked certain posters to stop bickering.
Wasn’t this one one you addressed?
He has often made numerous long hyper-aggressive comments responding and/or surrounding mine regardless of whether he was part of the mini thread beforehand.
Is there a reason he is allowed to basically follow me around this thread everywhere I go, making absurdly long comments?
What new angles does he have beyond hectoring me and whoever is reading?
Hey, I thought you were championing free speech on here, right? Oh, wait, my speeches excepting?
You and I have been told to stop addressing each other, I believe. Your tone has often been overwrought and petty.
To answer finally, I saw no evidence JD was sexually abusive to Heard. I have seen convincing evidence he was physically assaulting towards her. Plus there is irrefutable evidence in the form of texts that he was bragging about doing unbelievably violent and vile things to her physically. Last, his texts also revealed a plan on his part to globally humiliate her, which I’m pretty sure predated her calling him a wifebeater.
It’s not that I don’t see a conniving and calculating victimette in Heard. It’s that I also see a controlling, depraved and at times abusive nut in him as well.
Ok. That clarifies and lays out your position much better. Just that I’d note that as for “convincing evidence he was physically assaulting her”, the jury didn’t agree with that, hence the parts of their ruling in favor of Depp.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, I get it, you all hate Johnny Depp because of his comments re Trump and because of general Hollywood corruption, degeneracy and idiocy. But this was an important victory for all of us against wokeism and the cultural Marxists. I, for one, am glad. God bless this jury.
I bet the eye when seeing the comment for Trump. Could careless about it. This #MeToo movement went waaaaaaaay too long. Didn’t like her in Aquaman or anything she’s ever been in. Props to America’s favorite pirate for shutting her down.
I remember years ago back in early 00’s there was a group I ran with that had Depp in the circle and anything his kids needed, he dropped and helped them. I’ll never forget that either because you don’t get that much within Hollywood unless it’s a stunt
He had two kids, adults now, never married their mother, but was with her for years. Not uncommon in France.
If he was this horrible, physically abusive man with his partners, it wouldn’t have just started with Heard.
I think Depp has problems, but Heard has more and treated him like crap. I wouldn’t be surprised if a lot of the stuff that happened was in response to Heard’s pushing his buttons.
Sorry, some men will do horrible things to certain women and not others. It doesn’t always work that way. Power dynamics aren’t always the same.
Wounded sharks attack each other. Blood in the water.
In the 40s and 50s, believe it or not, Hollywood movie stars were about 50/50 Democrat or Republican.
Gary Cooper, Robert Taylor, Barbara Stanwyck, Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, and of course, John Wayne were Republicans. It’s very hard to see how it’s been good for America that the movie stars are now 99% Democrat. Eastwood survives because he makes work for so many.
The ugly phenomenon of the limousine liberal has resulted. Sean Penn, the faux communist, kept green grass around his mansion in the worst of droughts. He would not sacrifice for anyone.
The post-modernist conceit that you can choose your own reality has infected the Hollywood stars like no others. Jewish movie stars like Steve Carell and Seth Rogen have been paying the bail for intensely anti-semitic BLM members. This divorce from reality has now spread to Disney executives, and to the whole show biz community.
I enjoy old movies and TV shows, and do not understand why vile beasts like Johnny Depp etc. should be receiving a penny of my money, directly or indirectly. Do you?
Steve Carell is Catholic, from an Italian-American Catholic family whose name was “Americanized” from Caroselli in the 1950s. I don’t think there is any consistent correlation between a person’s religion and their politics. I’ve known plenty of conservative Jews, and liberal Catholics. Every religion has members all across the political spectrum.
You are entitled to watch whatever you like, but if you pay for TV, a streaming service or even “free” apps, you can’t exactly control the pennies actors will get paid for having their shows available on a channel. To avoid your indirect contribution, you would have to view exclusively DVDs donated to the Public Library. Every other source of programming pays residuals to the acting unions.
I apologize for Steve Carell, as
I’ve seen him describe as Jewish.
I’m dying to see this list of conservative Jews..
They’re rarely true conservative. Neo- cons, yes, but not real conservatives almost ever.
Ben Shapiro for one and actually most Jewish people are conservatives. The Jewish people who don’t practice their religion or who are fake Jews are democrats.
Wasn’t Breitbart Jewish? Michael Savage, Matt brook’s, Matt Walsh, Mark Levin, Matt Drudge. Actually 43% of Synagogue affiliated households in the US identified as conservative.
You omitted two prominent Republican actors: Jimmy Stewart, who was also a GENERAL in the U.S. Army; and Ronald Reagan, who became POTUS .
Jimmy Stewart was promoted to US Air Force Major General in 1985. He started out in the Army Air Force in WW II but of course, that became the US Air Force in 1947.
I’m frankly not clear in my own mind on what was the ideological divider that split Hollywood.
Reagan was a Democrat who became a Republican. The Vietnam War obviously was the catalyst in a huge philosophical split.
The enormous conceit that multi-millionaires could also be leftists most affected Hollywood.
When fools like Bezos or Zuckerberg see the light, maybe we can have clarity.
I’d bet that Hollywood Jews and Hollywood Christians are about equally representative of what real devout Christians and Jews ARE NOT!
There’s a pretty well known Jewish carpenter that many people find inspiring and He has probably changed more lives for the better than anyone in history.
Here’s another perspective:
I was hooked into watching the trial because I liked Johnny Depp’s sister and his lawyer, Benjamin Chew, as people. I also liked the judge…she was straightforward and fair. Then I liked the security people around him….true they were on his payroll but I liked them as people. I have never liked Johnny Depp before…never seen a movie….only had one friend who liked him….and I hated his stupid crowd-pleasing statement about President Trump. I was surprised at my interest.
However, I have a brother who I love very much and who is a kind, thoughtful ordained minister and drug and alcohol counselor. He was married to a woman who had struggled with drugs and alcohol and this woman saw her opportunity when the MeToo movement rose into a tsunami, carrying innocence and truth to destruction. She had gone out to dinner one night with some girlfriends and my brother was at home reading a book. The dogs started barking and then there was a loud banging on the door. My brother grabbed his baseball bat (they were in CA) and went downstairs only to hear “Open up! It’s the police.” He opened the door to blinding light and dropped his bat. They told him he was under arrest. He asked for what.
They told him for striking his wife. He asked to go back in to get his wallet. They wouldn’t let him.
He was taken to the holding cell for drug addicts and alcoholics who were vomiting and lying around in various degrees of hopelessness. One of them was a little more cogent than the others so my brother was able to ask how to go about posting bail. When he asked for the right thing, he was allowed his phone call. A friend who happened to be in the neighborhood got him out. He was guilty…not proven guilty. He was stripped of his son, his personal possessions, his money, and his computer which was his ability to make money during Covid. All this happened on the word of a woman.
I can understand why so many were interested in this case and how it turned out. Johnny Depp wasn’t much to write home about but he has good taste in the people he surrounds himself with. No one testified to any abuse ever. That’s something.
I was very glad that the case turned out the way it did….for people like my brother who were and are thrown under the bus on the word of a woman….just because she is a woman. The truth prevailed because of those in the court who understand justice.
DHG – I am so sorry about your brother. That is why we MUST not rush to judgement. Not everyone is Jesus Christ — there are always two sides to every story – my advice is to trust the calmer more rational one BUT there truly is no guide except your gut. So many of us have lost that compass 😞
Sounds sketchy.
The history of this country is so biased against women.
Amber, is that you?!
😆
Patriot Act lobbyists, is that you?
Well,I’m a 65 y/o woman and don’t feel that way at all.
I’m surprised that Sundance didn’t catch that Johnny Depp’s lawyer/representative who wrote the Daily Mail article was the infamous Adam Waldman of Spygate lore.
People are missing the point here. This is not primarily about Hollywood Leftist Johnny Depp who got burned by his own wokist Hollywood culture. Hate on his Leftism all you want as I do.
But this victory in court for Johnny Depp is about a battle being won in our culture war…a battle won over the MSM which promotes the “Believe ALL women regardless of evidence”, “All men are abusers” MISANDRIST extremism of the Feminazi MeToo Movement. Amber Heard wanted to become the heroine of this misandrist movement, and she used its wokist wave of popularity in Leftist circles as both a weapon and a shield over against an admittedly flawed man who yet was innocent of the charges that were thrown against him and promulgated by the Mainstream Media.
Secondly, as can happen with the likes of a Joe Rogan, a Kanye West, a Russell Brand, etc., do not discount the possibility that a Hollywood Actor once burned by their own wokist culture can come to see the light, at least to some extent, and renounce at least some of their totalitarian Leftism that they formerly embraced. I’m not saying JD would ever go full blown Maga, but if he at least is truly awakened to the evils of wokist Leftism, that’s a move in the right direction.
They’re both pathetic excuses for human beings. I can’t believe the jury gave either one of them a single cent.
Your screen name and picture are cool.
I was hoping they would each be awarded $50 million, so they could spend years and millions more $ trying to collect from each other.
After the OJ and Casey Anthony trials, I was hesitant to believe the jury could follow directions and just look at the facts of the case. AH had lied herself into a corner and either had to come clean or dig the hole even deeper. She ended up using a verbal backhoe and Everyone could see the pit of lies she had created.
I have four sons whom I love dearly. I am so thankful that Truth prevailed.
A dollop of trollop — and they both got walloped.
Who cares?
Not I
The Pirates of the Caribbean guy?
yes
Good evening, fellow treepers, I don’t care about this. Thank you for reading my comment. 🙂
You will be made to care.
(Sundance IFRC)
So did he get his part in the Pirates series back?
Just wondering… on behalf of a friend…
No, he’s going to be playing Jason Mamoa’s love interest in the next sequel of Aquaman.
😂 — wicked funny!
They are both…sick..crazy loons..Look at the smile in his face..What a great acting job..What was gained from this..?? It was not helpful in any way shape form..She most likely does not have the money so..it accomplished absolutely nothing..I turned it off after the first viewing..It made me sick to my stomach..
What was gained? Only his name, reputation, his kids, THE TRUTH was gained. Might be not much to you, but for those care about being slandered and defamed by a person using you only to increase their fame and fortune it is a huge win.
Do you want to sit back and allow a psycho crazed woman say that she was raped by you using a liquor bottle when it isn’t true? Her lies were hurting not just Depp but millions that have had to endure abuse. Finally one man stood up and said bring it, and won. Finally we got justice.
Amen! Depp knew it was going to be a soap opera, and knew he was no angel in using drugs, but he was motivated for his children and loved ones that were dealing with the aftermath. I have never been a fan of Depp, but I am definitely a fan of justice.
Couldn’t possibly care any less about this or the entire entertainment industry, except to observe when it is being used for propagandistic and diversionary purposes as is probably the case here.
Truly I didn’t give a feces about any of this and thusly didn’t follow any of it. I’ve been a light fan of Depp’s having first seen him on “21 Jump St.” when I was a late teen, or maybe a bit older. The constant headlines about the Depp/Heard trial never caused me to want to learn more about the case. As such, it didn’t change my opinion of Depp one way or another.
Having said all that, congratulations Mr. Depp!!
If you haven’t watched “The 9th Gate,” it’s worth the time.
I’d like to see more culpability cast onto the 💩 rag paper the Washington Post for publishing the lies of Amber Heard. It’s not the first time they put trash out and try to call it journalism but let’s get that on the record.
One of the more interesting “defication” cases.
Current Mainstream Media Spin on the Verdict:
“Team Depp 15 – Team Heard 2. Both teams lose.”
Derp! 😜
“I also hope that the position will now return to innocent until proven guilty, both within the courts and in the media.” – Johnny Depp.
I hope everyone takes that advice on board.
What needs to be done is to go after her for perjury, the courts don’t want to take the time for that. She perjured herself every second she was on the stand, and gets to walk away. I don’t get why you have to swear, no longer under God to tell the truth in the court, if isn’t going to be enforced.
I think it is safe to say this marrige did not work. Johnny Depp is no angel and Amber Heard is no saint either. Too much money, drinking and drugs. Once they were apart, the problem was solved. Amber should have moved on, but decided to play victim, talking about abuse. Guess she wanted more attention.
Johnny Depp is no victim, but probably paid Amber handsomely in their divorce. Her speaking out broke their agreement and so he sued her. Did they have kids? They re the victims.
It would be best if you did some research before voicing an opinion; her whole case in the court of public opinion was built on the lie that she donated her whole 7 million divorce settlement; she didn’t donate a Dime. The lies kept coming affter that.
No that’s a serious distortion.
No Laila15, his comment is actually pretty accurate.
Amber Heard will from this day forward be known as Amber Turd.
Indeed, to paraphrase Trump, she is a perfect example of how everything (and everyone) woke turns to sh*t.
I actually followed it because I am fascinated by body language. Amber Heard, is a dead ringer psychologically for Hilary Clinton! It was quite scary to watch.
The ultimate was watching her today. Have you ever seen a wronged victim of abuse behave so calmly, and without a tear in a court of law?No, neither have I, but if you watch Miss Heard’s breathing throughout the verdict, she is almost having a panic attack. Just another fk’d up celebrity. I imagine she will appear on the cover of Playboy, or perhaps Stormy Daniels can give her some tips. Utterly toxic and very ugly!
RtoR her breathing is an acting technique to spur on an emotional response and ilicit crying. Didn’t work no matter how hard she tried.
Who cares?
REALLY. DON’T. CARE.
WTFC?
Even if Disney takes Mr. Depp back to play another Pirates sequel or anything else I won’t be watching because it’s Disney.
Depp as Whitey Bulger in Black Mass. (Warner Bros)
Black Mass Official Trailer #1 (2015) – Johnny Depp, Benedict Cumberbatch Crime Drama HD – YouTube
So who pays what percentage of the damages? Heard? The WaPo? The ACLU?
“Depp had sued Heard for $50 million after she referred to herself as a “domestic abuse” survivor in a WaPo op-ed.”
“And the American Civil Liberties Union gains the odious distinction of having helped a celebrity write a libelous op-ed, possibly in exchange for a donation.”
This was a conspiracy.
This was a major news story, being hidden in plain sight as more of the Heard/Depp divorce drama.
The MSM is even now spinning it as “both sides guilty of defamation”, which is a gross distortion of the truth.
Mr. Depp fought for years, against the MSM, Disney, the ACLU, and the Washington Post. It cost him millions.
What do the people who don’t have millions do?
A MAJOR blow against cancel culture.
A cause for celebration.
I don’t think people understand the broader implications of the JD v AH defamation suit. At the height of the M3Too fiasco, AH decided that JD wasn’t being punished significantly enough for leaving her and used the WaPo to “cancel” him. AH went to great lengths fabricating a DV and SA story that would land a man in prison for the rest of his life. It worked. JD lost his career, and almost his life over these false and heinous allegations. However, JD had the money to sustain a 6 year legal fight to regain his name and reputation; the vast majority of men do not and will forever carry the stigma of being an abuser.
The original intent behind the M3Too movement was for all people (Men, women, and children) to come forward and tell what happened, but it was hijacked by those who seek to push their narratives and agendas. We don’t need to “listen to and believe” all women. We need to encourage victims (Male and female) to come forward to relevant authorities so their claims can be investigated.
Yes, to a lot of people this is nothing more than 2 rich a**holes fighting about money, but not to true victims of abuse; male or female. Those who have experienced DV or SA, especially men, were able to see this case for what it is/was: the ability to come forward no matter the personal cost and say “Yes, I am a victim”.
Women are abusers too, and it needs to be acknowledged that when women who make false claims of DV or SA are paraded and championed it hurts real victims and survivors.
AH’s true punishment will come when she is cut entirely from AM2, no one in Hollyweird will employ her, and when she fades into obscurity. Because not talking about or not giving a platform to a narcissist is the only real way to punish a narcissist.
My opinion is unpopular and I’m comfortable with that.
When I started taking a closer look at what Johnny Depp’s supporters were saying, one thing I noticed was that so many women who spoke out said they were survivors of domestic violence, and were disturbed by what was happening. By the MSM elevating a fake victim who was actually the abuser, they could see that real victims of violence were going to have that much harder of a time being believed in the future.
As a man I thank you for your thoughtful comment!
Women are abusers too….
The stats make this perfectly clear and women (by a small percentage) are the prime instigators of DV.
Being accused by a women of almost anything has been an automati GUILTY.
Hopefully that has changed.
I was concerned when I got a woman divorce court judge. My lawyer said not to be.
Women judges tend to be less tolerant of female BS and he was correct.
My impression of the whole thing (I watched approx 10 minutes of “highlights” only, post-verdict) is that this serves to get normies used to watching trials on tv…in anticipation of military tribunals. One can hope, right?
Hope in one hand and…….
Well now that Depp is truly humbled maybe his Leftist tune will change.