Amber Heard did not succeed and will have to defend herself at the bar against her ex-husband, Johnny Depp.
The defamation complaint filed by the actor of
Pirates of the Caribbean
was validated by the American justice when the actress had asked for its cancellation.
According to Amber Heard, the fact that her ex-husband lost his lawsuit against the
Sun
made his complaint against her null and void.
Not at all, for Fairfax County Judge Penney Azcarate, who explains that "the accused was not one of the parties in the UK trial and was not treated as such."
“Because she was not named as an accused, she was not subject to the same rules applicable to the parties cited.
In fact, the accused could not be cited as accused during the litigation in the United Kingdom because her remarks considered defamatory were made after the start of the action in the United Kingdom ”, adds the judge in her conclusions relayed by
Deadline
.
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Johnny Depp lodged a libel complaint against British tabloid
The Sun
in June 2018 following an article in April of the same year in which he was called a "female slugger". In December, Amber Heard published a column in the
Washington Post
and presented itself there as a figure in domestic violence. If she did not name her ex-husband, the latter filed a defamation complaint against her, considering himself easily recognizable.
The lawsuit against the
Sun
took place last year in London and the British courts ruled in favor of the tabloid.
In the lawsuit filed against Amber Heard in the United States, Johnny Depp claims $ 50 million from his ex-wife.
The libel lawsuit against the star of
Aquaman
will therefore take place.
The date has been set for April 2022 in Virginia.
This is yet another victory in this case for the actor who also won the right to verify whether Amber Heard actually donated some of the $ 7 million received during their divorce to charities like her. asserts from the start.
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