Anyone who would be sentenced to pay $ 10.35 million in damages would probably be pale, but Amber Heard was obviously counting on his insurers to settle, in part, the jury's verdict in the trial against Johnny Depp.
Only here, New York Marine and General Insurance Co does not hear it that way.
The actress's insurers filed a complaint against her at the end of last week, relays the Los Angeles Times, arguing that they do not have to pay part of the bill.
If, like many insurers, they offer to cover the legal costs of their clients, they are not there to absorb the convictions, explain the latter.
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They refer to California insurance law (California Insurance Code 533), which states that an “insurer is not liable for loss caused by the willful act of the insured”.
Amber Heard was convicted of knowingly defaming Johnny Depp in her
Washington Post
op-ed in 2018.
Moreover, another of the star's insurance companies is demanding accountability… from the other insurer!
Travelers Commercial Insurance claims to have paid "substantial sums" and "on a continuous basis" to the actress to ensure her defense with regard to the housing contract they signed with her in 2018. He claims to New York Marine to bear its share of the costs.
If Amber Heard was ordered to pay $ 10.35 million to Johnny Depp, the latter was also found guilty of defamation, through his former lawyer, and must pay him $ 2 million.
The actress must therefore find a little more than 8 million dollars.
Added to this are his legal fees, estimated at $6 million.
Amber Heard plans, moreover, to appeal the court decision, but must, for that, deposit in a frozen account the sum to which she was sentenced at first instance…
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