Actor Amber Heard found guilty of defaming her ex-husband, Johnny Depp, by a jury in the United States.
In a closely watched six-week trial that contained raw and graphic evidence and testimony revealing the former Hollywood couple's strained relationship, a US jury concluded on Wednesday that actress Amber Heard defamed ex-husband Johnny Depp. In several areas of Heard's counter-suit against Depp, the Virginia jury ruled in her favour. Depp received $15 million in damages from Heard, according to the jury. Heard was given $2 million in damages by the panel. Depp, the 58-year-old Pirates of the Caribbean star, sued Heard for $50 million, claiming that she defamed him in a newspaper opinion piece when she dubbed herself " a public figure symbolising domestic abuse. " Heard, 36, countersued Depp for $100 million , claiming that his lawyer slandered her by calling her charges a "hoax." Depp has denied beating Heard or any other woman, claiming that she was the one who made their relationship violent. Depp and Heard met ...