Amber Heard and Johnny Depp have mixed results in the latest $ 50 million defamation lawsuit and her counterclaim
At the latest Virginia lawsuit between Amber Heard and Johnny Depp, Fairfax County Judge Bruce D. White blocked Depp’s attempt to take Heard’s case against him out of court amid a new law.
Heard was allowed to continue her case against the $ 100 million 57-year-old actor for $ 57 million after her lawyer Adam Waldman called her allegations of domestic violence “false” and a “sexual violence” last year, according to legal documents. which was published on The Hollywood Reporter.
The Kentucky-born actor tried to use a new anti-SLAPP law (strategic lawsuits against public participation) that was passed in the state last year to drop Heard’s case.
New details: In the latest Virginia lawsuit between Amber Heard (34) and Johnny Depp (57), Fairfax County Judge Bruce D. White blocked Depp’s attempt to drop the case out of court amid ‘ a new law.
It is believed that Depp and his team initially filed the case in Virginia over a Washington Post performance she wrote due to their then-lack of a law (which has since been implemented).
But the judge made the legal move for the Aquaman star, 34, citing the Virginia Computer Crimes Act, alleging Depp and his team organized a bot attack on her via social media (to have her removed from Aquaman), with reference to a lack of evidence.
“The argument cannot show that the social media accounts communicated obscene language, suggested obscene acts or threatened illegal or immoral acts,” the judge said. “It seems rather that Mr. Depp sent these statements privately to two of his friends, and Mrs. Heard did not claim that Mr. Depp thought she would not see it. ‘
The Austin, Texas-born beauty, is being talked about based on Waldman’s reaction to her accusations against the actor, who is known for playing Jack Sparrow in the Pirates of the Caribbean series.
Backlash: The judge led the legal movement, which Heard had, citing the Virginia Computer Crimes Act, alleging Depp and his team organized a bot attack on her via social media
Individualist: Depp was spotted in a brave ensemble in London last year
The judge said Depp was flawed in his allegations of anti-SLAPP immunity, noting the lack of public concern and that the Edward Scissorhands actor ‘may have made these statements with real or constructive knowledge or with reckless disregard or it’s is false ‘.
The judge added that Depp’s comments and Waldman’s ‘fake’ remark implied that Ms. Heard lied and condemned herself when she appeared in court in 2016 for a temporary restraining order against Mr. To get Depp ‘and’ to indicate that she lied about being a victim of domestic violence.
‘In light of the #MeToo Movement and the social climate of today, it would be falsely claimed that abuse’ causes harm [Heard’s] reputation according to the general estimate of mankind, ‘the judge wrote in his ruling. “Therefore, this Court finds that the statements contain the necessary ‘sting’ for a claimable defamation.”
Doomed: Heard and Depp were photographed in LA in January 2016, months before their split
The judge concluded that Waldman’s remarks did not fall under protected views, because ‘or Mr. Depp mev. Heard abused ‘, is a fact that can be proven to be true or false. ‘
In November, a British judge ruled against Depp’s lawsuit against an English publication because he called him a “woman beater” and said that the accusations made by Heard – which negatively affected the actor’s career – were “substantially true”.
Depp in November was hired by Warner Bros. cut from Fantastic Beasts 3 while playing Gellert Grindelwald in the JK Rowling series.
Depp’s case will be heard on May 3, while Heard’s case is expected to go to court later this year.