Amber Heard does not have the full $ 7 million in her divorce agreement with Johnny Depp, but her vow to do so gave her credibility and caused Depp to lose his libel case … that’s his new legal argument anyway.
Depp’s lawyers are trying to appeal against the verdict in his British defamation case, in which he sued The Sun for defamation over an article in 2018 that described him as a womanizer … but he take the L when the judge ruled in November that there was evidence that he had abused Amber.
Amber was The Sun’s star witness and take the stand to explain her allegations about Depp’s domestic violence during their marriage.
But Johnny’s lawyer, Andrew Caldecott, argued in court on Thursday that Heard’s testimony was unfair because her promise to donate a $ 7 million divorce settlement “significantly boosted her credibility as a person” and “the scale against Mr. Depp turned from the beginning. ‘
Translation: Depp’s lawyer believes the judge believed Amber because of her donation claims, but she did not actually donate all the money. In fact, he says she only donated $ 100,000 of it … so he thinks it gives his client the right to try again.
However, it is the … Heard’s attorney responded to these claims earlier this year. The lawyer, Elaine Bredehoft, admitted that Amber had not yet kept the $ 7 million pledge she made at the Los Angeles Children’s Hospital and the ACLU, but said it was only because Depp kept suing her.
Bredehoft said: “Amber has already been responsible for seven figures in donations to charity and intends to continue to contribute and ultimately keep her promise.”
She adds … “However, Amber was deliberately delayed because Mr. Depp filed a lawsuit against her, and as a result, she was forced to spend millions of dollars to defend Mr. Depp’s false accusations against her.”
The judge has not yet ruled on Depp’s bid for a retrial.