![]() Judge Penney Azcarate denied Heard's request for a mistrial in July, and after Heard officially appealed the verdict, Depp's legal team announced that they would also be appealing her countersuit verdict. RELATED: Amber Heard's Twitter Account Vanishes as Ex Elon Musk Becomes CEO of Social Media Company ![]() RELATED VIDEO: Johnny Depp Makes Surprise Appearance at 2022 MTV VMAs, Jokes He 'Needed the Work' "When it comes to protecting the fundamental right of Freedom of Speech, we look at the jury's decision - to paraphrase a famous quote - not 'as the beginning of the end, but merely the end of the beginning.' A different court warrants different representation, particularly as so much new evidence is now coming to light," her rep said in a statement at the time. Axelrod and Jay Ward Brown of Ballard Spahr to lead. Elaine Charlson Bredehoft stepped down while Ben Rottenborn became co-counsel, and she hired David L. In August, a rep for Heard announced that the actress changed her legal team for the appeal. Reps for Heard did not respond to PEOPLE's request for comment. Steve Helber/POOL/AFP/Getty ELIZABETH FRANTZ/POOL/AFP/Getty Johnny Depp Amber Heard US actor Johnny Depp sued his ex-wife Amber Heard for libel in Fairfax County Circuit Court after she wrote an op-ed piece in The Washington Post in 2018 referring to herself as a "public figure representing domestic abuse." (Photo by ELIZABETH FRANTZ / POOL / AFP) (Photo by ELIZABETH FRANTZ/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) Actor Johnny Depp sued his ex-wife Amber Heard for libel in Fairfax County Circuit Court after she wrote an op-ed piece in The Washington Post in 2018 referring to herself as a "public figure representing domestic abuse." (Photo by Steve Helber / POOL / AFP) (Photo by STEVE HELBER/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) Amber Heard returns from recess at Fairfax County Circuit Court during a defamation case against her by ex-husband, actor Johnny Depp in Fairfax, Virginia, on May 4, 2022. Johnny Depp testifies in the courtroom at the Fairfax County Circuit Courthouse in Fairfax, Virginia, April 25, 2022. Libel Trial 'But It's Not Serious': Source RELATED: Johnny Depp Dating Lawyer Joelle Rich from His U.K. In the court documents, published online by Law & Crime Network, Depp's legal team, led by attorney Benjamin Chew, says despite an "emphatic favorable verdict" for Depp, "the trial court was confronted with a number of novel and complex legal and factual issues, and although the trial court decided the vast majority of those issues sensibly and correctly, a few rulings were erroneous." The jury found that Waldman was acting as an agent for Depp when making the comment. The statement in question was made by Depp's lawyer Adam Waldman to the Daily Mail published April 27, 2020, when he claimed Heard and her friends set up Depp by calling the cops with a "hoax" of abuse claims back in 2016. On Wednesday, his team made the filing in the Virginia Court of Appeals, making a case for why they feel Depp should not be held liable for comments made by his attorney. After she moved to appeal the verdict, Depp's team announced they would appeal her win too. Meanwhile, Heard won one of her three countersuit claims and was awarded $2 million in damages. He won all three of his defamation claims and was awarded more than $10 million in damages. Johnny Depp's legal team officially filed an appeal of Amber Heard's counterclaim win, arguing that the verdict was "erroneous" and should be overturned.īack on June 1, a seven-person jury found that Heard, 36, defamed ex-husband Depp, 59, in a 2018 op-ed about domestic violence, though she didn't mention him by name.
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