The jury has returned a verdict in favor of Johnny Depp in his $50-million defamation trial against his ex-wife Amber Heard.The jury ruled that Heard defamed Depp with malicious intent in a 2018 Washington Post op-ed claiming that she was a victim of domestic abuse.Depp was awarded $15-million in total – $10 million in compensatory damages and $5 million in punitive damages.The jury also awarded Heard $2 million in compensatory damages, ruling that Depp’s lawyer Adam Waldman defamed her when he called her abuse claims “a hoax” in a British newspaper.Depp, who is out touring, did not appear in the courtroom for the verdict.
Heard, however, was in attendance and appeared stoic as the verdict was read.“The disappointment I feel today is beyond words,” Amber Heard said in a statement following the verdict.