A
jury
in
the
United
States
on
Wednesday
found
Amber
Heard
liable
for
defaming
her
ex-husband
Johnny
Depp,
and
the
judge
ordered
she
pay
him
$10.35
million
(roughly
€10
million)
in
damages.
The
jury
had
recommended
$15
million.
The
jury
also
found
in
favour
of
Heard
in
some
aspects
of
her
counter-suit
against
Depp,
specifically
that
he
defamed
her,
through
his
attorney,
and
awarded
her
$2
million.
"The
jury
gave
me
my
life
back.
I
am
truly
humbled," Depp
who
wasn't
in
court
for
the
verdict,
said
in
a
statement.
Heard
said
she
was
heartbroken
by
the
verdict.
"I'm
even
more
disappointed
with
what
this
verdict
means
for
other
women.
It's
a
setback.
It
sets
back
the
clock
to
a
time
when
a
woman
who
spoke
up
and
spoke
out
could
be
publicly
humiliated.
It
sets
back
the
idea
that
violence
against
women
is
to
be
taken
seriously,''
she
said
in
a
statement
posted
on
her
Twitter
account.
The
two
competing
cases
Depp
sued
Heard
for
$50
million
(€53
million)
for
defamation
after
she
wrote
an
op-ed
in
the
Washington
Post
describing
herself
as
"a
public
figure
representing
domestic
abuse.''
Heard
filed
a
$100
million
counterclaim
after
Depp's
attorney
called
her
claims
a
hoax.
The
jury
ruled
Depp
was
defamed
by
a
passage
in
the
article
and
by
the
headline,
which
read:
"I
spoke
up
against
sexual
violence
-
and
faced
our
culture's
wrath.
That
has
to
change."
Jurors
rejected
two
of
Heard's
three
counterclaims.
They
concluded
she
was
defamed
when
an
attorney
for
Depp
told
a
media
outlet
that
Heard
attempted
to
stage
property
damage
to
show
police
after
an
alleged
fight.
"Amber
and
her
friends
spilled
a
little
wine
and
roughed
the
place
up,
got
their
stories
straight
under
the
direction
of
a
lawyer
and
publicist," the
statement
said
in
part.
Depp,
Heard
both
impacted
by
the
fallout
During
the
six-week
trial
the
Hollywood
stars
accused
each
other
of
abuse
before
and
during
their
two-year
marriage.
Heard
testified
that
Depp
physically
or
sexually
assaulted
her
more
than
a
dozen
times.
Depp
denied
hitting
her
and
said
she
was
the
one
who
turned
violent
in
their
relationship.
The
seven-person
civil
jury
deliberated
for
about
12
hours
over
three
days.
The
trial
was
followed
by
millions
of
people
on
social
media
and
broadcast
live
on
television.
Much
of
the
waning
days
of
the
trial
focused
on
the
aftereffects
of
both
claims,
with
Depp
testifying,
"I
lost
nothing
less
than
everything" and
Heard
accusing
him
of
trying
to
erase
her
ability
to
work.
"Now
as
I
stand
here
today,
I
can't
have
a
career,"
Heard
testified
at
the
close
of
the
trial,
breaking
down
on
the
stand
for
the
second
time.
"I
hope
to
get
my
voice
back.
That's
all
I
want."
DW
News
(AP,
Reuters)
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