Amber Heard’s lawyers officially appealed last Friday in the libel suit of her ex-husband Johnny Depp. They argue in a 43-page court document that there was not enough evidence to support the ruling in Depp’s favor.
Immediately after the verdict on June 1, the actress’s legal team had already announced that she would continue to litigate. Depp had sued Heard over an op-ed she had written about her experiences of domestic violence. She did not mention a name in the Washington Post article, but according to the actor it was obvious that it was about him. He argued that his career and reputation had suffered as a result and demanded compensation. The jury agreed with him and awarded him more than 10 million dollars.
Heard had filed a counter-claim and was in favor on one point. The jury ruled defamation when Depp’s attorney previously called her abuse allegations a “hoax.” Therefore, the actor has to pay his former husband 2 million dollars.
According to American media, Heard’s lawyers now state that the jury’s decisions to judge for and against her are at odds with each other and are therefore not legally valid. They also state that the date of birth of one of the jurors was incorrectly stated in the court papers, which makes it impossible to determine whether the correct person has sat on the jury.