How is the legal battle between Amber Heard and Johnny Depp? We explain it to you

Johnny Depp will not be able to appeal the ruling of the British court 0:37 (CNN) — Three years after Johnny Depp filed a defamation lawsuit against his ex-wife Amber Heard, the case will go to trial this Monday in County Circuit Court. of Fairfax in Virginia.
We tell you what you need to know below. What Happened Depp and Amber met on the set of “The Rum Diary” in 2009, married in 2015, and went on to be mired in a contentious breakup for months, with allegations of misbehavior on both sides. In 2016, Heard alleged that Depp had hurt her face after throwing a phone at her Los Angeles home. Depp denied this and was not charged with any crime. The couple settled their divorce months later, releasing a joint statement that read in part: “Our relationship was intensely passionate and sometimes volatile, but always tied to love.” In December 2018, Heard wrote an opinion piece for The Washington Post titled “I spoke out against sexual violence, and I faced the wrath of our culture. That has to change” in which she wrote “I became a figure depiction of domestic abuse, and I felt the full force of our culture’s anger at women speaking out. “Friends and advisers told me that she would never work as an actress again, that she would be blacklisted. A movie I was in gave another actress my part,” Heard wrote. “I had just shot a two-year campaign as the face of a global fashion brand, and the company fired me.” Depp’s name is not mentioned in the article. The lawsuit The following year, Depp filed a $50 million defamation lawsuit against Heard. Their lawsuit contends that, while the actor is not named, “the op-ed clearly dealt with (and was consistently characterized as such by other media outlets) the alleged victimization of Ms. Heard after she publicly accused her ex-husband, Johnny Depp. (Mr Depp), of domestic abuse in 2016, when she appeared in court with an apparently battered face and obtained a temporary restraining order against Mr Depp on May 27, 2016.” Depp’s lawsuit also claims Heard’s allegations caused him financial losses, including being cut from future “Pirates of the Caribbean” movies after being the face of the franchise for 15 years. Depp has maintained his innocence over the years and in 2021 he complained in an interview with The Sun that Hollywood is boycotting him. “A man, an actor in a nasty, messy situation, for the last number of years…” he said “But, you know, I’m moving to where I have to go to do all of that… To get things out to the light”. Heard’s response to the lawsuit In 2019 the actress tried to have the lawsuit dismissed. In an affidavit obtained by CNN and included in Heard’s motion to dismiss her case against her, she said that within a year of their relationship, she began witnessing the “Pirates of the Caribbean” star abuse drugs. and booze. “Every time he used, I worried about both of us,” Heard said in the filing. “He became a totally different person, often delusional and violent. We called that version of Johnny ‘the Monster.'” Court documents detail multiple cases of alleged abuse in which Heard claims Depp hit her, threw bottles at her, yelled at her, pushed her, pulled out her hair and at one point strangled her. In response to the accusations, Depp’s lawyer, Adam Waldman, told CNN: “A hoax faced with the reality of the evidence requires new lies to sustain itself.” The motion to dismiss was denied. Heard filed a $100 million defamation countersuit against Depp in 2020 that is ongoing. Latest Over the weekend Heard posted a note about her upcoming trial on her verified social media accounts writing, “I never named [Depp]Rather, I wrote about the price women pay for speaking out against men in power. I’m still paying that price, but I hope that when this case is over, I can move on and so can Johnny.” he wrote, “At this time, I acknowledge the continued support I have been fortunate to receive over the years, and in these next few weeks I will lean on it more than ever.”