Johnny Depp willing to give up lawsuit money to help Amber Heard? His lawyers confide Lemberger Zeitung

On Wednesday June 1, 2022, Johnny Depp won his famous lawsuit against Amber Heard, his ex-wife, whom he accused of defamation after seeing her accuse him of domestic violence during their marriage. At the end of six weeks spent in a court in Virginia (USA), punctuated by numerous important testimonies, the jury has indeed recognized that the actress of Aquaman 2 had defamed the actor through three statements considered “false ” and imagined with “a real malevolence”. Amber Heard too poor to pay Johnny Depp fines dollars for compensatory damages, but also a fine of $5 million for punitive damages (which was actually reduced to $350,000 due to a specific law in Virginia), to serve as an example. The problem ? As the actress’s lawyer recently confided, she would not be able to pay such sums, the fault of a career still too fruitless, even though she had received 7 million dollars at following their divorce in May 2016. And when we know that it is already rumored that this sentence could see her quickly blacklisted in Hollywood (and therefore limit her sources of income), we understand that the situation could quickly become stressful for she. The actor ready to give up the money? Unless… For the first time since the end of the trial, Johnny Depp’s defense team spoke about this victory and the honor of their client. And to this effect, lawyer Ben Chew hinted that an agreement could be reached, “Obviously we cannot break the professional secrecy which binds the discussions between a client and his lawyer, but as he has -even testified and as it has been repeated [lui et l’avocate Camilla Vasquez, ndlr] During the trial, it was never about money for Mr. Depp. The objective was to restore its reputation “A relief for the actress? Yes, but be careful. First, nothing says that Johnny Depp will really refuse the money. would like to appeal, the Good Morning America reporter asked if their client’s generosity might be conditional on her changing her mind and dropping out. Their response? “We have to be careful with what we say. , but again, this lawsuit was mostly there for the reputation of Mr. Depp. [La vérité] was what mattered to him”. The ball is therefore in the court of the actress.