The long-anticipated jury verdict in the Johnny Depp defamation case against Amber Heard found for Depp, awarding him $15 million in damages. Heard, however, also received a $2 million award in a counterclaim.

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Johnny Depp Award $15M Defamation Case Against Amber Heard

that was the verdict and that was the verdict being read. The jury's verdict unanimous there with all of the jurors saying yes, that was their decision when pulled by herds own representation. But the Virginia jury finding that actor Amber heard did defame her former husband johnny depth on all three claims there in all three cases and of course death not in the courtroom today reportedly due to prior contractual commitments. But Amber heard a very somber Amber heard sitting there with her team as the verdict was read. That's right. It looks like she's going to oh johnny Depp some money as well. It looks like it was $15 million from when I last heard the number could have gone up but it's 10 million for compensatory. 10 million for compensatory and then five million punitive And then I believe Amber heard is gonna get $2 million for damages from depth. But again this was a trial that started in april, it was one of those trials that the world was watching a lot of elements of this trial, a lot of witnesses, a lot of accounts that didn't quite add up and as you heard in that from the judge, they're talking about a scene where perhaps Amber heard had called the police for some kind of abuse but didn't really add up and then they had her and her friends create another story and called the police again with the help from an attorney on how to get that story straight. But again, unanimously Amber heard the jury found that Amber heard defame johnny Depp in this case