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UPDATE, 9:20 AM: Johnny Depp is “pleased” with the end of his long defamation clash with Amber Heard and the settlement between the former married couple. In a statement sent to Deadline soon after Heard revealed a deal between the two, Depp said he plans to donate the $1 million paid by Heard (as…

Less than a month after Johnny Depp filed his formal appeal of some of the verdict in his sweeping defamation case against Amber Heard, Heard has put her own brief in the Virginia courts. And Heard's new-ish lawyers are flying the flag of the First Amendment and taking trial court Judge Penney…

Johnny Depp wants his defamation cake, and he wants to get to eat it too. “This Court should reverse the judgment on Ms. Heard's Counterclaim as to the April 27 Waldman Statement, but should otherwise affirm the judgment in Mr. Depp's favor,” declared a filing today by the ex-Pirates of the Caribbean…

Amber Heard is replacing most of her legal team and leaning into the Constitution as she prepares to appeal the multimillion-dollar defamation verdict awarded to Johnny Depp. Not entirely unexpected, the move by the Aquaman actress to cut loose her main attorney Elaine Bredehoft follows weeks of judicial jockeying by…

Less than a day after Amber Heard gave formal notice of her intent to appeal the verdict in Johnny Depp’s defamation trial against her, the Aquaman star’s ex-husband has launched his own countermove. In paperwork filed this morning in Fairfax County, the former Pirates of the Caribbean actor has put his legal players…

The court battle between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard looks to be heating up again. Close to two months after a Virginia jury handed the ex-Pirates of the Caribbean star a big win in his multimillion-dollar defamation trial against his ex-wife and Rum Diary co-star, Heard on Thursday officially informed the court that…

Johnny Depp’s win last month in his big-bucks defamation trial against Amber Heard is staying in place, a Virginia judge ruled Wednesday. “Defendant does not allege Juror Fifteen’s inclusion on the jury prejudiced her in any way,” Judge Penny Azcarate wrote in an order (read it here) released today rejecting the Aquama…

Johnny Depp may find himself facing off again with Amber Heard in Virginia in the ex-couple’s big-bucks defamation battle, but he seems to have put an end to the assault and battery case about to go to trial in the City of Angels. Two weeks to the day before the scheduled start of the trial brought against Depp by…

Just a few days after Amber Heard filed new paperwork to have Johnny Depp’s defamation trial-winning verdict tossed out and a new trial set, the current Jeff Beck sideman has responded. Unsurprisingly, the lengthy response from Team Depp is to maintain the multi-million dollar decision, insisting that the Virginia…

EXCLUSIVE: If there wasn’t enough drama swirling around Johnny Depp’s win over Amber Heard in his multimillion-dollar defamation suit last month, things have turned judicially weird. “Ms. Heard had a right to rely on the basic protection, as prescribed by the Virginia Code, that the jurors in this trial would be…

A month after Johnny Depp won his multi-million defamation trial against Amber Heard, the ex-Pirates of the Caribbean star now officially faces the first attempt to smack down his legal victory, with a harsh one-two-punch. “For all the reasons set forth above, and for the reasons set forth on the record during the…

Johnny Depp's multimillion-dollar defamation suit against Amber Heard is over, but not really over if the Aquaman actress can pay a pricey bond. In a short and sometimes tense hearing Friday morning in Judge Penney Azcarate's Fairfax, VA courtroom, a final judgment in the explicit and high-profile civil trial that…