Actor Johnny Depp has won the libel suit against his former wife Amber Heard. A jury of seven people awarded him $15 million in damages.
The jury found that Heard’s statements were false and made with “actual malice” against Depp. They decided on $10 million in compensatory damages and another $5 million in punitive damages.
Depp sued Heard for $50 million after she wrote an op-ed for The Washington Post in 2018 calling herself a “public figure representing domestic abuse.”
Heard countersued Depp for $100 million. The jury awarded her $2 million in compensatory damages.
