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Alexandria, Virginia (AP) — Johnny Depp-Amber Heard's defamation judge officially announced the Jury Trial Award on Friday. As a victim of domestic abuse of her work she wrote.
Judge Penny Azkarate issued a ruling order in court records after a brief hearing in the Fairfax County Circuit Court. She also ordered Depp to pay $ 2 million. This is the jury's award for her counterclaim that Haad was defamed by one of Depp's lawyers.
The order was formal after the jury announced the verdict on June 1. A trial closely tracked on social media.
In a December 2018 editorial, Depp heard himself in an editorial in the Washington Post as "a public figure representing domestic violence." The jury has ruled in favor of Depp on all three of his claims related to a particular statement in the 2018 work.
The jury decided that Depp should receive $ 10 million in compensatory damages and $ 5 million in punitive damages, but the judge decided that the amount of punitive damages would be state. Reduced to $ 350,000 under the cap.
I heard she will appeal her verdict.
At a hearing on Friday, the judge must submit a full deposit of $ 10.35 million in prize money if Heard appeals, while the appeal is pending. Said. This is a common practice. According to the judge's order, both awards are subject to an annual interest rate of 6%.
