Amber Heard has said she is “heartbroken” after losing to her ex-husband Johnny Depp in a US libel trial. The actor, who will be left with more than $8m after paying out for her counterclaim, was filmed leaving a pub in Newcastle as the verdict was revealed.
Amber Heard has said she will appeal against the verdict in the multimillion-dollar defamation lawsuit brought in the US by her ex-husband Johnny Depp.
Heard, 36, said she was “heartbroken” and felt “disappointment beyond words” after Depp was awarded $15m (£11.9m) by a court in Virginia on Wednesday.
Sources close to the actress, who won $2m (£1.6m) in her countersuit against Depp, 58, have told NBC News that she will appeal against the verdict. No additional details were provided.
Depp was awarded $10m in compensatory damages and $5m in punitive damages over a first-person article by Heard in The Washington Post in 2018 in which she claimed she was a survivor of domestic abuse.
Depp will only get $10.35m, after the judge capped punitive damages in accordance with legal limits.
The Pirates of the Caribbean star had sued his ex-wife for $50m.
She filed a $100m counterclaim over statements Depp’s lawyer made in a MailOnline story about her allegations being an “abuse hoax”.
Depp left with $8.35m
He will only be left with $8.35m after paying $2m to Heard for her counter suit.
Depp was not in court to hear the verdict, which came after three days of deliberations, as he is in the UK.
He was seen celebrating the verdict at the Bridge Tavern pub in Newcastle.
The actor, 58, has made several surprise appearances around the UK while he supports musician Jeff Beck on tour.
A financial expert told the US trial Depp has lost around $40m (£31.91) as a result of Heard’s allegations.
He previously paid her $7m in their divorce settlement, which was finalised in 2017.
