{"id":32986,"date":"2021-08-20T03:52:18","date_gmt":"2021-08-19T22:22:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/districtchronicles.com\/johnny-depp-wins-right-to-sue-amber-heard-for-libel\/"},"modified":"2021-08-20T03:56:21","modified_gmt":"2021-08-19T22:26:21","slug":"johnny-depp-wins-right-to-sue-amber-heard-for-libel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/districtchronicles.com\/johnny-depp-wins-right-to-sue-amber-heard-for-libel\/","title":{"rendered":"Johnny Depp wins right to sue Amber Heard for libel"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\"><\/aside>\n<p>Disgraced actor Johnny Depp has been granted the green light to press libel charges against ex-wife Amber Heard despite a UK court ruling that he was a \u201cwife-beater.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 58-year-old \u201cPirates of the Caribbean\u201d star seemed out of luck this past December after losing a libel suit against the Sun, which penned a 2018 piece accusing the actor of physically assaulting Heard, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.co.uk\/article\/johnny-depp-can-sue-amber-heard-us-judge-rules-x6qrm3rpl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">the Times reported.<\/a> After the multi-week trial, the judge had ruled that the UK publication\u2019s claims were \u201csubstantially true,\u201d after carefully examining 14 domestic incidents that reportedly occurred during the pair\u2019s tumultuous 15-month marriage.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cJustice League\u201d actress, 35, then tried to use Depp\u2019s legal loss to invalidate another defamation case by him concerning a 2018 Washington Post op-ed, in which Heard claimed to be a victim of abuse but didn\u2019t mention her ex by name, the Times reported. The \u201cAquaman\u201d star says that the Virginia court should recognize the UK ruling as both cases involved domestic violence, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/news\/general-news\/johnny-depp-allowed-libel-suit-against-amber-heard-despite-u-k-ruling-1234998895\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">report by the Hollywood Reporter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-32987\" src=\"https:\/\/districtchronicles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/amber-heard-johnny-depp-001.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/districtchronicles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/amber-heard-johnny-depp-001.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/districtchronicles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/amber-heard-johnny-depp-001-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/districtchronicles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/amber-heard-johnny-depp-001-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/districtchronicles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/amber-heard-johnny-depp-001-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/districtchronicles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/amber-heard-johnny-depp-001-696x464.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><figcaption>Johnny Depp can move forward with libel charges against ex-wife Amber Heard.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>However, on Tuesday, Fairfax County Chief Judge Penney Azcarate denied Heard\u2019s motion, citing the fact that her interests weren\u2019t aligned with the Sun\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p>Azcarate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fairfaxcounty.gov\/circuit\/sites\/circuit\/files\/assets\/documents\/pdf\/opinions\/cl-2019-2911-depp-ii-v-heard-08172021.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">wrote specifically<\/a> that while the Sun\u2018s interests were based on the veracity of the publication\u2019s claims, \u201c[Heard\u2019s] interests relate to whether the statements she [herself] published were false.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As for whether the UK ruling should prevent Depp from pressing libel charges, Azcarate determined that Heard was not present at the across-the-pond trial and therefore the same rules don\u2019t apply, THR reported.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\"><\/aside>\n<p>Heard\u2019s lawyer argued at the hearing that rejecting the UK judgment gave the \u201cDonnie Brasco\u201d actor carte blanche to sue any publication that referred to him as a \u201cwife-beater.\u201d Azcarate countered by saying that \u201cupholding English libel judgments in the United States\u201d would create a \u201cdangerous precedent,\u201d as the UK is more lenient toward defamation plaintiffs.<\/p>\n<p>The court date is slated for early 2022. Along with the aforementioned libel allegations, the trial will also examine Heard\u2019s counterclaims that her ex-husband sicced social media bots on her, the Times reported.<\/p>\n<p>The ruling follows another legal victory by Depp earlier this month in New York, which will force several charities to disclose whether his former betrothed made good on her word to donate her $7 million divorce settlement.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Disgraced actor Johnny Depp has been granted the green light to press libel charges against ex-wife Amber Heard despite a UK court ruling that he &#8230; <a title=\"Johnny Depp wins right to sue Amber Heard for libel\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/districtchronicles.com\/johnny-depp-wins-right-to-sue-amber-heard-for-libel\/\" aria-label=\"More on Johnny Depp wins right to sue Amber Heard for libel\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":32987,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/districtchronicles.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32986"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/districtchronicles.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/districtchronicles.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/districtchronicles.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/35"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/districtchronicles.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32986"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/districtchronicles.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32986\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/districtchronicles.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/districtchronicles.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/districtchronicles.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/districtchronicles.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}