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    Jury awards Depp $15M in defamation case against Heard and also awards her $2M

    Johnny Depp had sued Amber Heard for $50 million over a 2018 op-ed she wrote about abuse against women. The jury also awarded Heard $2 million in damages in her countersuit.
    by Bill Chappell Jun 01, 2022 3 minutes
    Johnny Depp and Amber Heard are seen attending the trial in Fairfax, Va., on May 24, 2022. Depp sued Heard, his ex-wife, for libel after she wrote an op-ed piece in <em>The Washington Post</em> in 2018 titled, "I spoke up against sexual violence — and faced our culture's wrath. That has to change."
    Updated June 1, 2022 at 3:59 PM ET

    Actor Johnny Depp has won his defamation case against his ex-wife Amber Heard, as jury announced its verdict in the widely watched case on Wednesday. The jury found that Depp is entitled to $10 million in compensatory damages and punitive damages of $5 million.

    Depp sued Heard, his ex-wife, for $50 million, saying she defamed him by accusing him of domestic abuse.

    With both actors accusing the other of , the outcome came to

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