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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Entertainment
Edward Helmore

Amber Heard’s attorneys request defamation verdict be tossed

Amber Heard at the courthouse in Fairfax, Virginia, in May.
Amber Heard at the courthouse in Fairfax, Virginia, in May. Photograph: Steve Helber/AFP/Getty Images

Attorneys for actor Amber Heard have requested that the judgment against her in the dueling defamation case with ex-husband Johnny Depp be entirely set aside.

Heard, who was found liable on three claims of defamation in June, said in a 43-page memorandum that the jury’s verdict should tossed – and with it a more than $10m award – on the grounds that it was unsupported by evidence.

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