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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Entertainment
Will Maule

Amber Heard's lawyers demand Johnny Depp abuse trial verdict is overturned

Lawyers representing actress Amber Heard have made a formal request for the verdict in her case against Johnny Depp to be thrown out.

In a 43-page memorandum filed on Friday (July 1), Ms Heard's lawyers argued that the final ruling should be entirely set aside, along with the $10m she was ordered to pay Depp in damages, which they called "inconsistent and irreconcilable”.

The legal team have requested a new trial, saying that the verdict was not supported by evidence.

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