Amber Heard will "absolutely" appeal the verdict reached this week in her defamation trial against ex-husband Johnny Depp, her attorney announced Thursday morning.
Elaine Bredehoft, who represented the "Aquaman" actor at the trial in Fairfax, Virginia, told NBC's "Today" show that her client has "excellent grounds" for an appeal after a jury awarded $15 million in damages to Depp and $2 million in damages to Heard. (Judge Penney Azcarate reduced Depp's total to about $10.4 million, per Virginia's statutory cap.)
Depp previously lost a similar libel case against the Sun tabloid in London, where a justice ruled in 2020 that "the great majority of alleged assaults of Ms. Heard by Mr. Depp have been proved to the civil standard."
