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Johnny Depp has moved forward with his defamation lawsuit against his ex-wife, Amber Heard, after she wrote an article in the Washington Post in 2018 about surviving domestic violence. Heard never named Depp in the article but she did accuse the actor of domestic violence in 2016.
The bitter feud between Hollywood ex-couple Johnny Depp and Amber Heard is far from over.
The 58-year old actor has moved forward with his defamation lawsuit against his ex-wife, Amber, after she wrote an article in the Washington Post in 2018 about surviving domestic violence.
The 35-year old Aquaman star never named Depp in the article but she did accuse the actor of domestic violence in 2016.
In court documents obtained by PEOPLE, a Virginia judge granted the actor the right to pursue his lawsuit, denying Heard’s supplemental plea to dismiss the case after Depp lost his U.K. libel lawsuit against British tabloid, The Sun.
In November 2020, the Pirates of the Caribbean star lost his case against the British tabloid which called him a “wife-beater.”
The court upheld the outlet’s claims as being “substantially true.”
Heard petitioned a plea to dismiss Depp’s lawsuit, filed in Virginia back in March 2019. In the filed petition, the actress said that “the U.K. judgment should hold sway on the proceedings in the U.S. since both lawsuits center on allegations of the actor as an abuser.”
Instead, Fairfax County Chief Judge Penney Azcarate rejected the actress’s plea, saying that Heard’s article and what The Sun published were “inherently different.”
According to Judge Azcarate: “Heard argues she was in privity with The Sun because they both had the same interest in the case. However, for privity to exist, [Heard’s] interest in the case must be so identical with The Sun’s interest such that The Sun’s representation of its interest is also a representation of [Heard’s] legal right. The Sun’s interests were based on whether the statements the newspaper published were false. [Heard’s] interests relate to whether the statements she published were false.”
In December 2018, Heard wrote: “I became a public figure representing domestic abuse, and I felt the full force of our culture’s wrath for women who speak out.”
Three months after it was published, Depp filed a defamation lawsuit against the actress for $50 million. At the time, Depp’s lawyers said in the lawsuit: “Mr. Depp never abused Ms. Heard. Her allegations against him were false when they were made in 2016. They were part of an elaborate hoax to generate positive publicity for Ms. Heard and advance her career.”
In response to the lawsuit, Heard’s rep told PEOPLE in a statement: “This frivolous action is just the latest of Johnny Depp’s repeated efforts to silence Amber Heard. She will not be silenced. Mr. Depp’s actions prove he is unable to accept the truth of his ongoing abusive behavior. But while he appears hell-bent on achieving self-destruction, we will prevail in defeating this groundless lawsuit and ending the continued vile harassment of my client by Mr. Depp and his legal team.”
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Court grants Johnny Depp right to pursue his defamation lawsuit against ex-wife Amber Heard
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