Amber Heard wants to appeal jury decision in favor of Johnny Depp

[onthedarkside]

 

Amber Heard’s attorney, appearing on NBC’s Today, said that her client “absolutely” wants to appeal a Virginia jury’s decision in favor of Johnny Depp, finding that the actress is liable for defamation in her Washington Post op ed claiming domestic abuse.

 

“She has some excellent grounds for it,” Elaine Bredehoft told Savannah Guthrie.

 

In the interview, Bredehoft blamed a number of factors for Heard’s loss, citing evidentiary decisions as well as the influence of social media.

 

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https://deadline.com/2022/06/johnny-depp-amber-heard-trial-appeal-plans-1235037177/

 

 

[onthedarkside]

Amber Heard’s Lawyer Says Actress Can’t Pay $10 Million Judgment To Johnny Depp

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Amber Heard’s lawyer said Thursday the actress cannot afford to pay the roughly $10 million judgment she owes ex-husband Johnny Depp, after a Virginia court ruled Wednesday she defamed him in a 2018 op-ed she wrote about being a victim of domestic abuse.

 

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https://www.forbes.com/sites/marisadellatto/2022/06/02/amber-heards-lawyer-says-actress-cant-pay-10-million-judgment-to-johnny-depp/

 

 

 

[Bluespunk]

2 hours ago, onthedarkside said:

Amber Heard’s lawyer said Thursday the actress cannot afford to pay the roughly $10 million judgment she owes ex-husband Johnny Depp, after a Virginia court ruled Wednesday she defamed him in a 2018 op-ed she wrote about being a victim of domestic abuse.

Possibly she can pay it off in monthly payments.
 

If you defame someone don’t cry if you later have to face the consequences of your actions. 

[Gaccha]

16 hours ago, onthedarkside said:

“She has some excellent grounds for it,”

No she doesn't.

 

Only questions of law and procedural issues are up for challenge in an appeal.

 

Her appeal is highly unlikely to succeed, except the screw up by the jury on writing in the damages might raise concerns. But  I give it no better than 5% chance of success.

[Chomper Higgot]

She needs to be hauled in on multiple counts of perjury and falsifying evidence.

[pgrahmm]

It's pretty obvious that she's been a serial apex abuser all along, making purchases with her body & a quick manipulating mind.,.. 

She's a highly troubled woman who thinks she's smarter than she really is.....

The body language experts have been having a field day at her expense.....

[Credo]

If Depp really wants to get even with her, he should give the opportunity to write a full Op-Ed opinion retracting her allegations.  In return, her debt is forgiven.   At that point we can determine which means more to her, money or integrity.

 

By the way, who got the two dogs they snuck into Australia?   

[Srikcir]

22 hours ago, Gaccha said:

No she doesn't.

 

Only questions of law and procedural issues are up for challenge in an appeal.

 

Her appeal is highly unlikely to succeed, except the screw up by the jury on writing in the damages might raise concerns. But  I give it no better than 5% chance of success.

Amber claims Depp bribed the jury and posted in part:

"I believe Johnny's attorneys succeeded in getting the jury to overlook the key issue of Freedom of Speech and ignore that we won in the UK."

Film Streak

Lying under oath is not freedom of speech and the UK case is irrelevant and not precedent in a US trial. In fact the UK case was a lawsuit by Depp against a UK newspaper and not personally against Amber. As such Depp's ability to present evidence and cross examine parties was very limited. Also note that the UK uses common law and the US uses case law. 

[spidermike007]

She is a scam artist who was outed, in a very humiliating fashion before the world. She is also a very simple minded woman, apparently. 

 

She as not a victim. He was. She is a witch and used "me too" to abuse Depp. Hopefully, she will never be hired again. See ya Amber! Good riddens. 

[mikeymike100]

She got $7 million in the divorce from JD, we know she still has it, because she said in court. She pledged it to charity, but didn't donate it. That would make a good down payment?

 

Appeal she has little chance of a judge giving her one, wouldn't she need new evidence?

 

AH legal council got crucified in court by JD's council because primarily of AH's lies. Who would take her case, now knowing what  she is like?

[mikeymike100]

On 6/3/2022 at 3:18 AM, Bluespunk said:

Possibly she can pay it off in monthly payments.
 

If you defame someone don’t cry if you later have to face the consequences of your actions. 

Agreed, maybe her friend Elon Musk can help?

[Bluespunk]

4 minutes ago, mikeymike100 said:

Agreed, maybe her friend Elon Musk can help?

Couldn’t care less. 

[Tarteso]

Good luck for Amber and her sister

 

 

[John Drake]

What's this all about, then? Did I miss something?

[Bluespunk]

50 minutes ago, John Drake said:

What's this all about, then? Did I miss something?

You missed nothing…

[mikeymike100]

1 hour ago, Bluespunk said:

Couldn’t care less. 

If you couldn't care less, why bother commenting?

[Bluespunk]

4 minutes ago, mikeymike100 said:

If you couldn't care less, why bother commenting?

I don’t care who pays heard’s fines and would be done with this thread but for you quoting me.

 

I said my piece about how I feel about those who defame others.
 

I couldn’t care less about those specific individuals involved in the case.

[Gillyflower]

I read that the jury went on the side of JD because AH did NOT donate the 7 million divorce settlement as she kept saying shewould do.

[Thingamabob]

Message to Amber...next time use the chamber pot...

[Srikcir]

On 6/3/2022 at 3:18 AM, Bluespunk said:

Possibly she can pay it off in monthly payments.
 

If you defame someone don’t cry if you later have to face the consequences of your actions. 

It appears that possibly under Virginia state law, she can only file a chapter 11 that would allow a payment plan to pay for the $10 million judgement vs chapter 13 bankruptcy to evade the entire debt. In the case of malicious harm or intent in a tort such as required in  defamation, she cannot discharge the $10 million award. 

Under state law however it appears that Depp's award for punitive damages of $5 million is limited to $350,000.

If she wants to appeal, a law firm might ask how will she pay their legal fees? 

[bradiston]

I'm intrigued as to why most posters on this forum seem to side with Depp. Why is that?

[arithai12]

6 hours ago, bradiston said:

I'm intrigued as to why most posters on this forum seem to side with Depp. Why is that?

If you have this curiosity, you can easily satisfy it yourself by watching at least a tiny part of the endless hours of depositions by JD, AH, and witnesses. You can easily find them on youtube.

 

A deeper question that I have, however, is: why on Earth did JD marry her? Ths is a textbook reminder to all men to remember to engage the brain in our skull and not only the one between our legs when dealing with women. With all due respect to (most) women.

[arithai12]

On 6/2/2022 at 11:36 PM, onthedarkside said:

Amber Heard’s attorney, appearing on NBC’s Today, said that her client “absolutely” wants to appeal

and I am sure said attorney has absolutely no financial interest in the matter.

[CharlieH]

Technically she can appeal but whose going to put the bond ? She would have to raise around 6m to do that. She can't go bankrupt on the money she owes either.

The woman is ruined and broke.

 

Her next victim will probably be Musk and the leverage she has over him with the child.

[BritManToo]

6 hours ago, arithai12 said:

A deeper question that I have, however, is: why on Earth did JD marry her? Ths is a textbook reminder to all men to remember to engage the brain in our skull and not only the one between our legs when dealing with women. With all due respect to (most) women.

A deeper question would be, why on earth would any man marry any woman?

There's nothing in marriage, at this point in time, that benefits a man.

[BritManToo]

13 hours ago, bradiston said:

I'm intrigued as to why most posters on this forum seem to side with Depp. Why is that?

Because he always seemed to be a nice guy.

And she always seemed to be a psycho bitch.

And many of us had similar relationships and experiences in our home countries.

[KhunLA]

7 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

A deeper question would be, why on earth would any man marry any woman?

There's nothing in marriage, at this point in time, that benefits a man.

Even if the relationship is bliss, in the USA, the combined incomes at tax time, puts you in a higher tax bracket.  No reason to get married in the western world.  Women do it to legally have access to your finances.

 

My 2 live ins, I purposely kept one of my rental units open, and no joint paperwork of any kind, so any claim of a 'civil partnership' would be denied, as at the time of those relationships, I was starting to acquire a bit of equity & stock holdings.  Mine mine mine, don't even think about it.

[Srikcir]

This may be a bit late but it provides substantial legal issues with the UK trial verdict on Depp vs a news media opined by a UK Barrsiter.

There (UK) the verdict went against Depp and the US attorney for Amber argues now that the UK verdict should have been considered as evidence in the US trial verdict.

Note that in the UK the jury is the trial judge (as in Thailand). A jury trial can be requested but it is for the trial judge to decide (unlike Thailand) and he rejected the request:

Some of points in the video: questionable independence of the UK trial judge, alleged lies made by Amber with regard to her illegal importation of 2 dogs into Australia, and alleged lies made to the US Homeland Security regarding a foreign"quest/friend" of Amber to live with her in the US during the her "visit."

 

 

[mikeymike100]

9 hours ago, CharlieH said:

Technically she can appeal but whose going to put the bond ? She would have to raise around 6m to do that. She can't go bankrupt on the money she owes either.

The woman is ruined and broke.

 

Her next victim will probably be Musk and the leverage she has over him with the child.

Typically the bond is the amount of the judgement,  plus attorney fees for the appeal. So its not looking too good for her!

Plus where would she find any "good" attorneys now?

[timendres]

13 hours ago, Srikcir said:

There (UK) the verdict went against Depp and the US attorney for Amber argues now that the UK verdict should have been considered as evidence in the US trial verdict.

IMHO This just demonstrates how inept Heard's attorneys are.