Johnny Depp will not be in court again (again). An appeal has been denied in the UK in his high-profile defamation case with the actor Sun: Publisher News Group Newspapers.
Depp seeks to overturn a decision in which Judge Cindrew Nicole ruled that the allegations concerning his relationship with his ex-wife, Amber Heard, were “significantly true.” . That ruling has now been upheld by the UK Court of Appeal.
This is a significant blow to Depp. After an initial trial, he was released from Warner Bros. Fantastic beasts Replaced by the franchise and Meds Mickelsen, and now they will move to the U.S. next year. Hard has been tarded with the ‘Wife Bitter’ brush before his blockbuster defamation trial.
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Depp’s lawyer, Joel Rich of Shillings Partners, sent a statement in response to today’s ruling. Final line She “seriously questioned” the UK court’s decision and heard the actor “waiting to present full, unreliable evidence of the truth in the US defamation case to be heard against Ms. US, where he will have to make a full disclosure.”
A spokesman for Heard said he was “pleased with the decision, but not surprised at all” and called Depp’s team’s claims “new and important evidence”, “none other than the press strategy.”
“The evidence presented in the UK case was overwhelming and indisputable. To reiterate, the original verdict was that Mr. Depp had committed domestic violence against Amber on less than 12 occasions and she was released out of fear for her life, ”they added.
Appeals judges Lord Justice DeGeneres and Lord Justice Underhill disclosed their decision in a 14-page document this morning.
“Nicole J. The previous hearing was thorough and fair, and she gave full reasons for her conclusion, which was not shown by the argument of failing to approach any error or even the error of law,” they said.
The court explained that it did not believe Depp’s team judge Nicole’s remarks had a real chance of success on appeal, and did not accept that the judge was expelled from the divorce settlement with Depp by the idea of Hurd’s M 7M charitable donation. , Which was claimed by the actor’s representative was never fulfilled.
Andrew Caldecott leads the bid for appeal on behalf of QC Depp. Last week, she told the UK Court of Appeals that an allegation had been made against Hurd in January – he had falsely claimed that her 7 divorce payments had been made in charity – which is the reason for the appeal hearing.
During the original hearing in the UK High Court, Hardy said he had not met L.A. The full amount was donated to causes including the Children’s Hospital Foundation and the American Civil Liberties Union, and the reason for this was cited by News Group’s lawyers as evidence that the actress could not be characteristic. A “gold digger”. Earlier this year, its U.S. The prosecutor admitted Final line That donation was “delayed”, but claimed that this was due to the legal action taken by Depp against the actress, who spent millions on her legal fees.
Caldecott argued that the donations had been “scaled up” from the beginning of the case and that Harde had “lied by calculation and cunning”. He claimed that the original court may have been unable to find Hurd’s credibility because he was influenced by the idea of MM Dan.
Adam Volanski, a representative of the news groups, responded by saying that Hardy had not lied, that donations would be made, and that Depp’s team had received the information before the original hearing. He also said that the “gold digger” argument was a “misogystic trip”.
In today’s appeal ruling, the judges said they did not investigate whether their statements regarding donations were misleading, noting that Depp’s team did not raise the issue at the hearing, and they did not see reason to believe the original judge’s decision was affected. . By what was said about the donation.
U.S. In, Heard v. Depp’s separate $ 50M defamation hearing was recently delayed until April 11, 2022. The actress is also running an M100M countersuit.
