Aii: Johnny Depp loses lawsuit and has to pay 100 million

It had seemed quiet for a while between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard, but behind the scenes, that is anything but. The two are still at war and the lawsuits have become unmanageable. Apparently, the media is also a bit fed up with it, as the headlines are not often featuring them anymore. Now it’s all quite a mess between the exes (read our suggestions here)? I'm meanwhile scrolling through the first of the Monate like an addict through Elkes Nieuwsflix, but nothing, zip, nada. Even Netflix is acting suspicious... Quiet then. I want a sequel to my favorite and I want it now. But with a chronic shortage and the absence of rattling conversations, a summary of what exactly is going on), and so it is simply almost impossible to keep track. Yesterday, a ruling was made in one of the cases, and it is quite tough for Johnny: he has to pay no less than 100 million.

In just under a month, the case he has filed against Amber Heard for defamation will begin, but now he is already facing the first blow. In the ruling that was pronounced yesterday by jury Penney Azcarate in Virginia, it was determined that Amber Heard could make use of the so-called anti-SLAPP legislation. The what? Well, here’s the deal: in 2018, Heard wrote a piece in the Washington Post that caused this whole string of lawsuits, namely a allegation of domestic violence against Depp.

The anti-SLAPP law (Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation) was introduced to give people who speak out publicly a certain kind of immunity. This can apply, for example, if the subject the person is speaking out about is important to society or if it is a subject that needs more attention — in this case, domestic violence.

Depp's lawyers believed that the anti-SLAPP law did not apply to Heard, but the jury thought otherwise. Besides the fact that Johnny Depp now has to cough up 100 million, this is also not a very good outlook for the further process between the two exes: the lawsuit that starts in less than a month is largely based on the fact that Depp's lawyers wanted to undermine this anti-SLAPP law in this specific case. And that has already failed.

The trial is scheduled for April 11, and I fear it will really be a battlefield. And seriously: 100 million must be an insane amount of money even for an actor like Johnny Depp? To be continued, undoubtedly.