Johnny Depp lost the lawsuit in the UK but won against Amber Heard in the US: The reason revealed

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Many legal experts at the time considered the defeat in England to be a fatal blow to Depp. Then, in Fairfax, USA, he sued his ex-wife for information related to domestic v.iolence in an article on the Washington Post.

The defamation lawsuit between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard ended on June 1 with a ruling in favor of the "Pirates" actor. The court ordered Heard to pay a fine of $10.35 million in honorary damages. Meanwhile, Depp had to pay his ex-wife two million dollars.

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Johnny Depp filed a defamation lawsuit against Amber Heard in 2019, claiming the information she wrote in a Washington Post post a year earlier was untrue.

The actor said that his ex-wife intentionally created a scandal to promote the movie Aquaman (2018), while the MeToo movement was being supported in Hollywood. He also asserted that Heard was the abuser, not the victim. The actor asked his ex-wife to pay 50 million USD for the allegations of affecting his career, causing him to lose many film projects.

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The lawsuit was interrupted for a long time due to the epidemic and the star couple's dense filming schedule. During that period, the two constantly released evidence in the media to bring down the other.

In 2020, the Daily Mail published an audio recording showing Amber Heard admitting to hitting Johnny Depp. Many experts believe that this is the milestone that caused the controversy between the stars to change direction. Depp fans started a campaign calling for a boycott of the actress.

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At the same time, Johnny Depp focused on suing The Sun newspaper in the UK for articles calling him a "wife beater". In court, he accused Heard of having an affair with billionaire Elon Musk and comedian James Franco when the two were not divorced. French model Vanessa Paradis - Depp's ex - sent a letter to the judge, asserting that the actor is not a violent person. The two dated from 1998-2012 and have two children.

In November 2020, a judge in England ruled that Johnny Depp lost his case against The Sun newspaper, concluding that he beat his wife. It was this that caused the actor to be asked by Warner Bros to stop filming the Fantastic Beasts blockbuster series. He received the full salary in the contract but had to pay the role of Danish star Mads Mikkelsen.

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Many legal experts at the time considered the defeat in England to be a fatal blow to Depp. Then, in Fairfax, USA, he sued his ex-wife for information related to domestic v.iolence in an article on the Washington Post.

In January 2021, Amber Heard filed a countersuit against her ex-husband for defamation and demanded $100 million in damages. And on April 11, the trial at Fairfax began with the appearance of the star couple.

After more than 6 weeks, the lawsuit between Amber Heard and Johnny Depp has officially closed. The Pirates of the Caribbean star was declared the winner of a defamation lawsuit against his ex-wife. Finally Johnny Depp and the legal team had a spectacular comeback to regain justice and truth.

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According to The Guardian, Johnny Depp lost the Amber Heard lawsuit in the UK in 2020 but won in the US by surprise. The US has laws that support free speech, so it's much harder to win a defamation case here than in the UK.

In response to the Washington Post, media expert George Freeman explained: "It's simply that Depp's sentence in the UK is decided by the judge. Meanwhile, in the US, the outcome of his and Heard's trial is decided by a jury. the group considers and decides".

Mark Stephens, an international media lawyer who has followed both lawsuits, said Depp's legal team in the US has implemented a "Darvo" (short for denial) strategy. This strategy reverses the position of victim and offender, with Depp's team repeatedly denying allegations of abuse brought by Heard's side.

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"We found Darvo to be very effective with juries, but not with judges who are trained to analyze evidence," Stephens said.

Lee Berlik, a Virginia-based attorney who specializes in defamation law and business litigation, said Depp's team was focused on bringing down Heard and proving the allegations to a jury during the US hearing. That's why the actor won the lawsuit.

The lawyer added: "The judge in the UK found that The Sun had proven 12 separate acts of 'wife b.eating' by Depp. But in the US, the jury found no domestic abuse from him. And more than that, Heard was e.xposed to contradictions and lied in his testimony, so he lost to Depp."

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The Washington Post pointed out that the difference in communication between the two lawsuits in the UK and the US also shows Depp's advantage. The trial in the US was livestreamed for millions of people to directly watch the testimony of the two sides and began to dissect, analyze, and create a stream of public opinion in favor of Depp.

Meanwhile, the case in the UK is closed. Both parties can filter out details in their favor to announce to the press. At that time, Heard built himself as a victim with a series of bruised photos published, so more or less public opinion was on the side of the actress.

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