Lisa Bloom advises Amber Heard to appeal, because of the 'problematic' judgment from Johnny Depp?

After the defamation trial between Hollywood star couple Amber Heard and Johnny Depp ended, the famous lawyer Lisa Bloom believes that we have not yet seen the end of the trial and the case will be decided on appeal. fox.

Lisa Bloom is an American attorney known for advising Harvey Weinstein amid allegations of sexual abuse and representing women who were accused of sexual harassment that led to the firing of Bill O.

In addition, the famous female lawyer is also known through a series of other allegations of a series of Hollywood stars such as Janice Dickinson (in the charge against Bill Cosby), actress Mischa Barton (in a revenge porn lawsuit). , and Harvey Weinstein (with whom Ms Bloom was an initial consultant before stepping down) spoke to BBC Newsnight following the verdict in the defamation case between Amber Heard and Johnny Depp.

The jurors announced Wednesday (June 1) they have reached a verdict in the case against Depp and Heard in Fairfax, Virginia. They found that Amber Heard had defamed Johnny Depp in three statements and that Heard had been defamed. At the end of the six-week trial, Depp was awarded $10 million in punitive damages, $5 million in punitive damages (a special, punitive type of punitive damages). anvil) and Heard were awarded $2 million.

"I want to emphasize that this is not the end, because most defamation cases are actually decided on appeal," Lisa Bloom told Newsnight, adding that she noticed "a lot of resistance issues." report" in the Depp and Heard case.

She called the ruling "contradictory" due to the way the jury found that Johnny Depp and Amber Heard were both libelous.

Specifically, the jury found that Johnny Depp was smeared in an article by Aquaman actor Amber Heard, in which the actress revealed she had been "a figure representing domestic abuse." ", but also found that Amber Heard had been smeared in a statement by Adam Waldman (a former lawyer for Mr. Depp) calling some of actress Amber Heard's shares "a hoax".

"How can Amber Heard be defamed when Johnny Depp's attorney says her allegations are a hoax, and Johnny Depp is also smeared when she says she represents violence? family?", famous female lawyer Lisa Bloom asked.

"I think that's inconsistent and you can't have an inconsistent judgment," she added.

Attorney Lisa Bloom also pointed out that one of the three statements found by the jury to be defamatory was the title of the article, which Aquaman actress Amber Heard "did not write". "She retweeted it, but she didn't write it," added attorney Lisa Bloom.

"I retweet articles all the time. Am I responsible if there's a false statement in that article? In general, we think people shouldn't be held accountable," she said.

Attorney Lisa Bloom said she believes "in a year or two" the case will receive a "more definitive answer."

Amber Heard's attorney told the Today program that the actress "fully intends to appeal the ruling, arguing that 'some things are allowed in this court that shouldn't be'."

An attorney representing Amber Heard in her Johnny Depp defamation trial spoke out after the ruling and revealed that "a large amount of evidence was discarded" during the week-long trial.

Bredehoft shared her reaction to the verdict with NBC's Savannah Guthrie that some evidence was dropped from the trial. "There the burden of proof is easier on Depp, The Sun has to really prove it right.

And the court found there - and we are not allowed to tell the jury this - but the court found that Mr. Depp committed at least 12 acts of domestic violence, including sexual violence. sex for Amber.

"So what did Depp's team learn from this? Demonize Amber and suppress the evidence. We had a large amount of evidence that was discarded in this case the UK case. In the case of the The UK came in, Amber won and Mr Depp lost."

Among the discarded evidence were "very important" medical records showing "a pattern from 2012 of Amber reporting this to her therapist", Ms Bredehoft said.

The lawyer also speculated that jurors may have been influenced by the "deviant" social media frenzy surrounding the case, which has tilted in favor of Mr. Depp.

The Aquaman actress herself reacted to the ruling in a statement Wednesday afternoon, saying she was "deeply heartbroken".

"The disappointment I feel today cannot be put into words. I am heartbroken that the mountain of evidence is still not enough against the strength, influence and sway of my ex-husband," she said.

"I'm even more disappointed with what this sentence means for other women. It's a step backwards," Amber Heard said.

And she added that the result was an attack on freedom of speech: "I'm so sad that I lost this case. But I'm still sadder than I seem to have lost the right I thought I had with my opinion. how to be an American - speak freely and openly."

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