The jury on June 1 awarded Johnny $10 million in compensatory damages and $5 million in punitive damages. It additionally awarded Amber $2 million in compensatory damages on a counterclaim, primarily based on statements by a lawyer for Johnny, who referred to as the abuse accusations a “hoax.”
Speaking with TODAY, Camille Vasquez revealed Johnny’s response to the court docket’s resolution. “An overwhelming sense of reduction. I used to be talking with a mutual buddy of Johnny and ours and he mentioned, ‘I have not seen Johnny smile like that in six years’. The verdict is overwhelmingly constructive for Johnny.”
Benjamin mentioned, “The weight of the world is off of his shoulder. He’s received his life again. We had final confidence in Johnny, the jury, and the info of this case. You can solely hope that the jury will see it and on this case, they did. The verdict was overwhelmingly in his favour. Johnny owned his points, he was very candid about his alcohol and drug points, and he was candid about some unlucky texts that he wrote. I feel it was in sharp distinction to Miss Heard who did not appear or not less than the jury could have perceived that she didn’t take accountability for something. We really feel very assured that there are not any errors that may justify any sort of profitable attraction.”
They had been additionally requested about any on-line marketing campaign for Johnny as #justiceforamberheard has 27 million views on TikTok and #justiceforjohnnydepp has 20 billion views. When requested that Amber’s lawyers alleged that it was because of an ‘orchestrated marketing campaign’ on Johnny’s behalf, they referred to as it ‘completely baseless’, ‘completely absurd’ and ‘categorically false’.
Johnny sued Amber over an op-ed the actor wrote within the Washington Post. She claimed to be a survivor of home violence within the op-ed however didn’t particularly establish Johnny because the abuser. She later accused him of abuse in the course of the defamation trial. Johnny sued for defamation in search of $50 million in damages. Amber counterclaimed for $100 million, accusing him of defamation.