Jury members in Johnny Depp’s defamation case against Amber Heard have ruled in favor of the actor’s claims.
After weeks of testimony from the pair as well as outside witnesses, Depp, 58, won all three counts of his bombshell defamation lawsuit against ex-wife Amber Heard, 36, on Wednesday after a Virginia jury substantiated the claim that his ex-wife sullied his reputation and damaged his career when she wrote in the Washington Post in 2018 about becoming a “public figure representing domestic abuse” following the couple’s split in 2016.
In November 2020, a London judge sided against Depp in his libel suit against the Sun after the outlet published a story in 2018 calling him a “wife beater.”
Depp later filed suit against Heard individually, with allegations of defamation stemming from her WaPo essay, which she wrote in partnership with the ACLU. Subsequently, Heard countersued Depp with similar claims — including that Depp’s attorney Adam Waldman defamed her when he told the Daily Mail that she set up her ex-husband with false domestic abuse claims when the police came to their apartment in May 2016.
Fellow celebrities have taken to social media to express their support and opinions on the Johnny Depp and Amber Heard defamation verdict.Cliff Owen/CNP for NY Post
Heard was awarded $2 million in damages for Waldman’s remarks. She was ordered to pay $15 million.
As the verdict was read on Wednesday, celebs took to social media to express their thoughts on the outcome of the trial.
Who’s supporting Johnny Depp:
Donald Trump Jr. wrote, “Believe all women … except Amber Heard. $15,000,000 in compensatory and punitive damages to Depp, and perhaps a case that could end the effective rabid femminist [sic] notion that all men are guilty before being proven innocent that we’ve seen as of late. She’s just that terrible!”
Valerie Bertinelli tweeted “Elon and his bots will be very busy today #JusticeForJohnnyDepp” after the verdict was read.
She then followed up: “I REALLY shouldn’t be wading into this but multiple accounts that I follow & respect (lawyers, journalists) don’t like this verdict, so it gives me great pause. But I’m confused because we saw her caught in multiple lies on the stand. Honest question, what am I missing?”
Reality TV personality, singer and alleged onetime Trump Jr. mistress Aubrey O’Day tweeted, “there ya go … when the dust settles, JD 15m (the punitive damages will be capped), Amber 2m. Lesson learned … keep your ex’s name out yo mouth!”
Musician Ryan Adams commented on Depp’s statement on Instagram, contributing celebratory emojis of a red heart, praise hands and fire.
Ashley Benson also commented on the statement with several praise hand and red heart emojis, and posted her own personal update on Instagram — depicting a recent image of Depp captioned “YESSSS,” alongside four black heart emojis.