WashPost op-ed, counterclaim and Virginia verdict versus @johnnydepp
Reuters and BBC covered the 2018 op-ed, the Fairfax trial, the June 2022 split verdict favoring @johnnydepp on three counts and @amberheard on one counterclaim, and the December 2022 settlement.
Editorial timeline of public reporting, not a legal finding.
- Washington Post publishes op-ed on speaking up and cultural backlash - The Washington Post published @amberheard's op-ed describing becoming a public figure representing domestic abuse and facing cultural wrath. It did not name @johnnydepp and later became the focus of his defamation suit. I spoke up against sexual violence - and faced our culture's wrath. That has to change.
- Jury: three counts for @johnnydepp; one counterclaim for Heard - Reuters reported jurors found @amberheard liable on @johnnydepp's three defamation counts (about $10.35 million after the punitive cap) and awarded her $2 million on one counterclaim. Her attorney said she planned to appeal. Depp scores near-total victory in U.S. defamation case against ex-wife Heard
- Settlement announced; Depp lawyers cite about $1 million - BBC reported @amberheard said she would settle and called it not a concession but a loss of faith in the U.S. legal system. @johnnydepp's lawyers told the BBC about a roughly $1 million payment he would donate to charity. Amber Heard settles defamation case against Johnny Depp