Johnny Depp wins defamation case against Amber Heard – BBC News

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Johnny Depp has won his defamation case against his ex-wife Amber Heard after a six-week trial.

Depp sued Heard after she wrote that she had endured domestic violence within their 15-month marriage in a 2018 op-ed in the Washington Post.

The jury awarded Johnny Depp $15m (£12m) in damages.

Heard was also awarded $2m (£1.6m) in damages from Depp, after the jury ruled in favour in one element of her countersuit.

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