Amber Heard’s lawyer revealed on Thursday that her client can’t afford to pay the millions of dollars in damages after losing a defamation case against her ex-husband and Golden Globe-winning actor, Johnny Depp, saying she will “absolutely” appeal the case.
A 7-person jury in Virginia reached a verdict on Wednesday regarding Depp’s defamation lawsuit against ex-wife Heard. Jurors concluded that the 36-year-old “Aquaman” actress defamed her ex-husband when she wrote a 2018 opinion article for the Washington Post.
In favor of Depp, the jury awarded compensatory damages of $10 million and punitive damages of $5 million—which was reduced by Judge Penney Azcarate to Virginia’s $350,000 statutory cap. They also ruled that Depp has to pay $2 million to Heard. It ruled in favor of a counterclaim Heard had filed after Depp’s lawyer called her abuse allegations a hoax….