Amber Heard

Johnny Depp wins libel case against ex-wife, Amber Heard

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

Amber Heard has also won part of her libel case against Johnny Depp over articles in the Daily Mail, in which Johnny Depp’s former lawyer described her claims of domestic abuse as a hoax.

The jury has awarded Amber Heard $2m in damages.

The seven-person jury deliberated for 12 hours after being sent out to consider their verdicts on Friday.

The verdict was met with screams outside the court and chants of "Johnny, Johnny, Johnny".

     

Johnny Depp and Amber Heard finalise divorce

Depp, 53, has agreed to pay Heard $7m (£5.6m; €6.6m), which she says she will donate to two charities.

Heard, 30, will get to keep the couple's dogs, Pistol and Boo, who were at the centre of scandal when she took them to Australia illegally in 2015.

She had accused Depp of domestic abuse - a claim he denies.

According to court documents, she said Depp had been physically abusive to her, culminating in him throwing a mobile phone at her face during a fight in February last year.

Amber Heard and Johnny Depp row over divorce donations

She recently pledged to donate the $7m (£5.3m) settlement to two charities for abused women and ill children.

But he has begun to donate the money directly in her name, instead of giving it to her first, leading her to accuse him of trying to reduce his total bill.

She said he must now "honour the full amount by donating $14m to charity".

Amber Heard accused Johnny Depp of cheating

The couple's highly publicized divorce has brought to light a number of issues the couple were dealing with behind closed doors, including alleged abuse in their marriage. But now, E! News learns that one of their biggest altercations occurred after Heard had a feeling that Depp had been with someone else.

A source close to the situation tells E! News that Heard had suspicions the actor was unfaithful, and confronted him about it, which "was the cause of one of their biggest fights."

Why Amber Heard finally left Johnny Depp

Ever since Heard filed for—and received—a restraining order against her soon-to-be ex-husband, it has become a he-said, she-said case filled with allegations of domestic violence. Now a source on Heard's side tells E!

Johnny Depp & Amber Heard's divorce & restraining order drama

The 30-year-old actress filed for divorce Thursday after 15 months of marriage.  A source told E! News the pair did not have a prenuptial agreement.

Amber heard files for divorce from Johnny Depp

E! News confirms the actress filed for divorce from the Hollywood A-lister on Monday citing the ever-so-popular "irreconcilable differences," after being married for a little over one year. A source tells E! News the pair didn't have a prenuptial agreement in place. According to court documents obtained by E! News, Heard is asking for spousal support.

E! News has reached out to both reps for comment.

The filing states the date of separation as May 22, which comes shortly after Depp's mother, Betty Sue Palmer, reportedly passed away.

Model to face trial in 2016

In May, Heard arrived in Australia with husband Johnny Depp who was filming the latest Pirates of the Caribbean sequel in Queensland.

Much was made of the fact the couple had brought their two dogs, Pistol and Boo, to Australia, without putting them through the country’s rigorous quarantine process.

In September, Depp said Australia’s Immigration Minister, Barnaby Joyce, was a “sweaty, big-gutted man from Australia” after Joyce told Pistol and Boo to “bugger off” back to the US.

Johnny Depp and Amber Heard Make Rare Red Carpet Appearance at "Black Mass" Premiere

Johnny Depp brought wife Amber Heard to the premiere of "Black Mass" at the Venice Film Festival on Friday, marking the couple's first red carpet appearance together since January.

The actress stole the spotlight at the fashionable event, sporting a black Stella McCartney gown with a plunging neckline. She paired her elegant ensemble with gold earrings, perfectly tousled beach waves and her hubby on her arm, who looked dapper in a classic tux.