Amber Heard Can Proceed With Lawsuit Alleging Johnny Depp Orchestrated a 'Smear Campaign' Against Her
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After losing his libel trial against the publisher of U.K. tabloid The Sun, protesting the paper’s use of the term “wife-beater” and being asked to resign from the Fantastic Beasts movies (while still collecting a paycheck), the L’s keep coming for ol’ Johnny Depp. According to Deadline, a Virginia judge refused Depp’s request to throw ex-wife Amber Heard’s $100 million countersuit out of court.
As previously reported, Depp filed a $50 million suit against ex-wife Amber Heard in Fairfax County, Virginia, after she published a 2018 op-ed in The Washington Post about how abusive men stay protected. Though the article didn’t mention Depp by name, she detailed the events following the restraining order she filed against her then husband in 2016, sharing stories of Depp’s alleged domestic violence. That case is set to go to trial on May 3, 2021, delayed due to the covid-19 pandemic.