” The jury gave me my life back. ” These are the first words of the actor Johnny Depp, who won the millionaire lawsuit for defamation against his ex-wife Amber Heard. “I am truly honored,” Depp added that he will receive $ 15 million in compensation.
“Six years ago my life changed forever, the life of my children, of the people closest to me and of all those people who for so many years supported me and believed in me. All this in the blink of an eye” Depp said in a statement recalling the start of the judicial affair. “False accusations, very serious, for criminal conduct have been leveled against me through the media”, he added, recalling “the endless barrage of content without hate” that hit him “although no accusations have ever been formalized. In a dwarf according to all of this he went around the world twice and had a devastating impact on my life and career. After 6 years, the jury gave me my life back, “he continued.
“My decision to pursue this lawsuit, knowing full well how high the legal hurdles I would have to face and knowing that inevitably my life would become a show, was only made after long reflection. From the very beginning, the ‘goal was to reveal the truth, regardless of the outcome “of the trial. “The best is yet to come and a new chapter has finally begun. Veritas numquam perit. The truth never dies,” he concluded.
According to the verdict reached unanimously by the 7 members of the jury in the Fairfax trial, Heard defamed the actor with an article published in the Washington Post in which Depp was described as “a public figure representing domestic abuse”. Heard had also sued Depp for defamation: the allegations of him, however, according to the jury have not been fully proven. The actress was awarded $ 2 million in compensation.