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Amber Heard settles defamation case with Johnny Depp

December 20, 2022 World Justice News 0

Amber Heard has settled her multi-million dollar US defamation case with former husband Johnny Depp, saying she has “lost faith in the American legal system”. She said that she will not be going ahead with […]

Amber Heard files appeal against Johnny Depp libel trial verdict

December 5, 2022 World Justice News 0

Amber Heard has filed an appeal against her ex-husband Johnny Depp’s US libel lawsuit win. Following a trial lasting several weeks earlier in the year, a jury in Virginia found in favour of Depp, ruling that a […]

Amber Heard loses bid to throw out Johnny Depp verdict over wrong juror

July 14, 2022 World Justice News 0

Amber Heard has lost her attempt to have the verdict in her trial with ex-husband Johnny Depp thrown out because one juror served instead of his father, in a case of mistaken identity. A judge […]

Johnny Depp wins defamation lawsuit against former wife Amber Heard

June 1, 2022 World Justice News 0

Johnny Depp has won his multimillion-dollar US lawsuit against former wife Amber Heard after a Virginia jury ruled a 2018 article published in The Washington Post was defamatory. He was awarded $15m by the court […]

Johnny Depp says Amber Heard abused and demeaned him

April 21, 2022 World Justice News 0

Johnny Depp has sought to paint ex-wife Amber Heard as a volatile spouse who abused and demeaned him. The actor, 58, has sued Ms Heard over an article she wrote saying she was a victim […]

Johnny Depp testifies he never hit Amber Heard

April 20, 2022 World Justice News 0

Actor Johnny Depp has testified in his $50m (£38m) defamation trial against ex-wife Amber Heard that he never struck her. The lawsuit is over an opinion piece Ms Heard wrote for the Washington Post in […]

Johnny Depp loses libel case over Sun ‘wife beater’ claim

November 2, 2020 World Justice News 0

Johnny Depp has lost his libel case against the Sun newspaper over an article that called him a “wife beater”. Mr Depp, 57, sued the paper after it claimed he assaulted his ex-wife Amber Heard, […]

Johnny Depp lends his power to campaign hoping to free imprisoned Ukrainian filmmaker

November 18, 2016 zoshinuk 0

Johnny Depp threw his star power behind another campaign as he expressed support for imprisoned Ukrainian film director Oleg Sentsov. Posing for a mugshot, Depp wore a board hanging around his neck showing Sentsov’s sentence. […]

Human Rights

Judge dismisses criminal case against Kilmar Abrego Garcia

May 23, 2026 0

A US judge has dismissed the criminal case against Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was wrongfully deported to a megaprison in El Salvador last year. Abrego Garcia, whose deportation became a major flashpoint in the debate […]

Australia

Australia court doubles payout for trans woman in landmark discrimination case

May 17, 2026 0

A Sydney court has doubled the discrimination payout for an Australian trans woman who was kicked off a female-only app. It comes almost two years after Roxanne Tickle successfully sued Sall Grover, founder of the […]

Human Rights

War criminal Mladic close to death, say lawyers asking judge for jail release

May 3, 2026 0

Lawyers acting for convicted Bosnian Serb war criminal Ratko Mladic are awaiting a decision by a UN court on their bid to release him from jail in The Hague on the grounds he is near […]