RECAP: Johnny Depp v. Amber Heard Verdict Breakdown (Sidebar Podcast EP. 30)

and civil case number CL 2019-2911. Mr Depp's claim against misheard. one as to the statement appearing in the. online op-ed entitled Amber Heard I. spoke up against sexual violence and. faced our culture's wrath that has to. change. in the Washington Post online edition. quote I spoke up against sexual violence. and faced our culture's wrath that has.

to change end quote. do you find that Mr Depp has proven all. the elements of defamation answer yes. Johnny Depp runs the table the jury. finding Amber Heard defamed him on every. statement in question in her 2018. Washington Post op-ed the jury awarding. debt damages both compensatory and. punitive. as against Amber Heard we the jury award. compensatory damages in the amount of 10.

million dollars. as against Amber Heard we the jury award. punitive damages in the amount of five. million dollars. in civil case number CL. 2019-2911 Ms heard's claim against Mr. Depp I'm Anjanette Levy and welcome to. this special breaking news edition of. Law and crime's sidebar podcast on the. verdict in favor of Johnny Depp the jury.

found that Amber Heard defamed up with. that Washington Post op-ed meaning they. believe she lied and made up things that. she said in that op-ed and that she did. it to hurt him with actual malice heard. meanwhile one-on-one of her claims. involving a statement Depp's lawyer Adam. Waldman made to the Daily Mail in. defense of depth in 2020. as to this. statement appearing in the April 27th. 2020 online edition of The Daily Mail.

quote quite simply this was an ambush a. hoax they set Mr Depp up by calling the. cops but the first attempt did not do. the trick. the officers came to the penthouses. thoroughly searched and interviewed and. left after seeing no damage to face or. property. so Amber and her friends spilled a. little wine and roughed the place up. got their story straight under the. direction of a lawyer and publicist and. then placed a second call to 9-1-1 end.

quote. do you find that Miss heard has proven. all the elements of defamation answer. yes. has misheard proven by a greater weight. of the evidence that question Mr Waldman. while acting as an agent for Mr Depp. made or published the statement answer. yes. question this statement was about. misheard answer yes. question the statement was seen by.

someone other than misheard answer yes. question the statement was false answer. yes. do you find that Miss heard has proven. by clear and convincing evidence that. the statement by Mr Waldman was made. with actual malice answer yes the jury. awarded herd two million dollars in. compensatory damages and zero punitive. damages zero dollars it was interesting. because when we first heard the verdict.

had been reached and that was at 129. eastern time the verdict would be read. at 3 pm Eastern we had a feeling it was. a good sign for Deb we went into the. courthouse and at three the jurors came. out but judge asked karate sent them. back to the deliberation room because. they had not awarded damages which. signaled to everyone that defamation had. been found by the jury to have occurred. Depp wasn't at the courthouse his team. said he had previously scheduled work. engagements which are concerts with.

legendary guitarist Jeff Beck Depp. watched the verdict being read from the. UK heard meanwhile arrived at the. courthouse and sat with her lawyers as. those verdicts were read the jurors. mostly looked at the judge as the. verdicts were read Depp's layers Camille. Vasquez and Ben Shu made brief. statements outside of the courthouse but. the claims against Johnny Depp are. defamatory and unsupported by any. evidence. we are grateful so grateful to the jury.

for their careful deliberation. to the judge and the court staff who. have devoted an enormous amount of time. and resources towards this case we were. honored truly honored to assist Mr Depp. in ensuring that his case was fairly. considered throughout the trial we are. also most pleased that the trial has. resonated for so many people and the. public who value truth and Justice now. that the jury has reached its conclusive. verdict it's time to turn the page and.

look to the Future Depp was at a Tavern. in the UK where people congratulated him. by shaking his hand he issued a. statement that reads in part six years. ago my life the life of my children the. lives of those closest to me and also. the lives of the people who for many. many years have supported and believed. in me were forever changed all in the. blink of an eye. false very serious and criminal. allegations were levied at me via the.

media which triggered an endless barrage. of hateful content although no charges. were ever brought against me it had. already traveled around the world twice. within a nanosecond and it had a seismic. impact on my life and my career and six. years later the jury gave me my life. back I am truly humbled I wish to. acknowledge the noble work of the judge. the jurors the court staff and the. sheriffs who have sacrificed their own. time to get to this point and to my. diligent and unwavering legal team who.

did an extraordinary job in helping me. to share the truth The Best Is Yet To. Come and a new chapter has finally begun. truth never perishes for her part Hurd. issued a statement that reads that. disappointment I feel today is beyond. words I'm heartbroken that the mountain. of evidence still was not enough to. stand up to the disproportionate power. influence and sway of my ex-husband I'm. even more disappointed with what this. verdict means for other women it is a. setback it sets back the clock to a time.

when a woman who spoke up and spoke out. could be publicly shamed and humiliated. it sets back the idea that violence. against women is to be taken seriously I. believe Johnny's attorneys succeeded in. getting the jury to overlook the key. issue of freedom of speech and ignore. evidence that was so conclusive that we. had won in the UK I'm sad I lost this. case but I am sadder still that I seem. to have lost a right I thought I had as. an American to speak freely and openly.

I am not surprised at all by this. verdict I'm going to tell you the. evidence strongly favored Johnny Depp. the evidence of sexual assault that. heard claimed simply wasn't there. particularly about her claim of the. bottle rape in Australia this was a big. day for Johnny Depp and for the truth. I'm going to have more on the verdict on. the next edition of sidebar I'm. Anjanette Levy from the Fairfax County. Courthouse thanks so much for listening. you can find us on Apple Spotify and. wherever else you get your podcasts I.

will see you next time. [Music]. thank you.