Angie Kent weighs in on Johnny Depp winning his defamation case against ex-wife Amber Heard
Angie Kent weighs in on Johnny Depp winning his defamation case against ex-wife Amber Heard
Reality TV star Angie Kent has weighed in on Johnny Depp winning his defamation case against ex-wife Amber Heard.
Depp sued Heard, who he was married to from 2015 to 2017, for defamation after she wrote an opinion piece for The Washington Post in 2018 in which she falsely implied he was a home abuser.
The Pirates of the Caribbean star, 58, received the case in a Virginia court docket on Wednesday and Heard, 36, has been ordered to pay her former husband greater than $10million.
Thoughts: Angie Kent (pictured) weighed in on Johnny Depp winning his defamation case against ex-wife Amber Heard on Thursday in an interview with The Daily Telegraph
‘What a waste of a tank of gasoline,’ Kent advised The Daily Telegraph following the choice.
‘And he wasn’t even current for (the decision), he was in the UK, which the entire case was that he was shedding work due to her story.
She continued: ‘I’m beside myself. This makes a joke of the entire scenario and can deter different folks from talking up about abuse.’
Not impressed: Speaking to The Daily Telegraph, Angie stated: ‘This makes a joke of the entire scenario and can deter different folks from talking up about abuse’
‘I feel there are good and dangerous people in the world and I feel that they’ve each achieved actually questionable issues…’ Kent stated.
The Aquaman star was ordered by the court docket to pay him $15million in damages, which included $10million in compensatory damages and $5million in punitive damages.
The latter quantity was lowered to $350,000 because of Virginia’s cap on such awards.
The jury discovered her partially vindicated, nevertheless, and awarded her $2million, however the verdict was overwhelmingly in Depp’s favour.
Case: Heard stated she was ‘heartbroken’ after 5 males and two girls of the jury discovered her account of being abused by Depp (pictured on April 20) was largely unfaithful
Payout: The Aquaman star was ordered by the court docket to pay him $15 million in damages, which included $10million in compensatory damages and $5million in punitive damages. The latter quantity was lowered to $350,000 because of Virginia’s cap on such awards
Depp’s lawyer Camille Vasquez stated on Wednesday the jury’s verdict ‘confirms what we’ve got stated from the start’ – insisting the allegations he abused Heard had been with out proof and defamatory.
Speaking exterior the court docket in Fairfax, Virginia, a jubilant Ms Vasquez praised the jury for his or her resolution, reached on the finish of a six-week trial and after 12 hours of deliberations.
They discovered overwhelmingly in Depp’s favor, and determined that Heard had defamed him together with her 2018 Washington Post op-ed.
Depp was not in court docket for the decision, having traveled to England to carry out with his band.
Heard struggled to maintain her composure, however was calm.
Immediately after she issued an announcement saying she was ‘heartbroken’ and describing it as a setback for girls and free speech.
Court: Immediately after the decision was handed down, Heard issued an announcement saying she was ‘heartbroken’ and describing it as a setback for girls and free speech
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