Amber Heard's Lawyers Ask Judge To Dismiss Johnny Depp's Defamation Suit, Calling It 'Meritless Bullying'

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In March, as part of the fallout of one of the more acrimonious divorces in recent memory, Johnny Depp sued ex Amber Heard for defamation to the tune of $50 million, claiming that a recent op-ed she’d written for the Washington Post slandered his spotless good name and caused him to lose roles in Pirates of the Caribbean and other unnamed projects. In new court filings, Heard’s attorneys, led by Time’s Up Legal Defense co-founder Roberta Kaplan, are seeking to have the suit dismissed, claiming that the op-ed wasn’t about him, didn’t mention his name, and that some of his insistence that certain statements in it defamed him “verge on frivolous.”

In March, as part of the fallout of one of the more acrimonious divorces in recent memory, Johnny Depp sued ex Amber Heardslandered his spotless good name and caused him to lose roles inand other unnamed projects.

Depp has always denied the abuse allegations, and claimed that Heard was in fact the physically abusive party, punching him “twice in the face”, a claim she in turn denied. In his defamation lawsuit filing, Depp claimed that the op-ed piece defamed him by making veiled references to their marriage and the abuse allegations, calling it part of a larger “hoax” and claiming it cost him millions in movie roles.

 

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Abusive woman changes her legal team yet again, as evidence shes really abusive/violent cannot be hidden, more like. Time us up for ppl using the times up & me too movement to further themselves. I hope she is jailed for what she been trying to hide & done. AbuseHasNoGender

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