Amber Heard Officially Appeals Johnny Depp Defamation Case After Losing In Court

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00:00Closing today with Amber Heard because yesterday she officially appealed the $10 million judgment

00:04in her defamation case with ex Johnny Depp.

00:07Recall that Johnny was awarded $10 million in compensatory damages and $5 million in punitive damages

00:13after he said Amber damaged his career when she wrote an article for the Washington Post

00:17claiming that she was the victim of domestic abuse.

00:20Although she was found liable, Amber was also awarded $2 million for her own counterclaim,

00:25which held Johnny's lawyer responsible for defaming Amber and calling her a liar.

00:30Now, a statement given to Hollywood Life from Amber's spokesperson said,

00:33we believe the court made errors that prevented a just and fair verdict consistent with the First Amendment.

00:38We are therefore appealing the verdict.

00:40While we realize today's filing will ignite the Twitter bonfires,

00:43there are steps we need to take to ensure both fairness and justice.

00:47I guess we'll be seeing Johnny and Amber back in court.