USA TODAY has reached out to Heard’s attorney and to the ACLU for comment.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Johnny Depp<\/strong> has notched a victory in his lengthy legal battle against ex-wife Amber Heard.<\/p>\n In November, Depp<\/strong> lost a libel lawsuit in London against the publisher of The Sun tabloid, which had labeled him a “wife beater” in a 2018 headline after Heard accused him of abuse in Los Angeles in 2016 as they were ending their short, volatile marriage. The case pitted Depp against a powerful tabloid and its editor, with Heard as their star witness.<\/p>\n In March, Depp was refused an appeal after his lawyer Andrew Caldecott argued that Heard’s donation pledge was a \u201ccalculated and manipulative lie” that “tipped the scales against Mr. Depp from the very beginning.”<\/p>\n Caldecott also alleged one of Heard<\/strong>‘s intended charitable beneficiaries, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, wrote to Depp’s business adviser in 2019 saying Heard had not made any payments.<\/p>\n Lawyers for The Sun’s publisher rejected the arguments in court in March, saying Heard did not lie about the donations because she was pledging to pay the sums over 10 years. She had made \u201ca number of payments already in pursuance of these pledges,” said Adam Wolanski, representing News Group Newspapers.<\/p>\n The High Court ruling came after a three-week circus-like trial in July, during which Depp and Heard both took the stand and both were damaged by lurid testimony about drinking, drug use, fighting and room-trashing. The judge ruled that “the great majority” of Heard’s claims of abuse, as presented by the tabloid’s publisher in its defense, were mostly true.<\/p>\n Proceedings now move to Virginia, where a separate case arose after Heard published a column in the Washington Post in December 2018, proclaiming herself a victim of domestic abuse and suggesting, without actually using his name, that Depp was the alleged abuser. Three months later, Depp filed a lawsuit in Fairfax County (where the Post is printed) seeking $50 million and accusing his ex-wife of defaming him with “hoax” allegations of domestic abuse.<\/p>\n Heard shot back by filing more than 300 pages of documents in Virginia, expanding on the abuse allegations she lodged against Depp during their divorce in 2016, claiming Depp regularly beat her up before she married him in 2015 and continued to do so during their 18-month marriage.<\/p>\n In her Virginia filing, Heard attached multiple pages of photos of herself with bruises on her face, scars on her arms and hair allegedly torn from her head, plus pictures of wrecked rooms \u2013 broken glass and overturned furniture \u2013 that she says Depp inflicted on their home. She included screenshots of dozens of text messages describing these incidents at the time and excerpts of her divorce deposition describing shocking abuse.<\/p>\n But Depp went a step further in the Virginia case in May 2019, saying that “while mixing prescription amphetamines and non-prescription drugs with alcohol,” Heard “hit, punched and kicked me. She also repeatedly and frequently threw objects into my body and head, including heavy bottles, soda cans, burning candles, television remote controls and paint thinner cans, which severely injured me.”<\/p>\n <\/p>\n As evidence, he submitted a photo of his black and puffy eyes and scratches. The actor also detailed an alleged attack by Heard one month after their marriage in Australia during his described efforts to get Heard to sign a post-nuptial agreement. Depp said the conversation resulted in the severing of his fingertip from a shattered glass bottle thrown by his then-wife.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n\n\n A British court on Thursday refused Johnny Depp permission to appeal a judge\u2019s ruling that he assaulted ex-wife Amber Heard.<\/p>\n Two Court of Appeal judges said the Hollywood star cannot challenge the High Court\u2019s rejection of his libel lawsuit against publisher of The Sun newspaper for labeling him a \u201cwife beater\u201d in an article.<\/p>\n The justices, James Dingemans and Nicholas Underhill, said the earlier court hearing was \u201cfull and fair\u201d and the trial judge\u2019s conclusions \u201chave not been shown even arguably to be vitiated by any error of approach or mistake of law.\u201d<\/p>\n They concluded that \u201cthe appeal has no real prospect of success and that there is no other compelling reason for it to be heard.\u201d<\/p>\n High Court Justice Andrew Nicol ruled in November that allegations against Depp, made in a April 2018 article, were \u201csubstantially true.\u201d The judge ruled that Depp, 57, assaulted Heard, 34, on a dozen occasions and put her in fear for her life three times.<\/p>\n There has been quite some chatter regarding Hollywood star Amber Heard\u2019s dismissal from Aquaman 2, amidst her ongoing war with ex-husband Johnny Depp over domestic abuse allegations.<\/p>\n During an interview with Deadline, producer of the film, Peter Safran shot down all claims of Heard being sacked from the project due to the controversy.<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t think that we\u2019re ever going to react to, honestly, pure fan pressure. You gotta do what you feel is best for the movie. We felt that if it\u2019s James Wan and Jason Momoa, it should be Amber Heard. That\u2019s really what it was,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \u201cListen, one is not unaware of what is going on in the Twitter-verse, but that doesn\u2019t mean you have to react to it or take it as gospel or accede to their wishes,\u201d he shared.<\/p>\n \u201cYou have to do what you feel is right for the film, and that\u2019s really where we landed on it,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n\n\n Aquaman 2 Updates: Aquaman producer Peter Safran recently responded to the petition going around for the removal of Amber Heard as Mera.<\/p>\n The DC Extended Universe has a lot of upcoming projects currently in production. Among those projects is Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom which will be directed by James Wan and will see the return of Jason Momoa in the titular role. While the fans of Aquaman and the DC Universe are excited to see the sequel, there has been some controversy surrounding actress Amber Heard who plays the role of Mera in the film.<\/p>\n There has been a petition going around for the removal of Heard from the Aquaman sequel. Heard has been in the headlines quite frequently for a couple of years because of her legal battle with ex-husband Johnny Depp. Following the legal suit, Depp was fired from some major film franchises. Now some moviegoers have started this petition for Heard to be met with the same judgment.<\/p>\n However, in a recent statement, Aquaman producer Peter Safran clarified their stance on the petition. He said that the team would not be reacting to fan pressure and would do whatever is best for the film. He confirmed that James Wan would be directing the film starring Jason Momoa and Amber Heard.<\/p>\n He admitted that he is aware of the petition and whatever is happening in the Twitter-verse but that doesn\u2019t mean that they would have to react to it and come under fan pressure. The team would be doing what\u2019s best for the film.<\/p>\n Now there is no doubt that Amber Heard would return as Mera in Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom. The James Wan-directed film will see the return of the original cast and a few newcomers. Peter Safran\u2019s statement should be enough to clear all the chatter and rumors going about Mera. Some fans even made fan art imagining Emilia Clarke as Mera and it has been revolving around the internet but it seems that it would not be an eventuality.<\/p>\n The talks of removing Amber Heard from the Aquaman sequel started when Johnny Depp was fired from the role of Grindelwald in Fantastic Beasts 3. Depp and Heard\u2019s legal battle took a turn when a recording surfaced which evidently portrays Heard\u2019s abusive nature towards Depp.<\/p>\n The petition to remove Heard was organized by moviegoers who believed that Heard should be met with the same justice as Depp. The petition managed to collect more than a million signatures. However, Heard\u2019s team kept insisting that the actress would star as Mera in Aquaman 2, which has now been confirmed.<\/p>\n There isn\u2019t much known about the sequel but fans are eager to hang on to any scrap of information. It would be interesting to see which fan theories and rumors come true. Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom is set to release on December 16, 2022. With James Wan back behind the camera, it is easy to say that the wait will be worth it.<\/p>\n\n\n seemed to be a happy couple and one of the most loved by the public, but behind them were hidden attacks that took Hollywood by surprise. Both took legal action against the other and there is still no resolution, but the truth is that the actor is the one who has lost the most in terms of work, since many producers will not take it into account.<\/p>\n It was in early November that Warner Bros. decided to fire the actor from the Fanastic Animals saga, where he played Gellert Grindelwald, a kick that triggered that neither Disney ni Netflix want it among their productions. Knowing this news, his fans disowned him and called for the same to be done with Heard, but so far there was no answer.<\/p>\n Depp fans were disenchanted with the situation, so created a petition on Change.org, which exceeded 500 thousand signatures. After this, journalists such as Grace Randolph or the Forbes medium announced that WB planned to fire her for fear that their future projects would be sabotaged and this would cause them losses. But nevertheless, this was totally denied and we already have an official voice.<\/p>\n Peter Safran<\/strong>, producer of Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, talked to the podcast Hero Nation of Deadline and assured that the messages of Johnny\u2019s followers never had an effect when making a decision in the study.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n \u201cHonestly, I don\u2019t think we\u2019re ever going to react to sheer pressure from the fans. You have to do your best for the movie. We feel like if there\u2019s James Wan and Jason Momoa, there should be Amber Heard.\u201d, he assured.<\/p>\n In his statement he continued: \u201cThat is really what happens. You are not oblivious to what is happening in the TwitterVerse, but that does not mean that we have to react to it or take it as a gospel or agree to its wishes. You have to do the right thing for the movie. \u201c. In this way it is confirmed that Warner Bros. won\u2019t fire Amber Heard like it did Johnny Depp.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n\n\namber heard johnny depp abuse<\/h3>\n\n\n
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