Johnny Depp has been denied permission to appeal a ruling against the actor, which said that the newspaper The Sun was justified in calling him a “wife beater.”
According to The Times, the actor must pay £628,000 in legal costs to the British tabloid for his failed libel action against the paper.
Depp had sued The Sun for libel over an August 2018 story that called the star a “wife-beater” in his relationship with now ex-wife Amber Heard. Earlier this month, Justice Andrew Nicol said that News Group Newspapers and Sun executive editor Dan Wootton had proved that the tabloid’s story was “substantially true.” His ruling concluded, “I have found that the great majority of alleged assaults of Ms. Heard by Mr. Depp have been proved to the civil standard.”
Depp’s team had said at the time that they would appeal the decision. “The judgment is so flawed that it would be ridiculous for Mr.
According to The Times, the actor must pay £628,000 in legal costs to the British tabloid for his failed libel action against the paper.
Depp had sued The Sun for libel over an August 2018 story that called the star a “wife-beater” in his relationship with now ex-wife Amber Heard. Earlier this month, Justice Andrew Nicol said that News Group Newspapers and Sun executive editor Dan Wootton had proved that the tabloid’s story was “substantially true.” His ruling concluded, “I have found that the great majority of alleged assaults of Ms. Heard by Mr. Depp have been proved to the civil standard.”
Depp’s team had said at the time that they would appeal the decision. “The judgment is so flawed that it would be ridiculous for Mr.
- 11/25/2020
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
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