Unsealed Johnny Depp Vs Amber Heard Court Documents Shed New Light On Defamation Trial

On June 1, the jury ruled that Ms Heard had defamed Mr Depp and awarded him over $10 million in damages. Ms Heard was granted $2 million.

Johnny Depp and Amber Heard's defamation trial has now received renewed attention following the unsealing of more than 6,000 pages of court documents from the former couple's legal battle. 

Mr Depp had filed a $50 million lawsuit against his ex-wife in response to a 2018 op-ed that she wrote for The Washington Post, in which she stated that she was a domestic abuse survivor. On June 1, after 61 hours of testimony from each side, the jury ruled that Ms Heard had in fact defamed Mr Depp and awarded him over $10 million in damages. Ms Heard, on the other hand, was granted $2 million. 

Now, with both sides appealing the verdicts against them, unsealed documents have shed new light on the trial. According to Daily Beast, in the pre-trial court documents, Ms Heard's team argued to the judge that evidence number of "irrelevant personal matters" should be excluded from the defamation trial. 

They alleged, "Mr. Depp inappropriately seeks to introduce evidence of the following Irrelevant Personal Matters: (1) nude pictures of Amber Heard; (2) Amber Heard's sister Whitney's reality show video; (3) Whitney and Amber's past romantic relationships; (4) Amber's brief stint as an exotic dancer years before she met Mr. Depp and Mr. Depp attempting to frivolously and maliciously suggest or imply that Ms. Heard was at one time an escort," as quoted by the outlet.