Actress Amber Heard in the courtroom. File photoWASHINGTON, Jun 2Johnny Depp's ex-wife Amber Heard said she was disappointed with the decision of the jury, who found her guilty of libeling the actor for an article about sexual violence. The jury after three days of deliberations following a process that lasted more than a month and a half found Hurd guilty of slandering Depp. He tried to sue his ex-wife for $ 50 million for a 2018 article in which she wrote about violence without naming him. The jury concluded that the actress had slandered her ex-husband and ordered her to pay her ex-husband $15 million.» The disappointment I feel is beyond words. husband, «- said in a message published by the actress's representative. According to her, «she is even more disappointed with what value the verdict will have for other women.» «This is a rollback from the idea that violence against women should be taken seriously,» the actress warned. Commenting on the verdict, Hurd said that Depp's lawyers «managed to convince the jury to ignore the fundamental principle of free speech.» «I'm sad that I I lost, but even sadder for me is that I lost the right to speak freely and openly, the right that I thought I had as an American, «Heard wrote, recalling that she had won a similar lawsuit against Depp in the UK. Relations between Depp and Hurd began in 2011, in January 2014 he proposed to her, a year later they got married, but already in May 2016 Hurd filed for divorce. Hurd's lawyers have claimed cases of violence by Depp, the actor, in turn, denied this, stating that he was the victim. Hurd also spoke about the problems of her ex-husband with drugs. In response to Depp's defamation lawsuit, Heard filed her own, accusing her ex-husband of libel and demanding $100 million from him. The jury granted her application, ordering Depp to pay $ 2 million in damages to his ex-wife.
