Johnny Depp at the High Court in London in July. The judgment against him was delivered this morningJohnny Depp faces new allegations of abuse of Amber Heard in a second case that could leave him financially ruined after a judge ruled today that he did beat his wife. The Pirates of the Caribbean star abused Heard 12 times during their turbulent relationship, Mr Justice Nicols ruled at the High Court. Depp’s lawyers called the judgment “as perverse as it is bewildering” and said he will appeal. The actor had sued News Group Newspapers, publisher of The Sun, and Dan Wootton, its executive editor, over the 2018 article headlined “How can JK Rowling be ‘genuinely happy’ casting wife-beater Johnny Depp in the new Fantastic Beasts film?”JK Rowling, a passionate advocate for victims of domestic abuse, refused to comment today and

Source: The Times November 02, 2020 10:27 UTC