Johnny Depp and ex-wife Amber Heard arrive at London's High Court for legal showdown. Video / APJohnny Depp has been granted permission to proceed with a US$50 million ($72 million) defamation lawsuit against Amber Heard after last year's High Court ruling that he repeatedly attacked his ex-wife. Despite Depp losing his UK libel case against the Sun for branding him a "wife beater", he has been allowed to proceed with a defamation suit relating to an opinion piece Heard wrote in 2018. Depp wasn't named in the piece, but Heard had previously accused him of domestic violence after their 2016 divorce. Johnny Depp is suing his ex-wife Amber Heard for defamation.

Source: New Zealand Herald August 19, 2021 03:22 UTC