File Photo by Hugo Philpott/UPI | License PhotoJune 4 (UPI) -- The Washington Post has added an editor's note to the op-ed written by actress Amber Heard at the center of the headline-making defamation trial between Heard and ex-husband Johnny Depp. "In 2019, Johnny Depp sued Amber Heard for defamation arising out of this 2018 op-ed," the Washington Post noted, pointing to the particular parts of the op-ed that the jury had found false and defamatory. Heard had testified for the tabloid during that trial, which Depp lost in 2020, along with subsequent appeals. Depp, 58, then filed the $50 million lawsuit against his The Rum Diary co-star for the Washington Post op-ed and Heard filed a countersuit against Depp for $100 million after his lawyer said her abuse allegations were false. The case filed in Fairfax County, where the Washington Post is printed, had notable differences from the British trial including that Depp faced off with Heard directly rather than suing the Washington Post.

Source: Washington Post June 05, 2022 12:52 UTC