Amber Heard has misplaced in a sensational, weeks-long defamation trial after being sued by ex-husband Johnny Depp for $50 million, however she acquired a compensatory $2 million in damages.

The seven-person civil jury deliberated for 12 hours and 45 minutes earlier than agreeing on the decision, which was learn Wednesday within the Fairfax County Courthouse in Virginia, the place the trial has taken place for the previous six weeks.

After starting deliberations final Friday and taking a break for the Memorial Day weekend, the jury dominated largely in Depp's favor, awarding him $15 million in damages. Heard's $2 million in damages got here from her countersuit in opposition to her ex-husband.

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Johnny Depp was awarded $15 million in his defamation lawsuit in opposition to ex-wife Amber Heard on Wednesday, whereas she received $2 million in her countersuit. At left, Depp takes a break in the course of the trial at Virginia's Fairfax County Courthouse on Might 27. At proper, Heard arrives on the courthouse on Might 24.Kevin Dietsch/Jim Watson/pool/AFP through Getty Photographs

Depp had sued Heard for $50 million after she wrote about home abuse in a 2018 op-ed for The Washington Submit. She didn't identify Depp within the piece, however he charged in his defamation go well with that it was clearly about him and had broken his fame and appearing profession.

In response, Heard filed her $100 million countersuit, and she or he received a small quantity of that on Wednesday. The jury discovered that Heard's authorized workforce proved some, however not all, of the defamation claims in her go well with.

Statements made by Depp's legal professional Adam Waldman, which had been revealed by London's Day by day Mail, had been the topic of her defamation claims. In an article from April 8, 2020, Waldman stated: "Amber Heard and her buddies within the media used faux sexual violence allegations as each sword and protect, relying on their wants. They've chosen a few of her sexual violence hoax 'info' because the sword, inflicting them on the general public and Mr. Depp."

The jury dominated that Heard didn't show all components of defamation for that assertion. As well as, one other assertion that Waldman made in late April 2020—"We have reached the start of the tip of Ms. Heard's abuse hoax in opposition to Johnny Depp"—was not proved to be defamatory.

Nonetheless, the jury determined a 3rd assertion from Waldman was defamatory.

"Fairly merely this was an ambush, a hoax," Waldman advised the Day by day Mail article in 2020. "They set Mr. Depp up by calling the cops, however the first try did not do the trick. The officers got here to the penthouses, totally searched and interviewed, and left after seeing no injury to face or property. So Amber and her buddies spilled a bit of wine and roughed the place up, received their tales straight beneath the route of a lawyer and publicist, after which positioned a second name to 911."

For over a month, the court docket heard testimony from each actors, who accused one another of home abuse of their marriage, which resulted in divorce in 2016. Heard emotionally recounted the humiliation and accidents allegedly brought on by Depp, detailing bruises and cuts and making a number of sexual assault accusations. The Pirates of the Caribbean star testified that he was bodily abused himself, saying he had suffered accidents due to Heard, together with a severed finger.

Many witnesses and consultants testified concerning the abuse allegations from the ex-spouses, together with Depp's former girlfriend Kate Moss.

Regardless of the give attention to accusations of abuse, the jury needed to resolve whether or not Heard's op-ed was defamatory and had damage his movie profession. Several witnesses with data of the movie trade testified.

Newsweek reached out to representatives for Depp and Heard for remark.