Amber Heard filed to appeal the verdict in Johnny Depp's defamation case against her, the 59-year-old actor's attorney, Camille Vasquez, is speaking out.
Vasquez sat down with Gayle King in a pre-taped interview that aired during on Thursday and shared their response to Heard's appeal, saying they were not surprised that she filed it.On July 21, ET obtained legal documents which showed that Heard filed her notice to appeal the June 1 verdict in which Depp was awarded $10 million in compensatory damages and $5 million in punitive damages.
Due to the state's statutory cap, the punitive damages were later reduced to $350,000. One day later, Depp filed to appeal the verdict that awarded Heard $2 million in compensatory damages after he was also found liable despite winning the case.«Absolutely,» Vasquez told King when asked if they have to plan a strategy to respond to Heard's appeal. «And we did.
Mr. Depp ended up filing his own appeal so that the court could have the full record. And – she insists on continuing to litigate this matter, and we have to protect our client's interest.»«We are just hopeful that the court will uphold the verdict, which we think was the right verdict, and allow both parties to move on,» Vasquez added.Vasquez told King that they would not have filed an appeal if Heard hadn't filed one first. «This was never about the money for Mr.
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