Jury Decides Johnny Depp Gets $15M, Amber Heard Only Get $2M

On Wednesday, the jury finally reached a verdict in the defamation trial between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard.

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The jury had began deliberating after closing arguments on Friday.

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It did not take them long to reach a conclusion, given that they had Monday off.

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On Wednesday at 3 PM, the judge was about to announce a verdict.

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Or rather, she was about to, until she noticed the jury didn’t fill out damages.

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Twenty minutes later, the jury had reached a decision.

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The jury awarded Depp $15 million dollars out of his $50 million dollar lawsuit.

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In Amber Heard’s countersuit, they only awarded her $2 million dollars.

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Johnny Depp fans were going wild outside the courtroom, although Depp wasn’t there.

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