Hollywood actress Amber Heard formally filed a motion to appeal the defamation trial verdict in Johnny Depp’s favour at the Circuit Court of Fairfax County.
Legal experts told Newsweek that the actress from Aquaman’s latest attempt to win something in the court case against Depp is unlikely to be successful.
Although Heard’s legal team’s actions were supported, attorney Andrew M. Lieb emphasised that Heard’s appeal “isn’t a slam dunk by any stretch of the imagination.”
“Amber Heard should absolutely appeal her defamation trial loss against Johnny Depp because she is legally entitled to do so and failing to do so is an admission that she is stuck with a decision,”
The verdict will not be overturned, Lieb continued. “She is arguing improper juror service, but only on a technical basis. Absent a causal showing that the juror’s sitting resulted in bias or prejudice against her.
It was agreed by Brian Wagner, a partner at McLoughlin, O’Hara, Wagner & Kendall LLP, that it would be “rare and unlikely” for Heard to win her appeal.
In short, that is uncommon and unlikely in this case. The challenge in an appeal is not only proving the court erred, but also that the error caused a big enough error that the verdict was likely impacted.
In response to the most recent development in the legal dispute involving Amber Heard and Johnny Depp, one of Depp’s attorneys, Camille Vasquez, said: “We just are hopeful that
