Johnny Depp files $50 million defamation lawsuit against ex-wife Amber Heard for falsely claiming domestic abuse
Actor Johnny Depp has filed a defamation suit against ex-wife Amber Heard for falsely accusing him of domestic abuse.
The 55-year-old actor has said that the allegations made by Heard in the 2016 op-ed that she wrote for the Washington Post is an 'elaborate hoax'. In the article, Heard had alleged that she had received threats and had even lost out on job opportunities after accusing Depp of domestic abuse.
The copy of the suit and court documents were obtained by The Blast and, according to the outlet, the lawsuit observed, "Ms. Heard purported to write from the perspective of ‘a public figure representing domestic abuse’ and claimed that she ‘felt the full force of our culture’s wrath for women who speak out’ when she ‘spoke up against sexual violence'."