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For: Showbiz Updated 25 May 2022, 9: 14 am EDT
The actor Johnny Depp and his legal team have failed in their new attempt to take the lead -in his status of plaintiffs- throughout the judicial process 2022 that confronts the artist and his ex-wife, also an actress Amber Heard, because of the accusations of defamation and mistreatment that have been launched at each other since the end of the last decade.
The star’s lawyers have petitioned Judge Penney Azcarate, unsuccessfully, to dismiss Heard’s countersuit to Johnny’s original claim. If Johnny demanded from his ex-wife $50 million dollars in compensation -for the alleged lies spilled by Amber in an article published four years ago in the newspaper Washington Post- , the actress was quick to reply ar in similar terms, although the compensation she asks for rises to $100 millions of dollars.
The judge has again given the green light to Amber’s aspirations, considering that the evidence and indications provided so far in favor of her case are more than enough to continue. Likewise, Azcarate has rejected the arguments presented by Johnny’s defense, pointing out that it is not up to her – at least at this time of the litigation- give an opinion on the alleged veracity or falsity of the testimonies offered by the artist.
Curiously, the same magistrate dismissed a similar request when this media and legal battle began, in this case from the lawyers of Amber Heard. The artist wanted to nullify from the beginning the possibility that Johnny could take the initiative from the prosecution stand, so that he could only defend himself on the witness stand against those allegations that have presented him as a violent, emotionally unstable man addicted to drugs. drugs.
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