Amber Heard’s new plan to see the end of Johnny Depp saga

US actress Amber Heard waits before the jury said that they believe she defamed ex-husband Johnny Depp, while announcing split verdicts in favor of both her ex-husband Johnny Depp and Heard on their claim and counter-claim in the Depp v. Heard civil defamation trial at the Fairfax County Circuit Courthouse in Fairfax, Virginia, on June 1, 2022. – A US jury on Wednesday found Johnny Depp and Amber Heard defamed each other, but sided far more strongly with the “Pirates of the Caribbean” star following an intense libel trial involving bitterly contested allegations of sexual violence and domestic abuse. (Photo by EVELYN HOCKSTEIN / POOL / AFP) (Photo by EVELYN HOCKSTEIN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Actor was ruled to have defamed the Pirates of the Caribbean star

Amber Heard was found to have defamed Johnny Depp in their recent lawsuit, yet the actor is looking to counter-sue her former partner by hiring a new team of lawyers.

Throughout the trial Heard was represented by Elaine Bredehoft, but her performance was deemed unsatisfactory by the actor.

With Heard ordered to pay 10.3 million dollars to Depp as a result of defaming him in her editorial with The Sun in the United Kingdom, there have been suggestions that she is facing financial difficulties.

Alas, those difficulties don’t appear to have prevented her from recruiting a new legal team with David L. Axelrod and Jay Ward Brown both being brought into her corner to launch a countersuit against Depp.

Heard wants to appeal the initial verdict and will use this different legal strategy to do just that.

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