Johnny Depp LOSES bid to overturn High Court ruling that he beat Amber Heard

Johnny Depp LOSES bid to overturn High Court ruling that he beat Amber Heard and left her in ‘fear for her life’

• Judge previously said column calling Depp a ‘wife beater’ was ‘substantially true’
• Mr Depp, 57, assaulted Ms Heard, 34, on a dozen occasions, the court declared 
• Today, Court of Appeal refused permission for Mr Depp to appeal against ruling 

By Rory Tingle For Mailonline

Published: 10:06 GMT, 25 March 2021 | Updated: 10:19 GMT, 25 March 2021

Johnny Depp was today refused permission to bring an appeal against a damning High Court ruling that he assaulted ex-wife Amber Heard and left her in ‘fear for her life’.

Following a three-week trial in July last year, Mr Justice Nicol dismissed the Hollywood star’s libel claim against the publisher of The Sun, finding that an April 2018 column calling Mr Depp a ‘wife beater’ was ‘substantially true’.

The judge ruled Mr Depp, 57, assaulted Ms Heard, 34, on a dozen occasions and put her in ‘fear for her life’ three times.

Johnny Depp has lost a bid to overturn a damning High Court ruling which concluded he assaulted his ex-wife Amber Heard and left her in fear for her life

The actor asked the Court of Appeal to grant permission for him to challenge the ruling, with the aim of having its findings overturned and a retrial ordered.

Today, the court refused permission for Mr Depp to appeal against the High Court ruling.

Announcing the ruling at the Royal Courts of Justice in London, Lord Justice Underhill said: ‘We refuse Mr Depp’s application to admit further evidence in support of his proposed appeal and we conclude that the appeal has no real prospect of success and that there is no other compelling reason for it to be heard.

‘We accordingly refuse permission to appeal.’ 

The judge, sitting with Lord Justice Dingemans, continued: ‘As we have said, it is not easy to persuade this court to overturn the findings of a trial judge on purely factual questions.

‘We do not believe that there is a real prospect of it being prepared to do so in this case.

‘The hearing before (Mr Justice) Nicol was full and fair, and he gave thorough reasons for his conclusions which have not been shown even arguably to be vitiated by any error of approach or mistake of law.’ 

Heard and Depp attend Art of Elysium’s 9th Annual Heaven Gala at 3LABS on January 9, 2016 in Culver City, California 

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