Johnny Depp’s $50 million defamation lawsuit against Amber Heard delayed

Johnny Depp’s $50 million defamation lawsuit against Amber Heard delayed after he failed to submit drug and alcohol records

  • The trial has been pushed back by six months until August 2020
  •  The 56-year-old actor is suing his ex-wife for $50 million over a piece she wrote for the Washington Post about being a victim of domestic violence
  • Amber, 33,  has been trying to get the suit dismissed

Johnny Depp’s defamation lawsuit against Amber Heard has been delayed until August 2020 after he failed to provide vital documents on time. 

The 56-year-old actor is suing his ex-wife for $50 million over a piece she wrote for the Washington Post about being a victim of domestic violence, arguing it strongly inferred he was the perpetrator. 

Amber, 33, who did not name Johnny in the article, has been trying to get the suit dismissed and has now succeeded in getting the trial pushed back by six months.

Delayed: Johnny Depp’s defamation lawsuit against Amber Heard has been delayed until August 2020 after he failed to provide vital documents on time

Johnny had been ordered to produce records relating to his drug and alcohol use, but according to Deadline, he failed to submit them as required by 15 November and so the jury trial was postponed.  

The judge cited ‘good cause shown by both sides’ when agreeing to the motion to delay from the Aquaman star, although her team had only asked for an additional 60 days. 

The trial date could potentially change again as Johnny is due to go on tour with his band Hollywood Vampires from 15 August, so could ask for it to be pushed back once more. 

The case had originally been scheduled to begin in December, but Amber was granted a delay after accusing her former husband of failing to produce key evidence as part of legal discovery. 

The case was then pushed back to on February 3, 2020, and has now settled for August 2020. 

Sued: The 56-year-old actor is suing his ex-wife for $50 million over a piece she wrote for the Washington Post about being a victim of domestic violence

Sued: The 56-year-old actor is suing his ex-wife for $50 million over a piece she wrote for the Washington Post about being a victim of domestic violence

Johnny’s lawyers previously argued his ex-wife was trying to ‘smear’ the star with her requests for details on his drug and alcohol use. 

Adam Waldman said in a statement: ‘Justice, three years late, has almost arrived. ‘Amber Heard, previously arrested and jailed for violent domestic abuse, and then caught on tape and by dozens of eyewitnesses for her hoax accusing Johnny Depp of violent domestic abuse, is staring at her trial. 

‘Now her new #Timesup lawyers try to thread a difficult needle – desperately fight to get the case dismissed out of court for the 3rd time, sweep the unambiguous testimonial evidence of her crimes under seal to hide it from the public and embolden her (curiously silent) hoax-enablers, and smear Johnny Depp with additional false innuendo. 

Delays: Amber, 33, who did not name Johnny in the article, has been trying to get the suit dismissed and has now succeeded in getting the trial pushed back by six months

Delays: Amber, 33, who did not name Johnny in the article, has been trying to get the suit dismissed and has now succeeded in getting the trial pushed back by six months

‘All while arguing the abuse defamation she inflicted on Johnny Depp was somehow not about Johnny Depp. The public is not so easily fooled and the truth is not so easily suppressed.’     

Johnny and Amber were previously involved in an acrimonious divorce that included allegations of domestic abuse from both sides, and ultimately ended with $7million being paid to the actress.

Amber subsequently donated the money to charity. 

Donation: Johnny and Amber were previously involved in an acrimonious divorce that included allegations of domestic abuse from both sides, and ultimately ended with $7million being paid to the actress. Amber subsequently donated the money to charity

Donation: Johnny and Amber were previously involved in an acrimonious divorce that included allegations of domestic abuse from both sides, and ultimately ended with $7million being paid to the actress. Amber subsequently donated the money to charity

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