Tag Archives: Defamation

Amber Heard has scrapped her long-time attorney Elaine Bredehoft and hired a new legal team to appeal against the $10 million verdict in Johnny Depp’s defamation case against her. The actress announced on Monday that she had hired high-profile attorneys David Axelrod and Jay Ward Brown from the firm Ballard …

Amber Heard is hoping for better luck with a new legal team. Unless you’ve been living completely off the grid, you probably learned about Johnny Depp’s victorious defamation lawsuit he brought against his ex, Amber Heard. The Captain Jack Sparrow actor was awarded a whopping $15 million, and, shockingly, Amber Heard …

What a blow for big-mouthed Nota, he will now have to fork out some coins to pay DJ Shimza for what he said about him! DJ Shimza will be smiling all the way to the bank where he will collect R200k in damages Nhlamulo “Nota” Baloyi has been ordered to …

Johnny Depp’s lawyer insists they only filed an appeal against the $2 million (R32m) defamation compensation awarded to Amber Heard as the actress lodged an appeal first. The former “Pirates of the Caribbean” actor submitted the legal documents last week after his ex-wife officially filed to appeal her defamation case …

Meghan Markle’s extended family has not shied away from criticising her on public platforms since she become a member of the British Royal Family, and the former actress is not backing down.  Samantha Markle sued her half-sister for defamation for allegedly making “false and malicious” accusations about her childhood in …

Actor and singer Johnny Depp has responded after his ex-wife Amber Heard’s officially launched an appeal over the ruling in the defamation case he won. On Thursday 21 July, the Aquaman actress appealed a Virginia court’s ruling ordering her to pay Depp over $10 million (R170 million) during their high-profile defamation …

Good news for Prince Harry after his legal battle against Mail on Sunday went his way on Friday 8 July, though the case is still ongoing. According to The Guardian, an article in the Mail on Sunday which alleged the Duke of Sussex was trying to keep his legal claim against the …

Amber Heard wants the verdict of the defamation trial against her ex-husband Johnny Depp to be tossed out. The “Aquaman” actress’s attorney filed a motion requesting that including the $10.35m (R169m) in damages awarded to Depp by the jury, reports “Variety”.In addition to Heard’s attorneys arguing that the verdict is …

Heard and her team believe that Juror #15 was improperly vetted, and may not have actually been the person summoned to court. Just as Johnny Depp’s lawyers expected, Amber Heard and her legal team are fighting for a retrial. As TMZ reports, the Aquaman actress filed new documents in Virginia over the …

A Kannywood singer Sarfilu Zarewa has apologised to actresses in the Hausa film industry for accusing them of not staying in their marriages. Kaduna-based Zarewa is an up-and-coming Hausa singer best known for the hit ‘Ƴar Lukuta’, meaning the ‘fat girl’. The State Security Service had arrested the singer in …