Decide Penney Azcarate entered a judgment order into the court docket document after a quick listening to in Fairfax County Circuit Court docket, Virginia.
She additionally ordered Depp to pay Heard two million {dollars} (£1.62 million), the jury’s award on her counterclaim that Heard was defamed by considered one of Depp’s legal professionals.
The decide within the Johnny Depp-Amber Heard defamation trial made a jury’s award official on Friday, with a written order for Heard to pay Depp 10.35 million {dollars} (£8.43 million) for damaging his status by describing herself as a home abuse sufferer in an opinion piece she wrote.
The order was a formality after the jury introduced its verdict on June 1, largely siding with Depp after a sensational trial during which the couple revealed lurid particulars of their quick marriage throughout a televised trial that was carefully adopted on social media.
Depp sued Heard over a December 2018 piece she wrote in The Washington Put up describing herself as “a public determine representing home abuse”.
The jury present in Depp’s favour on all three of his claims regarding particular statements within the 2018 piece.
The jury discovered Depp ought to obtain 10 million {dollars} (£8.14 million) in compensatory damages and 5 million {dollars} (£1.22 million) in punitive damages, however the decide decreased the punitive damages award to 350,000 {dollars} (£285,000) underneath a state cap.
Heard has stated she plans to attraction in opposition to the decision.
Throughout Friday’s listening to, the decide stated that if Heard appeals, she should put up a bond for the complete quantity of the ten.35 million greenback award whereas the attraction is pending – a typical apply.
The decide’s order says each awards are topic to six% curiosity per yr.
