Amber Heard is planning to appeal after losing a multimillion-dollar libel battle against her former husband, Johnny Depp. A jury in Virginia on Wednesday awarded Depp $15 million for a Washington Post op-ed in which the actress never named him directly but said she had been a victim of domestic abuse. Given the state’s cap on punitive damages, and $2 million awarded to Heard in a countersuit, she owes him a net $8.35 million. Speaking to The New York Times, Heard’s spokeswoman, Alafair Hall, confirmed that she planned to appeal. On Thursday morning, Heard lawyer Elaine Charlson Bredehoft told NBC’s Today show that her client would “absolutely” appeal the decision, and cited that Depp’s team managed to suppress “an enormous amount of evidence.” “A number of things were allowed in this court that should not have been allowed, and it caused the jury to be confused,” Bredehoft said. It’s not clear, though, on what grounds that appeal would be brought or whether Heard would have to post bond in advance for the millions awarded against her.
