Amber Heard has all of post-trial motions denied after requesting mistrial following Johnny Depp case-Louise Griffin-Entertainment – Metro

Johnny Depp won the case against Amber Heard (Picture: NBC News / Reuters)

Amber Heard has reportedly had all of her post-trial motions dismissed by a judge after her loss against Johnny Depp in the defamation case.

Earlier this month, Heard’s lawyers claimed that the verdict that she had defamed Depp was not supported by evidence, and that the wrong juror had been on the jury during the trial.

Court documents obtained by MailOnline show that Judge Penny Azcarate denied all of Heard’s post-trial motions on Wednesday.

In the documents, Heard’s lawyers reportedly argued that Depp ‘proceeded solely on a defamation by implication theory, abandoning any claims that Ms. Heard’s statements were actually false.’

Depp’s lawyer Ben Chew responded in a statement to Courthouse News, saying: ‘What we expected, just longer, no more substantive.’

Last month, the 36-year-old Aquaman star was found by a unanimous seven-person jury in Fairfax, Virginia, to have defamed her Pirates Of The Caribbean actor ex-husband in a Washington Post article in which she claimed she was a victim of domestic abuse.

Heard’s attorneys requested a mistrial (Picture: JIM WATSON / POOL / AFP)

While Depp, 59, wasn’t named in the article, his lawyers argued the piece was defamatory against the actor and the court awarded him $15million (£12m) in compensatory and punitive damages.

Heard won one count of her $100m (£83m) countersuit, and was given damages of $2m (£1.6m), meaning she has to pay the 59-year-old $8m (£6.6m).

Heard’s attorneys requested a mistrial – but Depp’s hit back.

Depp hit back at her claims (Picture: AP)

Documents obtained by Deadline state: ‘Following a six-week jury trial, a jury of Ms Heard’s peers rendered a verdict against her in virtually all respects.

‘Though understandably displeased with the outcome of trial, Ms Heard has identified no legitimate basis to set aside in any respect the jury’s decision.

‘Virginia law is clear that a verdict is not to be set aside unless it is “plainly wrong or without evidence to support it.”‘

It continues: ‘Here, the verdict was well-supported by the overwhelming evidence, consistent with the law, and should not be set aside.

‘Mr Depp respectfully submits that the court should deny Ms Heard’s Post-Trial Motions, which verge into the frivolous.’

Metro.co.uk has contacted reps for Amber Heard for comment.

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