Amber Heard files to appeal Johnny Depp’s $14M win in defamation case

Amber Heard isn’t backing down. Just over a week after a judge denied her grounds for appeal, the star is giving it another go.

Amber Heard has filed to appeal the jury verdict ordering her to pay Johnny Depp $14.5 million ($US10 million) in damages in his defamation case against her, court records show.

Lawyers for Heard, 36, filed the “notice of intent to appeal” on Thursday in Fairfax County, Virginia, close to Washington DC where the blockbuster rial was heard.

Heard plans to appeal the verdict, a decision on post-trial motions and “all additional orders and rulings by the trial court,” the filing states, reported The New York Post.

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Amber Heard has filed another appeal. Picture: Evelyn Hockstein/POOL/AFP

Her attorneys have until September 4 to file the appeal motion laying out their arguments.

A Fairfax County jury sided with the 59-year-old Pirates of the Caribbean actor last month, finding that his ex-wife defamed him in a 2018 Washington Post op-ed piece on being a victim of domestic abuse.

The Aquaman actor won a $2.9 million ($US2 million) jury verdict against Depp on one of her claims that he defamed her.

Heard’s appeal comes on the heels of a judge last week denying her bid for a new trial on multiple grounds including that one juror prejudiced the outcome of the case.

In a statement on Thursday, Heard’s team said it believes “the court made errors that prevented a just and fair verdict consistent with the First Amendment.”

“We are therefore appealing the verdict,” Heard’s reps said in a statement.

Amber Heard was ordered to pay Johnny Depp AU$14 million for defamation. Picture: Jim Watson/POOL/AFP

“While we realise today’s filing will ignite the Twitter bonfires, there are steps we need to take to ensure both fairness and justice.”

Depp’s side, meanwhile, expressed continued confidence in their case.

“The jury listened to the extensive evidence presented during the six week trial and came to a clear and unanimous verdict that the defendant herself defamed Mr Depp in multiple instances,” a spokesman for the actor said in a statement.

“We remain confident in our case and that this verdict will stand.”

This story appeared in The New York Post and is reproduced with permission.

Originally published as Amber Heard files to appeal Johnny Depp’s $14M win in defamation case