It’s been a long time since the Johnny Depp vs Amber Heard legal drama ended with Depp as the winner. After being announced victorious in the defamation trial in Fairfax County, the Donnie Brasco actor was awarded $10 million in compensatory charges and $5 million in punitive damages from Heard. This sum of $5 million was reduced to $350,000 as per the law of Virginia.
The Johnny Depp vs Amber Heard trial was a highly publicized event as it was being live-streamed. The whole world followed the event and there also emerged various details about the duo that was wild and too much for a few people to believe. It even freaked out popular podcast speaker and veteran UFC commentator Joe Rogan who confessed about it in a podcast.
Joe Rogan’s reactions to the Johnny Depp vs Amber Heard trial
In an episode of his popular podcast The Joe Rogan Experience, the host’s immediate reaction to the trial was seen and similar to most of the Internet, he also sided with The Pirates of the Caribbean actor. Speaking to UFC champion Aljamain Sterling, Joe Rogan even called Amber Heard psychologically damaged and praised Johnny Depp’s legal team.
Further, the matter was elaborated more when Rogan appeared in the podcast titled Flagrant where he spoke more about his views on the verdict. You can watch the full interview here:
The 55-year-old podcaster reflected the same thoughts on Flagrant as he presented in his own show. He confessed that he thinks the verdict is good for all the people who believe in the truth and that justice is well served. He even criticized a section of the audience who thought that the verdict did wrong to Heard and all women. Further, when he talked about how different people might form their own different opinions watching the case, he confessed that some of the details baffled him.
“You watch the trial and you form your own opinions unless you are there, unless there’s direct evidence and other than the evidence of like the conversations they had that they were both recording which is wild. Now did they secretly record each other?”
Answering Rogan when Andrew Schulz claimed that he thinks they both knew about it and were recording each other, the former compared it to a performance conversation. The whole group was surprised about how these details sounded so unbelievable. But although the case went in Johnny Depp’s favor, the aftermath is still persistent with both the legal parties still working against each other.
The aftermath of the defamation trial
It can’t be denied that the trial had a large impact on the life and career of The Murder on the Orient Express actor. Depp lost many projects and faced an intense backlash. But following the trial, he has again started to pave his way in the industry with some upcoming projects. Besides that, his appearance at the MTV Video Music Awards and Rihanna’s Fashion Show also elevated his post-trial popularity. While on the other hand, the Aquaman actress’ fan following has taken a huge fall.
Despite everything, the legal team of Amber Heard has filed a colossal 68-pages-long appeal for the verdict in the Virginia trial. According to them, there were numerous faults in the trial. Now it looks like the legal tussle is going to run a little longer as Heard was not the only one to file an appeal. A month earlier, Johnny Depp’s legal team also appealed against the $2 million which he had to give to Heard in compensation damages. It will be interesting to know how both of their appeals are responded to in the court.
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